An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company, Spokane, WA. 1905, page 269. S.I. EVERETT, proprietor of the Central Hotel, at Dufur, Wasco county, Oregon, was born in Ohio, March 27, 1858. His father, Isaac Everett, a native of Ohio, was a descendant of an old and distinguished American family, running down through many generations. He died in Iowa when our subject was eight years of age. The mother, Amelia (Cosgrove) Everett, born in Pennsylvania, was a descendant of a prominent family of the Keystone state. The parents of our subject remained in Ohio until he was four years of age, removing thence to Iowa. Here the father purchased a farm, upon which young Everett worked, alternately attending district school. On the death of his father, he remained with his mother on the farm, in company with two elder brothers, until he was twenty. He then came to Dayton, the county seat of Columbia county, Washington, passed one winter there and after that came to what is now Sherman, then Wasco, county. He settled seven miles northeast of Wasco, filed on a homestead, and purchased an adjoining quarter section of land and upon which ranch he remained fifteen years. This property he rented and came to Dufur, bought the hotel and liverystable attached to the same, occupying half a block, the stable facing on Main street. The Central Hotel is the leading one in the town of Dufur and is exceedingly popular with commercial travelers and tourists. Mr. Everett has two brothers and six sisters living, viz: John, a merchant and farmer, of Glenwood, Iowa; Edward, of Sherman county; Mary, widow of Harrison Dolley, residing near Nelsonville, Ohio; Mrs. Sarah Connor, near Nelsonville; Priscilla, widow of James Carson, in Morrow county; Nancy, widow of Samuel Ornduff, of Sherman county; Ida, married to William Fleenor, a dealer in horses at Abington, Iowa; and Clara, wife of John Connor, a farmer residing near Beulah, Kansas. At The Dalles, October 19, 1890, Mr. Everett was married to Minnie Frazier, born in Normandy, Indiana, December 31, 1863, the daughter of Aaron Frazier, of Dufur. Before marriage, Mrs. Everett had been engaged in teaching school and so popular was she throughout the county that she came very near being elected as county school superintendent although her party was more than two to one in the minority. She came of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Everett have the following named children, Olga, Hazel Esther, Verne Frazier, and Gladys. The first three were born on the farm in Sherman county and the last one at Dufur in Wasco county. Hazel E. died at Dufur, February 28, 1904. Mr. Everett is a member of the I.O.O.F. and the Encampment at Dufur. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.