Jordan Everett was born June 3, 1833 and died September 17, 1923. He was also survived by his wife, Missouri Jane Kirksey Everett, who is not mentioned in the obituary. The two were married on November 29, 1874 in Terrell County, Ga.

He served in Company E, 51st Regiment of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry CSA. He was captured at Boonesboro, Md. in September 1862 and was later released in an exchange of prisoners. He was wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. on May 3, 1863; and surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Va., with General Robert E. Lee, on April 9, 1865. This signified the end of the Civil War.

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