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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Eversole family of Caledonia and Potosi, Missouri</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.</p> <p>These groupings — even the <i>names</i> of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.</p> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward Thompson Eversole (1866-1916)</b> — also known as <b>Edward T. Eversole</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Mo. Born in Caledonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/03-03.html">March 3, 1866</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Washington County, 1901-02. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/12-29.html">December 29, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 301 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WA-buried.html# ">Potosi Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Potosi, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Goforth Eversole and Rebecca Anne (Rutledge) Eversole; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/11-15.html">November 15, 1898</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everette-ewin.html#966.31.78">Mary B. Eversole</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everette-ewin.html#659.93.90">Edward Thompson Eversole (1902-1980)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/26974.html">Eversole family</a> of Caledonia and Potosi, Missouri.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5276340">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Mary B. Eversole (1871-1962)</b> — also known as <b>Mary Ellen Bugg</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/05-03.html">May 3, 1871</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Washington County, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/04-28.html">April 28, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 360 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WA-buried.html# ">Potosi Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Potosi, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Richard M. Bugg and Anna M. (Cole) Bugg; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/11-15.html">November 15, 1898</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everette-ewin.html#741.49.53">Edward Thompson Eversole</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/26974.html">Eversole family</a> of Caledonia and Potosi, Missouri.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward Thompson Eversole (1902-1980)</b> — also known as <b>Edward T. Eversole</b> — of Festus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Mo. Born in Caledonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/07-29.html">July 29, 1902</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MO.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</a>; circuit judge in Missouri 21st Circuit; elected 1946. Died in Festus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/01-30.html">January 30, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WA-buried.html# ">Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Caledonia, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of George Harrison Eversole and Mamie (Amonett) Eversole; married to Nancy Lou Wallace; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everette-ewin.html#741.49.53">Edward Thompson Eversole (1866-1916)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/26974.html">Eversole family</a> of Caledonia and Potosi, Missouri.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6185970">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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