1818–1867

Introduction

Born: 1818, Vir­gin­ia.

Died: Ap­ril 1867, El­mi­ra, New York, while re­turn­ing from Eur­ope.

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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.

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