Henry EVERETT (1834-1898)

1 Henry Sidney EVERETT^1,2 (1834-1898) [11772]. Born 31 Dec 1834.² Marr Katharine FAY 26 Jun 1866, Boston, MA.³ Died 4 Oct 1898, Bournemouth, England.^2,4

This short bio of Henry Sidney Everett is from The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1899. This reports that he was born in Charleston, MA. Contrary to the previous source, this says he died in Brighton, England rather than Bournemouth.

"EVERETT, Henry Sidney, engineer and diplomat, was born in Charlestown, Mass., Dec 32, 1834, second son of Edward and Charlotte Gray (Brooks) Everett. He was graduated A.B. at Harvard College in 1855 and A.M. in 1862; studied engineering at the Lawrence Scientific School, and in Paris; was for a short time, in 1865, on the staff of Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton. In 1877 he was appointed secretary of the U.S. legion to Prussia, but resigned in 1884, having four times acted as charge d'affaires during vacancies in the legation. He was chief of the diplomatic bureau in the department of state (1885-89), and was also actively interested in the charitable organizations of the city of Washington, D.C. He died at Brighton, England, Oct 4, 1898.".

Sources

1	"Obituary of Catharine Saunders Fay in the Boston Journal, November 29, 1901".

2	"The Diary and Letters of Benjamin Pickman (1740-1819) of Salem, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow, 1928".

3	"Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charleston, Massachusetts by Charles Collyer Whittier, 1907 ".

4	"Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charleston, Massachusetts by Charles Collyer Whittier, 1907".