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James Gill Averill

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James Gill Averill

Birth
Flatbush, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
21 Mar 1881 (aged 76)
Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Burial
Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Averill Family Sect.
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Son of Isaac and Hanna Miles Averill of Milford, CT. ca 1830, he moved to Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, NY. He lived in a home on Schumann Road, and married Clarissa Sliter (Sluyter); town merchant and tavern keeper; may be best known locally for leading Memorial Day parades on Moscow, a Civil War horse now buried with his owner, son James Knox Averill (1846-1900), lawyer, land developer, and railroad promoter (Troy & New England Railway) along with his brother Horatio developed the village of Averill Park near Sand Lake.
Son of Isaac and Hanna Miles Averill of Milford, CT. ca 1830, he moved to Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, NY. He lived in a home on Schumann Road, and married Clarissa Sliter (Sluyter); town merchant and tavern keeper; may be best known locally for leading Memorial Day parades on Moscow, a Civil War horse now buried with his owner, son James Knox Averill (1846-1900), lawyer, land developer, and railroad promoter (Troy & New England Railway) along with his brother Horatio developed the village of Averill Park near Sand Lake.


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