Benjamin F. Everhart, age 22, a blacksmith, enlisted Sept. 1, 1864, in Macon, Missouri, as a Private in Company B, 42nd Missouri Infantry. He was mustered out June 28, 1865, in Nashville, Tennessee.
He and his wife, Mary Davis, were married about 1862. They moved to San Jose, California, with their children (Fred, Harry, and Minnie) in 1872.
"BENJAMIN F. EVERHART. Was born in Warren County, Ohio, December 13, 1841. His first military service was in the State Militia of Missouri, of which State he was then a resident, in the spring of 1863, operating against various noted gangs of bushwhackers; after a service of six months of this kind he enlisted in Company B, 42d Missouri Volunteers, and being by trade a blacksmith, was frequently detailed on extra duty as an artisan; he participated in battles of Fort Donelson, Nashville, Franklin, Murfreesboro, and many other minor engagements, serving from his enlistment to the termination of the war. On the formation of the 14th Army Corps his regiment was made a portion of it. He was honorably discharged from service at Nashville, Tenn., in June, 1865. Returning to private life he worked his trade for several years in Iowa, to which state he had emigrated from Ohio previous to going to Missouri. In 1872 he came to California and pursued his avocation until in 1877 he was appointed on the police for of the city of San José and of which he is still a member. He belongs to Phil Sheridan Post, G.A.R., of San José, which which he was one of the charter members."
—"Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a Complete Account of the Twentieth National Encampment, San Francisco" (1886), p. 318.
San Jose Evening News, Mar. 9, 1910. "EVERHART—In East Oakland, California, March 7, 1910, Benjamin F. Everhart, beloved husband of Mary E. Everhart, father of Mrs. B. Ruble, a native of Ohio, aged 68 years, 2 months, 22 days."
He and his wife, Mary Davis, were married about 1862. They moved to San Jose, California, with their children (Fred, Harry, and Minnie) in 1872.
"BENJAMIN F. EVERHART. Was born in Warren County, Ohio, December 13, 1841. His first military service was in the State Militia of Missouri, of which State he was then a resident, in the spring of 1863, operating against various noted gangs of bushwhackers; after a service of six months of this kind he enlisted in Company B, 42d Missouri Volunteers, and being by trade a blacksmith, was frequently detailed on extra duty as an artisan; he participated in battles of Fort Donelson, Nashville, Franklin, Murfreesboro, and many other minor engagements, serving from his enlistment to the termination of the war. On the formation of the 14th Army Corps his regiment was made a portion of it. He was honorably discharged from service at Nashville, Tenn., in June, 1865. Returning to private life he worked his trade for several years in Iowa, to which state he had emigrated from Ohio previous to going to Missouri. In 1872 he came to California and pursued his avocation until in 1877 he was appointed on the police for of the city of San José and of which he is still a member. He belongs to Phil Sheridan Post, G.A.R., of San José, which which he was one of the charter members."
—"Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a Complete Account of the Twentieth National Encampment, San Francisco" (1886), p. 318.
San Jose Evening News, Mar. 9, 1910. "EVERHART—In East Oakland, California, March 7, 1910, Benjamin F. Everhart, beloved husband of Mary E. Everhart, father of Mrs. B. Ruble, a native of Ohio, aged 68 years, 2 months, 22 days."
Benjamin F. Everhart, age 22, a blacksmith, enlisted Sept. 1, 1864, in Macon, Missouri, as a Private in Company B, 42nd Missouri Infantry. He was mustered out June 28, 1865, in Nashville, Tennessee.
He and his wife, Mary Davis, were married about 1862. They moved to San Jose, California, with their children (Fred, Harry, and Minnie) in 1872.
"BENJAMIN F. EVERHART. Was born in Warren County, Ohio, December 13, 1841. His first military service was in the State Militia of Missouri, of which State he was then a resident, in the spring of 1863, operating against various noted gangs of bushwhackers; after a service of six months of this kind he enlisted in Company B, 42d Missouri Volunteers, and being by trade a blacksmith, was frequently detailed on extra duty as an artisan; he participated in battles of Fort Donelson, Nashville, Franklin, Murfreesboro, and many other minor engagements, serving from his enlistment to the termination of the war. On the formation of the 14th Army Corps his regiment was made a portion of it. He was honorably discharged from service at Nashville, Tenn., in June, 1865. Returning to private life he worked his trade for several years in Iowa, to which state he had emigrated from Ohio previous to going to Missouri. In 1872 he came to California and pursued his avocation until in 1877 he was appointed on the police for of the city of San José and of which he is still a member. He belongs to Phil Sheridan Post, G.A.R., of San José, which which he was one of the charter members."
—"Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a Complete Account of the Twentieth National Encampment, San Francisco" (1886), p. 318.
San Jose Evening News, Mar. 9, 1910. "EVERHART—In East Oakland, California, March 7, 1910, Benjamin F. Everhart, beloved husband of Mary E. Everhart, father of Mrs. B. Ruble, a native of Ohio, aged 68 years, 2 months, 22 days."
He and his wife, Mary Davis, were married about 1862. They moved to San Jose, California, with their children (Fred, Harry, and Minnie) in 1872.
"BENJAMIN F. EVERHART. Was born in Warren County, Ohio, December 13, 1841. His first military service was in the State Militia of Missouri, of which State he was then a resident, in the spring of 1863, operating against various noted gangs of bushwhackers; after a service of six months of this kind he enlisted in Company B, 42d Missouri Volunteers, and being by trade a blacksmith, was frequently detailed on extra duty as an artisan; he participated in battles of Fort Donelson, Nashville, Franklin, Murfreesboro, and many other minor engagements, serving from his enlistment to the termination of the war. On the formation of the 14th Army Corps his regiment was made a portion of it. He was honorably discharged from service at Nashville, Tenn., in June, 1865. Returning to private life he worked his trade for several years in Iowa, to which state he had emigrated from Ohio previous to going to Missouri. In 1872 he came to California and pursued his avocation until in 1877 he was appointed on the police for of the city of San José and of which he is still a member. He belongs to Phil Sheridan Post, G.A.R., of San José, which which he was one of the charter members."
—"Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a Complete Account of the Twentieth National Encampment, San Francisco" (1886), p. 318.
San Jose Evening News, Mar. 9, 1910. "EVERHART—In East Oakland, California, March 7, 1910, Benjamin F. Everhart, beloved husband of Mary E. Everhart, father of Mrs. B. Ruble, a native of Ohio, aged 68 years, 2 months, 22 days."
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