1818–1867

Leonard was the bro­ther of Asa & Ben­ja­min Ev­er­ett.

He and Asa or­gan­ized a mu­sic­al in­struc­tion sys­tem in Rich­mond, Vir­gin­ia, in the 1850’s. By 1861, they had 50 teach­ers and sing­ing schools rep­re­sent­ing them and us­ing their pub­li­ca­tions.

Everett’s works in­clude:

• Wesleyan Hymn and Tune Book (mu­sic ed­it­or) (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Pub­lish­ing House of the Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church, South, 1859)

• Pratt, p. 23
• Hall, pp. 96–100

1. Ennius (some sourc­es at­trib­ute the tune to John W. Belch­er, 19th Cen­tu­ry)
2. Spring