The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . acific railroad from 1867 to 1870-73, andwas attorney for the same road. In 1871 he be-came president of the Indiana and Illinois Centralrailroad, then only an organization with a
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . acific railroad from 1867 to 1870-73, andwas attorney for the same road. In 1871 he be-came president of the Indiana and Illinois Centralrailroad, then only an organization with a franchiseto build a railroad. He pushed it forward to com-pletion, and from that time to the present he hasbeen identified with its history. He has acted aspresident, receiver, etc., for various other importantcorporations at diflEerent times, and the success hemade of the practically worthless Boston and NewYork air line, when he was appointed president andmanager, is not (he least of his achievements. Hewas president of the Continental Construction com-pany, 1881, director of the Atlantic and Pacifictelegraph company, 1882-83. He is a recognizedauthority on all matters of railroad history and con-struction, and possesses one of the most completerailroad libraries in the United States. He is knownas a man of scrupulous integrity, energy and , and has the remarkable gift of being aleader of dH^.M ?^.^•l-WWV ffy^X,^ OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 125 EVERHART, Williani, congressman, wasborn in Chester county, Pa., May 17,1785, the eldestson of James Bverhart, a soldier of the revolutionarywar. He taught school, and practiced surveyingwith success, and at twenty-one began a mercantilecareer in his native county. In the war of 1813 hecommanded a company of riflemen. In 1833 he sailedfor Europe in the packet ship Albion, which waswrecked on the coast of Ireland, and he was the onlycabin passenger saved. He lost $10,000 in gold,which he had taken with him to buy mercha
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