LU32.278

Print, Photographic

1860 Approximate

Mary Hatch Everett. 1 1/8" x 1 1/2" tintype photograph of Mary Hatch Everett, also thought to be called Almira, first wife of William A. Everett, Waseca County settlers; Mrs. W. A. Everett was killed by Indians in the Lake Shetek massacre of 1862; also killed were her two sons; daughter Lillie was taken captive and later released and returned to her father.

The donor is the great-grandson of William Everett, co-founder with Aughenbaugh, of the E. A. Co Mill in Waseca County. The Everett home, built by William's son Edward Everett, overlooking the east end of Clear Lake, was a showplace in its time, a classic Victorian-style home, it was demolished in 1958 it was an architectural and historical loss to Waseca County. This collection of photographs from Willard Everett is donated under our "Loaned to Us" program, where the donor allows WCHS to scan the images, but donor keeps possession of the original photographs. This photograph is from his postcard collection