AVERY, Henry W. 1838-1924

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AVERY, Henry W. 1838-1924

AVERY, HAWLEY

Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 4/14/2012 at 16:55:50

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HENRY AVERY,CIVIL
WAR VETERAN, DIED
LAST WEDNESDAY
Henry W. Avery, the subject of this sketch, who passed away at his late home in East Lincoln township, Mitchell County, Iowa, on October 29, 1924, was 86 years, 1 month and 7 days of age at the time of his demise. He was born on November 2, 1838, in Susquehannah county, New Milford, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Avery is from a long line of distinguished ancestry. The first record of the family in America was in 1630. Christopher Avery, who came from Salsbury, England, at the time, and was a representative of eight generations, also the Rev. Jared R. Avery, through marriage was a relative of Col. George Denison, and Ann Boradell, a daughter of the Lord Boradel, of England, who came to America and settled in Stonington, Connecticut, in 1640, so that from the days of the Pilgrim fathers to the close of the world's war the Avery's have been identified with all the chief great interests of our country. They furnished citizens of morality and intelligence, soldiers in the war of 1776 and 1812 and 1861, ministers, educators, judges and office holders -- and they did their work faithfully.
Mr. Avery enlisted in the civil war with the Fifteenth Illinois volunteers, and served for three years and six months. He then settled in Mitchell county, Iowa.
He was united in marriage on December 25, 1864, to Miss Ellen E. Hawley. To this union was born one son, Ebenezer. He continued to live on the same farm which he bought nearly sixty years ago. In these early days he went to Mitchell to pay his taxes. he has seen the country develop from a wild prairie into a well-settled community. From ox teams and prairie schooners to tractors and automobiles, flying machines and radios.
Mr. Avery was converted and joined the Methodist church at an early age and lived a faithful and consistent Christian life. He was in peace with God and Man, and his neighbors were unanimous in their praise of his Christian character.
The funeral services were held in the Stillwater Congregational church on October 31, 1924, and was largely attended by neighbors and friends. The choir from the Colwell church furnished the music, and the writer, a former pastor, gave a talk on Mark 9:2-9, the story of the transfiguration of Christ, after which his body was laid to rest in the beautiful Stillwater cemetery. Rest in peace thou saint of God.
MITCHELL COUNTY PRESS, November 12, 1924
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The cemetery listing on IaGenWeb for Stillwater Cemetery shows the following for Henry and his wife Ellen:
Avery, Henry W. Nov. 2, 1838 -- Oct. 29, 1924
Avery, Ellen E. 1846 -- unknown

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Obituary: #1: HENRY AVERY,CIVIL WAR VETERAN, DIED LAST WEDNESDAY Henry W. Avery, the subject of this sketch, who passed away at his late home in East Lincoln township, Mitchell County, Iowa, on October 29, 1924, was 86 years, 1 month and 7 days of age at the time of his demise. He was born on November 2, 1838, in Susquehannah county, New Milford, Pennsylvania. Mr. Avery is from a long line of distinguished ancestry. The first record of the family in America was in 1630. Christopher Avery, who came from Salsbury, England, at the time, and was a representative of eight generations, also the Rev. Jared R. Avery, through marriage was a relative of Col. George Denison, and Ann Boradell, a daughter of the Lord Boradel, of England, who came to America and settled in Stonington, Connecticut, in 1640, so that from the days of the Pilgrim fathers to the close of the world's war the Avery's have been identified with all the chief great interests of our country. They furnished citizens of morality and intelligence, soldiers in the war of 1776 and 1812 and 1861, ministers, educators, judges and office holders -- and they did their work faithfully. Mr. Avery enlisted in the civil war with the Fifteenth Illinois volunteers, and served for three years and six months. He then settled in Mitchell county, Iowa. He was united in marriage on December 25, 1864, to Miss Ellen E. Hawley. To this union was born one son, Ebenezer. He continued to live on the same farm which he bought nearly sixty years ago. In these early days he went to Mitchell to pay his taxes. he has seen the country develop from a wild prairie into a well-settled community. From ox teams and prairie schooners to tractors and automobiles, flying machines and radios. Mr. Avery was converted and joined the Methodist church at an early age and lived a faithful and consistent Christian life. He was in peace with God and Man, and his neighbors were unanimous in their praise of his Christian character. The funeral services were held in the Stillwater Congregational church on October 31, 1924, and was largely attended by neighbors and friends. The choir from the Colwell church furnished the music, and the writer, a former pastor, gave a talk on Mark 9:2-9, the story of the transfiguration of Christ, after which his body was laid to rest in the beautiful Stillwater cemetery. Rest in peace thou saint of God. MITCHELL COUNTY PRESS, November 12, 1924 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #2: The cemetery listing on IaGenWeb for Stillwater Cemetery shows the following for Henry and his wife Ellen: Avery, Henry W. Nov. 2, 1838 -- Oct. 29, 1924 Avery, Ellen E. 1846 -- unknown
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