Biography

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.

Publications

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