J. W. Everson, of section 29, Carson Township, came to this county in 1881. He was born in Newcastle County, Delaware, May 26, 1846, the son of John and Eliza (Morris) Everson, both natives of Delaware; the latter can trace their family back to Scotch ancestry. They had five children, of whom J. W. was the second of three sons and two daughters. The mother died in Delaware in 1867, and the father is still living at Wilmington, Delaware, and has been a farmer all his life. J. W. received his education in the public schools of that State, and afterward at St. Mary's College, and at the age of twenty-three years, in 1868, he removed to Mahaska County, Iowa, where he remained until 1881. He then came to Pottawattamie County and bought eighty acres of land, which he broke and improved and afterward added eighty more acres more, until he now has 160 acres in a body. He also owns eighty acres in Belknap Township, section 21, which is in cultivation.

Mr. Everson was married at Kirkville, to Miss Polly Ann Lee, who was born in Mahaska County, Iowa, the daughter of Marshall, a native of this State. They have five children: Harvey E., Irwin W., Rosaltha, Minnie and Gertie.

Politically Mr. Everson is a Republican, and is at present Township Trustee, serving to the best interest of his party. Mrs. Everson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.