Company D, 20th Iowa Infantry-Civil War
Avery A Perry age 29 [sic: he was 31, lied on his enlistment papers] of Davenport, Iowa Enlisted in Company D, Iowa 20th Infantry Regiment on 25 Aug 1862. Mustered out on 11 Apr 1864 at New Orleans, Lousiana. Born abt 1833. Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion.
Pension application filed on March 15, 1880 - interment records at Chico Cemetery indicate burial took place on Sep 24, 1914, and widow's benefits to Josephine Perry granted by application dated Oct 6, 1914.
A.A. Perry, aged 74, born New York, occupation "nothing", joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico in 1905. He died on September 23, 1914. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
California Death Index Records, 1905-1939: Name: Avery A Perry Birth Year: abt 1831 Death Date: 22 Sep 1914 Age at Death: 83 Death Place: Butte, California, USA.
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Chico Record, Wednesday Morning, September 23, 1914, pg 5 col 4: Well Known G.A.R. Veteran Is Dead. A.A. Perry died at his home, 832 Walnut street, from paralysis yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. He was eighty-five years old and had lived in Chico fourteen years.
Deceased had ben an invalid for several years. His friends in Chico were many and he was held in high esteem.
He was born in Saratoga, N.Y., and came west several years ago to make his home. He was a member of Halleck Post, G.A.R.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family home.
Deceased is survived by the following children: R.A. Perry, Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. F.F. Tallman, Reno, Nev., Frank Perry, Oroville, E.S. Perry, Chico, and W.S. Perry, Stirling City.
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See the completed biography on Avery Perry, by Benjamin Longmire, entitled "Avery A. Perry: The Civil War Story of an Ordinary Soldier and His Extraordinary Experience" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
Avery A Perry age 29 [sic: he was 31, lied on his enlistment papers] of Davenport, Iowa Enlisted in Company D, Iowa 20th Infantry Regiment on 25 Aug 1862. Mustered out on 11 Apr 1864 at New Orleans, Lousiana. Born abt 1833. Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion.
Pension application filed on March 15, 1880 - interment records at Chico Cemetery indicate burial took place on Sep 24, 1914, and widow's benefits to Josephine Perry granted by application dated Oct 6, 1914.
A.A. Perry, aged 74, born New York, occupation "nothing", joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico in 1905. He died on September 23, 1914. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
California Death Index Records, 1905-1939: Name: Avery A Perry Birth Year: abt 1831 Death Date: 22 Sep 1914 Age at Death: 83 Death Place: Butte, California, USA.
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Chico Record, Wednesday Morning, September 23, 1914, pg 5 col 4: Well Known G.A.R. Veteran Is Dead. A.A. Perry died at his home, 832 Walnut street, from paralysis yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. He was eighty-five years old and had lived in Chico fourteen years.
Deceased had ben an invalid for several years. His friends in Chico were many and he was held in high esteem.
He was born in Saratoga, N.Y., and came west several years ago to make his home. He was a member of Halleck Post, G.A.R.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family home.
Deceased is survived by the following children: R.A. Perry, Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. F.F. Tallman, Reno, Nev., Frank Perry, Oroville, E.S. Perry, Chico, and W.S. Perry, Stirling City.
~~~
See the completed biography on Avery Perry, by Benjamin Longmire, entitled "Avery A. Perry: The Civil War Story of an Ordinary Soldier and His Extraordinary Experience" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
Company D, 20th Iowa Infantry-Civil War
Avery A Perry age 29 [sic: he was 31, lied on his enlistment papers] of Davenport, Iowa Enlisted in Company D, Iowa 20th Infantry Regiment on 25 Aug 1862. Mustered out on 11 Apr 1864 at New Orleans, Lousiana. Born abt 1833. Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion.
Pension application filed on March 15, 1880 - interment records at Chico Cemetery indicate burial took place on Sep 24, 1914, and widow's benefits to Josephine Perry granted by application dated Oct 6, 1914.
A.A. Perry, aged 74, born New York, occupation "nothing", joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico in 1905. He died on September 23, 1914. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
California Death Index Records, 1905-1939: Name: Avery A Perry Birth Year: abt 1831 Death Date: 22 Sep 1914 Age at Death: 83 Death Place: Butte, California, USA.
~~~
Chico Record, Wednesday Morning, September 23, 1914, pg 5 col 4: Well Known G.A.R. Veteran Is Dead. A.A. Perry died at his home, 832 Walnut street, from paralysis yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. He was eighty-five years old and had lived in Chico fourteen years.
Deceased had ben an invalid for several years. His friends in Chico were many and he was held in high esteem.
He was born in Saratoga, N.Y., and came west several years ago to make his home. He was a member of Halleck Post, G.A.R.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family home.
Deceased is survived by the following children: R.A. Perry, Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. F.F. Tallman, Reno, Nev., Frank Perry, Oroville, E.S. Perry, Chico, and W.S. Perry, Stirling City.
~~~
See the completed biography on Avery Perry, by Benjamin Longmire, entitled "Avery A. Perry: The Civil War Story of an Ordinary Soldier and His Extraordinary Experience" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
Avery A Perry age 29 [sic: he was 31, lied on his enlistment papers] of Davenport, Iowa Enlisted in Company D, Iowa 20th Infantry Regiment on 25 Aug 1862. Mustered out on 11 Apr 1864 at New Orleans, Lousiana. Born abt 1833. Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion.
Pension application filed on March 15, 1880 - interment records at Chico Cemetery indicate burial took place on Sep 24, 1914, and widow's benefits to Josephine Perry granted by application dated Oct 6, 1914.
A.A. Perry, aged 74, born New York, occupation "nothing", joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico in 1905. He died on September 23, 1914. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
California Death Index Records, 1905-1939: Name: Avery A Perry Birth Year: abt 1831 Death Date: 22 Sep 1914 Age at Death: 83 Death Place: Butte, California, USA.
~~~
Chico Record, Wednesday Morning, September 23, 1914, pg 5 col 4: Well Known G.A.R. Veteran Is Dead. A.A. Perry died at his home, 832 Walnut street, from paralysis yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. He was eighty-five years old and had lived in Chico fourteen years.
Deceased had ben an invalid for several years. His friends in Chico were many and he was held in high esteem.
He was born in Saratoga, N.Y., and came west several years ago to make his home. He was a member of Halleck Post, G.A.R.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family home.
Deceased is survived by the following children: R.A. Perry, Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. F.F. Tallman, Reno, Nev., Frank Perry, Oroville, E.S. Perry, Chico, and W.S. Perry, Stirling City.
~~~
See the completed biography on Avery Perry, by Benjamin Longmire, entitled "Avery A. Perry: The Civil War Story of an Ordinary Soldier and His Extraordinary Experience" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
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