William Everhart
U.S. Congressperson
1785 – 1868
Who was William Everhart?
William Everhart was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
William Everhart was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was a soldier in the Continental Army. He attended the common schools and became a civil engineer. Everhart served in the War of 1812 as captain of a company of riflemen. He was the only passenger saved from the packet ship Albion, wrecked off the coast of Ireland in 1822. Upon his return to Pennsylvania he platted a large addition to the city of West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Everhart was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, and died in West Chester in 1868. Interment in Oakland Cemetery. He built the William Everhart Buildings in 1833 at West Chester, and resided at the William Everhart House in West Whiteland Township; they are both listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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- Born
- May 17, 1785
Chester County - Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 30, 1868
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on July 23, 2013
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