Avery, Austin E. (1843-1934)

AVERY

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Date: 9/14/2019 at 23:46:42

Austin E. Avery
Jan 7, 1843 - Apr 27, 1934

[From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.535]
A. E. AVERY, Street and Sidewalk Commissioner of Council Bluffs, was elected to his present position in 1887. Previous to that time, during the years 1882-83, he officiated in the same capacity and in 1883-84 he was Sidewalk Commissioner. Mr. Avery was born in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, in January 1843, son of George L. and Mary L. (HARDING) AVERY. His father and mother were descendants of English ancestry and were natives of Connecticut and Massachusetts respectively. Mr. Avery was reared on a farm in his native county and was educated in the public and commercial schools. At the age of twenty-one, he began to do for himself and in 1867 he came to Council Bluffs. In the fall of the same year, he went to Monona County, Iowa, where he remained until 1869. Since his return to Council Bluffs, he has principally been engaged in corporation work. He is a Democrat, and is one of the energetic men of this city.