He married Sarah Ann Collier on Oct 2,1856 at St Paul, IN. She was born at Milford, IN on Mar 20, 1840, a daughter of William and Martha Collier. She died on Sep 7, 1897 at Indianapolis, IN.
Children: Helen S Avery, William Herman Avery, Rose Emma Avery, Francis Marion Howard Avery, Charlotte Mahala Avery Roth(wife of John Matthew Roth), Delbert Avery, Hershall Buxton Avery, and Maurice Clyde Avery.
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Obituary -- The Shelbyville Democrat, Shelbyville,IN, Monday, January 15, 1912.
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Final Summons for Matthias Avery.
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Matthias Avery, one of the pioneer residents of this county in the St. Paul vicinity, died yesterday at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Helen Avery, in Indianapolis, aged seventy-seven years.
Mr. Avery was born February 19, 1834, in a log cabin in this county at what is now the western edge of the town of St. Paul, and he had hunted rabbits and squirrels and pawpaws all over the lands on which the town is now located.
Mr. Avery went to Indianapolis about thirty years ago and in the succeeding years was employed at the Brightwood shops of the Big Four railroad and by the Indianapolis Gas Company.
Ten years ago he went to Los Angeles, Calif., with a daughter in the hope of benefitting her health, but she died in that state and he then returned to St. Paul, where he lived for some time with his half-sister, Mrs. F. M. Howard.
Shortly before the death of Mrs. Howard he went to Indianapolis and lived there with his granddaughter till the time of her death.
Mr. Avery was the last of a large family.
He is survived by two sons, Frank and Herschel, both of Indianapolis, and was an uncle of Herman Avery, of this city.
The body will be taken to St. Paul and the funeral services will be held there at ten o'clock tomorrow morning at the home of his niece,Mrs. Metta Mulroy, and the interment will be made in the Ogden cemetery.
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Children: Helen S Avery, William Herman Avery, Rose Emma Avery, Francis Marion Howard Avery, Charlotte Mahala Avery Roth(wife of John Matthew Roth), Delbert Avery, Hershall Buxton Avery, and Maurice Clyde Avery.
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Obituary -- The Shelbyville Democrat, Shelbyville,IN, Monday, January 15, 1912.
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Final Summons for Matthias Avery.
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Matthias Avery, one of the pioneer residents of this county in the St. Paul vicinity, died yesterday at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Helen Avery, in Indianapolis, aged seventy-seven years.
Mr. Avery was born February 19, 1834, in a log cabin in this county at what is now the western edge of the town of St. Paul, and he had hunted rabbits and squirrels and pawpaws all over the lands on which the town is now located.
Mr. Avery went to Indianapolis about thirty years ago and in the succeeding years was employed at the Brightwood shops of the Big Four railroad and by the Indianapolis Gas Company.
Ten years ago he went to Los Angeles, Calif., with a daughter in the hope of benefitting her health, but she died in that state and he then returned to St. Paul, where he lived for some time with his half-sister, Mrs. F. M. Howard.
Shortly before the death of Mrs. Howard he went to Indianapolis and lived there with his granddaughter till the time of her death.
Mr. Avery was the last of a large family.
He is survived by two sons, Frank and Herschel, both of Indianapolis, and was an uncle of Herman Avery, of this city.
The body will be taken to St. Paul and the funeral services will be held there at ten o'clock tomorrow morning at the home of his niece,Mrs. Metta Mulroy, and the interment will be made in the Ogden cemetery.
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He married Sarah Ann Collier on Oct 2,1856 at St Paul, IN. She was born at Milford, IN on Mar 20, 1840, a daughter of William and Martha Collier. She died on Sep 7, 1897 at Indianapolis, IN.
Children: Helen S Avery, William Herman Avery, Rose Emma Avery, Francis Marion Howard Avery, Charlotte Mahala Avery Roth(wife of John Matthew Roth), Delbert Avery, Hershall Buxton Avery, and Maurice Clyde Avery.
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Obituary -- The Shelbyville Democrat, Shelbyville,IN, Monday, January 15, 1912.
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Final Summons for Matthias Avery.
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Matthias Avery, one of the pioneer residents of this county in the St. Paul vicinity, died yesterday at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Helen Avery, in Indianapolis, aged seventy-seven years.
Mr. Avery was born February 19, 1834, in a log cabin in this county at what is now the western edge of the town of St. Paul, and he had hunted rabbits and squirrels and pawpaws all over the lands on which the town is now located.
Mr. Avery went to Indianapolis about thirty years ago and in the succeeding years was employed at the Brightwood shops of the Big Four railroad and by the Indianapolis Gas Company.
Ten years ago he went to Los Angeles, Calif., with a daughter in the hope of benefitting her health, but she died in that state and he then returned to St. Paul, where he lived for some time with his half-sister, Mrs. F. M. Howard.
Shortly before the death of Mrs. Howard he went to Indianapolis and lived there with his granddaughter till the time of her death.
Mr. Avery was the last of a large family.
He is survived by two sons, Frank and Herschel, both of Indianapolis, and was an uncle of Herman Avery, of this city.
The body will be taken to St. Paul and the funeral services will be held there at ten o'clock tomorrow morning at the home of his niece,Mrs. Metta Mulroy, and the interment will be made in the Ogden cemetery.
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Children: Helen S Avery, William Herman Avery, Rose Emma Avery, Francis Marion Howard Avery, Charlotte Mahala Avery Roth(wife of John Matthew Roth), Delbert Avery, Hershall Buxton Avery, and Maurice Clyde Avery.
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Obituary -- The Shelbyville Democrat, Shelbyville,IN, Monday, January 15, 1912.
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Final Summons for Matthias Avery.
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Matthias Avery, one of the pioneer residents of this county in the St. Paul vicinity, died yesterday at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Helen Avery, in Indianapolis, aged seventy-seven years.
Mr. Avery was born February 19, 1834, in a log cabin in this county at what is now the western edge of the town of St. Paul, and he had hunted rabbits and squirrels and pawpaws all over the lands on which the town is now located.
Mr. Avery went to Indianapolis about thirty years ago and in the succeeding years was employed at the Brightwood shops of the Big Four railroad and by the Indianapolis Gas Company.
Ten years ago he went to Los Angeles, Calif., with a daughter in the hope of benefitting her health, but she died in that state and he then returned to St. Paul, where he lived for some time with his half-sister, Mrs. F. M. Howard.
Shortly before the death of Mrs. Howard he went to Indianapolis and lived there with his granddaughter till the time of her death.
Mr. Avery was the last of a large family.
He is survived by two sons, Frank and Herschel, both of Indianapolis, and was an uncle of Herman Avery, of this city.
The body will be taken to St. Paul and the funeral services will be held there at ten o'clock tomorrow morning at the home of his niece,Mrs. Metta Mulroy, and the interment will be made in the Ogden cemetery.
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