Carroll County IAGenWeb

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY IOWA

A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement

VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1912

Transcribed by Sharon Elijah August 20, 2020

A well known citizen of Glidden, who for nearly twenty years has been officially connected with the banking interests of the town, is David F. Everts, president of the Farmers Bank. He was born in Hinsdale, Cattaraugus county, New York, on the 25th of September, 1846, and is a son of Charles and Angeline (Kemory) Everts. The father was a native of Plainfield, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, born on the 20th of November, 1818, and the mother of Tompkins county, New York, her natal day being the 18th of August, 1823. In their family were four sons and three daughters, in order of birth as follows: John N., Sarah E., David F., Clara E., Peter, Charles W. and Mary E.

David F. Everts was reared at home, acquiring his education in the public schools of his native town. Being desirous of trying life in the west and feeling confident that it afforded better opportunities for young men, he left the parental roof at the age of eighteen years and came to Iowa, locating in Scott county on the 23d of September, 1864. On the 25th of June, 1873, he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 29, Richland township, Carroll county, which he immediately began to cultivate. He met with such excellent success in his efforts in this direction, that he was later able to add another eighty acres to his holdings. Mr. Everts continues to be engaged in farming but is especially interested in stock-raising, giving a great deal of attention to thoroughbred shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. In 1892 he was elected director of the First National Bank of Glidden, which position he resigned at the expiration of eight years, when he became president of the Farmers Bank of Glidden. He has ever since been the head of the latter institution, during which time he has fully demonstrated his efficiency in that direction.

On the 14th of December, 1873, Mr. Everts was united in marriage to Miss Edith Hickson, who was born in Scott county, Iowa, on the 17th of May, 1852. Unto them have been born two sons and three daughters: Thomas W.; Joseph H.; Hattie E., the wife of George Blinn; Hannah L., who married Thomas Ribble; and Edith A., the wife of Charles Corbin.

In matters of citizenship Mr. Everts is public-spirited and progressive. He takes an active and helpful interest in local politics and served for six years as treasurer of Richland township and he has also been a school director. Reliable and trustworthy, he is well adapted to the position he is now filling, as the stability of any financial institution depends upon the confidence of the public in its officers.

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