In memory of my great-grandfather, Joe Everett.
Son of Lawrence Breckinridge Everett, Sr. and Josephine B. Watson Everett.
First husband of Mary Ada Sexton Everett Laird. They married on January 24, 1894, New Madrid, MO.
Children:
Lawrence (Larry) Everett
Joseph (Joe) Everett
Published in the Southeast Missourian, New Madrid, MO, October 14, 1897.
Joe Everett was killed near his home in Madrid Bend last Saturday night by a man named Moss. The affair originated over a game of craps. Both participants emptied their pistols at each other at close range. Everett was hit by three bullets and lived about an hour.
His wife, Mary Ada, was pregnant with their second child, Joseph (my grandfather) when he died.
Son of Lawrence Breckinridge Everett, Sr. and Josephine B. Watson Everett.
First husband of Mary Ada Sexton Everett Laird. They married on January 24, 1894, New Madrid, MO.
Children:
Lawrence (Larry) Everett
Joseph (Joe) Everett
Published in the Southeast Missourian, New Madrid, MO, October 14, 1897.
Joe Everett was killed near his home in Madrid Bend last Saturday night by a man named Moss. The affair originated over a game of craps. Both participants emptied their pistols at each other at close range. Everett was hit by three bullets and lived about an hour.
His wife, Mary Ada, was pregnant with their second child, Joseph (my grandfather) when he died.
In memory of my great-grandfather, Joe Everett.
Son of Lawrence Breckinridge Everett, Sr. and Josephine B. Watson Everett.
First husband of Mary Ada Sexton Everett Laird. They married on January 24, 1894, New Madrid, MO.
Children:
Lawrence (Larry) Everett
Joseph (Joe) Everett
Published in the Southeast Missourian, New Madrid, MO, October 14, 1897.
Joe Everett was killed near his home in Madrid Bend last Saturday night by a man named Moss. The affair originated over a game of craps. Both participants emptied their pistols at each other at close range. Everett was hit by three bullets and lived about an hour.
His wife, Mary Ada, was pregnant with their second child, Joseph (my grandfather) when he died.
Son of Lawrence Breckinridge Everett, Sr. and Josephine B. Watson Everett.
First husband of Mary Ada Sexton Everett Laird. They married on January 24, 1894, New Madrid, MO.
Children:
Lawrence (Larry) Everett
Joseph (Joe) Everett
Published in the Southeast Missourian, New Madrid, MO, October 14, 1897.
Joe Everett was killed near his home in Madrid Bend last Saturday night by a man named Moss. The affair originated over a game of craps. Both participants emptied their pistols at each other at close range. Everett was hit by three bullets and lived about an hour.
His wife, Mary Ada, was pregnant with their second child, Joseph (my grandfather) when he died.
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Son of Lawrence B. Sr. and Josephine
Husband of Mary Ada Sexton
