Daughters of the American

By AnDREW WEllivER

The Fayetteville-Owahgena chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution worked with the New York and Ottawa DAR chapter based out of Port Huron Michigan to honor three individuals who were involved in the American Revolution.

Levi Carr, John Everson and Jane Everson all played a part in the revolution. Carr and John Everson both served in the war and Jane Everson was John’s wife and it was through her lineage that DAR was able to conduct the research that led to the ceremony honoring these individuals.

“His wife gave a lot of information that helped us find him,” Lacinda Anderson, a member of the DAR Port Hu- ron Michigan chapter, said.

Finding the location of Carr was no small feat however. There was a common ancestor between Carr and Everson which enabled Anderson to conduct her research.

“Finding Henry Everson opened up the door for me to join the DAR,” she said.

From researching Henry Everson she discovered that Carr served with the 7th Massachusetts Regiment Continental Army during the American Revolution during 1777. He was married to Ruth Carr and they had four children: Margaret Carr, Allen Carr, Levi Carr Jr., Simon Carr and Holda Carr.

Carr and his wife lived in the Fayetteville area after the revolution and that is where they would spend the rest of l From page 6

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John and Jane Everson were married in 1783 in Schenectady. Everson was a soldier of the American Revolution and he carried that with him until his death in 1818. They had 10 children together. Jane Everson was buried in the Christ Church Cemetery of Manlius.

The joint ceremony honoring Carr and the Eversons was held at Fayetteville Cemetery on June 2.

In addition to the two American Revolution patriots, Jane Everson, wife of John Everson was also honored as the DAR honors the patriots, wives, and their daughters.

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Later on, the attendees feasted their taste buds on the shop’s dark chocolate peanut cluster, which uses peanuts shipped in from the same Virginia facility his great-grandfather originally bought from.

Next was a taste of the Speach Family Candy Shoppe’s signature product ever since its introduction in 1982—the year Michael was born— that being the chocolate-covered potato chip.

Speach said the covered chip made with local Terrell’s brand chips has sold well because of its combination of salty, sweet, crunchy and creamy.

Anderson handled the script and information of the patriots as she knew most of the information from her research. From her research, they were able to dedicate the two memorials to Carr, and the Eversons.

Pat Richards, a member of the Fayetteville-Owahghena chapter assisted with the logistical side of the event.

After the Michigan chapter reached out to Richards and other members of the Fayetteville DAR, the membership was excited to have this opportunity.

“We are very proud of our heritage, and it helps us feel closer to our heritage,” Richards said.

There were approximately 50 people in attendance for the ceremony, and they all took part in the service. Including the singing of God Bless America and standing through the playing of Taps at the end of the ceremony.

Having a joint event like this is a unique opportunity to both chapters of the DAR.

As each attendee made their way across their tray, they bit into pecan turtles containing caramel made in-house at the candy shop, a nonalcoholic margarita-flavored white chocolate made with natural lime oil and black lava sea salt, as well as chocolate rocky road fudge that Speach said is cooked longer than most fudge produced elsewhere—a choice that shortens the shelf life but prevents a gritty texture. He closed out the tasting with a freeze-dried fluffy treat that originated from a mystery candy, the question of what it was stumping everyone in the room until the answer was revealed.