The Eversole surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,114 people carried this name — #6,623 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,056 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

21 Eversole families were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 231 people lived in those households, 11 to a family on average. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 19
Maryland 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 239 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Eversole in American newspapers,
1886–1921.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Eversole
The Washington Times 1907-03-24
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Eversole
The Grenada Sentinel 1886-02-06
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Eversole
Evening Star 1921-06-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,632 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Eversole,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Oscar Perry Eversole d. 1923 · writer
  • Joseph C. Eversole 1852–1888 · politician

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Eversole,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States219 records

219 records of the Eversole name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 157
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Dwight L. Eversole

    Born 1906 in Illinois. Enlisted 1941 at Chicago; clerk from Shelby County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Harry Edward Eversole

    U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Born 1897, died 1969; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Ruby E. Eversole

    Born 1920 in Canada. Registered as a foreign national in Ferndale, Michigan, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 219 records for Eversole in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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