Henry County Missouri Connections

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  • ID: I750
  • Name: Henry AVERY
  • Prefix: Rev. 1 2 3 4 5
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 18 OCT 1793 in Roane County, Tennessee
  • Death: 26 SEP 1845 in Henry County, Missouri
  • Note: (or Sep 18 1845)
  • Burial: Avery Cemetery, Tebo Township, Henry County, Missouri
  • Census: 1 JUN 1840 Teabo Township, Rives (Henry) County, Missouri
  • Note: AVERY, Henry - 2M(0-4), 1M(10-14), 3M(15-19), 1M(50-59), 1F(5-9), 1F(10-14), 1F(40-49), 2SM(0-9), 1SM(24-35), 1SF(0-9), 1SF(10-23), 1SF(24-35), 7(Agri)
  • Occupation: merchant Bibb Co, AL, secretary of state, AL, Minister ordained 1833
  • Note:

    Taught school in Tennesee and married one of his pupils. He served under General Andrew Jackson in the Seminole Indian war, as well as in the war of 1812. He was a personal friend of Old Hickory, making and using many quill pens for him, and cor responded with him for many years after Jackson became President. Henry was Jackson's private secretary and a member of his staff at the time of the battle of New Orleans. He was a first lieutenant, but being a member of the General's staff, h e was entitield to the rank of major and was allowed to horse to ride, somewhat of a luxury at that time.

    In 1830 he emigrated to Missouri, and after spending a season in St. Louis County continued his course westward and raised a crop in Morgan County, and thence moved to what is now Henry County, in July, 1831, and was one of the first to identify h imself with the interests of the county. He made his permanent settlement in Tebo Township March 18, 1832, and engaged successfully in agricultural pursuits. He was probably the first man in the county who broke prairie and put in a crop, and he e rected the first hewn log house in the county. He was the first justice of the peace of the county, and the first term of the county court was held in his house on May 4 and 5, 1835.
  • Military:
    War of 1812 & Seminole Indiana War
  • Change Date: 26 APR 2007



    Father: Peter AVERY b: ABT 1739 in Poughkeepsie, NY
    Mother: Mary YAPLE

    Marriage 1 Elizabeth GREEN b: 10 NOV 1798 in White County, Tennessee
    • Married: 25 NOV 1819 in White County, Tennessee
    Children
    1. Has Children Ponsonby Green AVERY b: 2 OCT 1820 in Bibb County, Alabama
    2. Has Children William Lane AVERY b: 14 NOV 1822 in White County, Tennessee
    3. Has Children Robinson Lafayette AVERY b: 12 DEC 1824 in White County, Tennessee
    4. Has No Children Thomas Flavius AVERY b: 31 MAR 1827 in White County, Tennessee
    5. Has Children Nancy Ann AVERY b: 12 MAR 1830 in Morgan County, Missouri
    6. Has Children Susan Jane AVERY b: 6 OCT 1832 in Rives (Henry) County, Missouri
    7. Has Children Angus Clark AVERY b: 26 JAN 1836 in Rives (Henry) County, Missouri
    8. Has Children James Mason AVERY b: 7 JUN 1838 in Tebo Township, Henry County, Missouri

    Sources:
    1. Type: Web Page
      Text: Biographies of Henry County, MO bio.html
    2. Type: Web Page
      Text: Obituaries of Henry County, MO obitindex.htm
    3. Type: E-Mail Message
      Author: Kim Schumacher
      Location: kksgen@hotmail.com
    4. Type: Book
      Title: A Fragmentary Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Myer Avery
      Author: John H. Avery
      Date: 1914
    5. Type: Web Page
      Text: Avery Cemetery, Tebo Twp, Henry Co, MO cem1005.html
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