EVERETT, JOSEPH CASWELL - older brother of Nathaniel, came to Upper Falls about 1823 and he became the eventual builder and occupant of the Queen Ann style house at 336 Elliot Street. He was employed as a carpenter at the Elliot Mfg. Co. Joseph was born August 23, 1796 at Foxboro and he died at Upper Falls, Oct. 30, 1861. On April 10, 1825 he married Mary Warren, at Dorchester, Mass.
See The Makers of the Mold by Kenneth W. Newcomb.
The Everett family was another very prominent family in early Upper Falls, moving here from Foxboro. The Everetts originally emigrated from England about 1634-35. The family was represented in Upper Falls by three brothers, Joseph, Nathaniel W. and Cyrus. Their mother was Abigail (Pettee) Everett, sister of Otis Pettee. Nathaniel married a Winslow, Deborah Ann, in 1849 at Newton Upper Falls which drew the three families together.
From The Everett Family
Joseph and his brothers were of the seventh generation in this country. A cousin, Edward Everett, became an outstanding national figure. He is often visited here in Upper Falls and would have a very effective influence on some of the members of the Everett family.Edward Everett One of the more famous Everetts who often visited the village was a cousin, Edward Everett, who was a noted scholar, statesman and orator with an outstanding public record. After a short term at Phillips Academy he entered Harvard at the age of 13, graduating at 17 with highest honors. Daniel Webster, once his teacher, later became a lifelong friend. In 1813 at the age of 19 he was pastor of Brattle Street Church, but two years later he returned to Harvard as professor of Greek Literature. In 1825 he entered the political life and over a period of 35 years served the state as its congressman, senator and governor. He also served the nation as U.S. Minister of the Court of Saint James in Great Britain as well as Secretary of State in Washington under President Millard Fillmore. In the midst of this he managed to occupy the chair of the President of Harvard for a brief period. His oratorical prowess was exhibited when, in later life, he traveled up and down the eastern United States extolling the virtues of George Washington, raising $90,000 of which $68,000 went to a desperately needed restoration of Mount Vernon. During the Civil War he was a close friend and confidant of President Lincoln. When Upper Falls resident Dr. Joseph Huckins Warren, a member of the Warren family of Revolutionary War fame, married Caroline Everett (daughter of Joseph C, Everett), it was no doubt Edward Everett's influence with President Lincoln that secured for Dr. Warren the position of personal physician to the president during the Civil War (See under 'Dr. Warren' "THE PEOPLE" chapter). The reader may recall that Edward was the orator who shared the platform with Lincoln at the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg and who congratulated Lincoln after he had made his famous "Four score and seven years ago ...." speech saying something to the effect, "You said more in two minutes than I did in two hours!"
The Everett family was another very prominent family in the village who moved here from Foxboro although they had earlier resided in Dedham. The Everetts originally emigrated from England about 1634-35, briefly residing in Watertown before moving to Dedham. They moved to Upper Falls to take advantage of the opportunities for employment in the Elliot Manufacturing Company built by the Perkins brothers in 1823, where Otis Pettee of Foxboro had become its superintendent. Otis Pettee's oldest sister, Abigail Caswell Pettee, had married Joseph Everett of Foxboro and their son, Nathaniel Ware Everett, born November 18, 1810 at Foxboro, later came to Upper Falls where he met Deborah Ann Winslow. They were married here on January 25, 1849. This marriage brought together three of the more prominent families of the village. The Everetts built or moved into the house that is now 16-20 Winter Street. Nathaniel was a 'pattern maker' in the foundry of the Elliot Manufacturing Company.
Died of typhoid fever in a hospital in Lynchburg, VA during the War Between the States.
died of typhoid fever in a hospital in Lynchburg, VA during the War Between the States.
both are buried in Henderson Cemetery, in Pierce County, GA
Both are buried in Henderson Cemetery in Pierce County, GA.
Both are buried at Henderson Cemetery in Pierce County, GA
both are buried Oaklawn Cemetery, Jax. Fl
1860 Census Records, Georgia, Wayne County, Waynesville PO, Pg 27 of 44, 13 Jul 1860.
Joseph Manning (22,GA) with wife Harriet (18,GA) and daughter Josephine E. (1,GA)."