Judge John Boyd Avis (1875-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

Judge John Boyd Avis

Birth

11 Jul 1875

Deerfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA

Death

21 Jan 1944 (aged 68)

Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA

Burial

Wenonah Cemetery

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John Boyd Avis (1875-1944) — of Woodbury, Gloucester County, N.J. Born in Deerfield, Cumberland County, N.J., July 11, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1902-05; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1904-05; member of New Jersey state senate from Gloucester County, 1906-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1928; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-44; died in office 1944. Presbyterian. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Moose; Foresters; Redmen. Died, in Price Memorial Hospital, Camden, Camden County, N.J., January 21, 1944 (age 68 years, 194 days). Interment at Wenonah Cemetery.

Relatives: Son of John Hitchner Avis (1845-1933) and Sarah 'Sallie' (Barker) Avis (1846-1926); married, September 27, 1899, to Minnie Genung Anderson (died 1949).