Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
Death7 Mar 1922, Shreveport, LA, USA
BurialInterment in Masonic Rest, Forest Park Cem.469
OccupationManager & Ticket Agent, Union Depot, Shreveport, LA, USA
FatherAngus Clark AVERY (1836-1911)
MotherRhoda Augusta DODGE (1838-1923)
Spouses
Birth22 Feb 1873, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA4
DeathWashington, DC, USA
BurialArlington National Cemetery
FatherEzra Keith WHITE (1824-1877)
MotherCatherine VAN WIE (1829-1883)
Marriage25 Oct 1893, Helena, MT4
ChildrenHerbert Laflin (1894-1918)
Marcelite Rawson (1897-2001)
Helena Dodge (1901-1988)
Catherine Pinchot (1911-)
Notes for Angus Brown AVERY
1870 census: age 3 in h'hold of father Angus Avery 115Residence: Shreveport, LA, USA469
obit: AVERY, Angus Brown
b: Jun 16 1867, Clinton, Henry Co, MO
d: 1922, Shreveport, LA
bur: Shreveport Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Co, LA
Clinton MO - Angus C. Avery died in Shreveport, LA. Tuesday morning at the sanitarium after being ill but a few days with influenza. His sister, Mrs. H. M. Fewel, received the message Tuesday. Mr. Avery had been in apparent good health and was planning to come home and visit his mother, Mrs. A. C. Avery, in the spring, the last letter they received. His death came as a shock to his people here as they did not now he was ill. He made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Marcelite Lockhart, but she was in Houston, Texas, at the time of her father's illness and death. His other two daughters, Misses Helena and Catherine, are in school in the East. Deceased was born in Clinton June 16, 1867, being a son of the late A. C. Avery. He was educated in Clinton and later graduated from William Jewell College at Liberty. It was said he was the finest mathematician that ever entered William Jewell College. He took the examination to enter West Point when a young man and stood at the top in all the examinations but could not enter on account of a weak heart. The man who examined the young students said he never hated to turn down a young man worse in his life. For years he has been in the railroad business and held a responsible position as city passenger, agent in the union station in Shreveport. He also had oil interest. He was a good business man and held in the highest esteem by all. He loved home and his children and raised all to follow the teachings of the Master. Both he and all his children were members of the Shreveport Baptist church. His only son, Herbert, died at sea in 1918 with influenza on his way to France. It had been many years since he lived in Clinton, but all who remember him, love him. He also leaves his mother, Mrs. A. C. Avery, of Clinton; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Arnold, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. H. M. Fewel, Clinton; four brothers - Will Avery, Los Angeles, Calif.; Howard Avery, Norfolk, Va.; Herbert AVery, Roanoke, Va.; and Walter Avery, Kansas City. The funeral services were conducted at Shreveport, Thursday afternoon. Interment in the Shreveport cemetery. His brother Walter, from Kansas City, attended the funeral.
obit: AVERY, Angus Brown
b: Jun 16 1867, Clinton, Henry Co, MO
d: 1922, Shreveport, LA
bur: Shreveport Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Co, LA
Clinton MO - Angus C. Avery died in Shreveport, LA. Tuesday morning at the sanitarium after being ill but a few days with influenza. His sister, Mrs. H. M. Fewel, received the message Tuesday. Mr. Avery had been in apparent good health and was planning to come home and visit his mother, Mrs. A. C. Avery, in the spring, the last letter they received. His death came as a shock to his people here as they did not now he was ill. He made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Marcelite Lockhart, but she was in Houston, Texas, at the time of her father's illness and death. His other two daughters, Misses Helena and Catherine, are in school in the East. Deceased was born in Clinton June 16, 1867, being a son of the late A. C. Avery. He was educated in Clinton and later graduated from William Jewell College at Liberty. It was said he was the finest mathematician that ever entered William Jewell College. He took the examination to enter West Point when a young man and stood at the top in all the examinations but could not enter on account of a weak heart. The man who examined the young students said he never hated to turn down a young man worse in his life. For years he has been in the railroad business and held a responsible position as city passenger, agent in the union station in Shreveport. He also had oil interest. He was a good business man and held in the highest esteem by all. He loved home and his children and raised all to follow the teachings of the Master. Both he and all his children were members of the Shreveport Baptist church. His only son, Herbert, died at sea in 1918 with influenza on his way to France. It had been many years since he lived in Clinton, but all who remember him, love him. He also leaves his mother, Mrs. A. C. Avery, of Clinton; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Arnold, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. H. M. Fewel, Clinton; four brothers - Will Avery, Los Angeles, Calif.; Howard Avery, Norfolk, Va.; Herbert AVery, Roanoke, Va.; and Walter Avery, Kansas City. The funeral services were conducted at Shreveport, Thursday afternoon. Interment in the Shreveport cemetery. His brother Walter, from Kansas City, attended the funeral.