Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameJudge William Lane AVERY 664,137
Birth14 Nov 1822, Lastbuck, near Lost Buck Creek, White Co., TN665,137,126
Death2 Mar 1875, Clinton, Henry Co., MO, USA137,664,126
BurialSardis Burial Ground
OccupationLawyer, Teacher.
EducationLaw
ReligionBaptist, Sardis Bethlehem Baptist Church666
FatherRev. Henry AVERY (1793-1845)
MotherElizabeth GREEN (1798-1846)
Spouses
Birth8 Dec 1826, Simpson Co. KY, USA664
Death6 May 1917, Colorado Springs, CO., USA137
BurialColorado Springs, CO., USA137
ReligionBaptist, Sardis Bethlehem Baptist Church666
MotherNancy A LANE (1805-1891)
Marriage17 Jan 1843, Clinton, Henry Co. MO664,126
ChildrenRobert Walter (Bob) (1851-1907)
 Charles Edward (1849-1926)
 Ed
 infant (1844-1844)
 Nancy Elizabeth (1845-)
 Leonara Amelia (1847-)
 Emma Ophelia (1853-1876)
 Idora (Ida) Florence (1855-1874)
 Mary Henrietta (1857-)
 Lilian May (1861-)
 John Henry (1863-1943)
Notes for Judge William Lane AVERY
Came to MO. with his parents at age 8.
8/1/1849 Rec’d Land Grant in Clinton, Henry Co., MO 667
1852-1864 Judge of Co. Court. 666
1870-1874 Judge of Court of Common Pleas.118
1874-1875 Judge of Henry Co. Probate Court118
bio:--- The late Hon. William L. Avery, who was born November 14, 1822, in White County, Tennessee, and who married January 17, 1843, Miss Saphronia C., daughter of Major John W. and Nancy A. Williams, of Henry County. She was born December 8, 1826, in Simpson County, Kentucky. They had nine children, seven of whom are living: Nancy Elizabeth was born May 10, 1845, and married Mark F. Finks, October 20, 1864; Leonora A. was born August 2, 1847, and married John W. Coppage, October 23, 1867. Charles E. was born July 4, 1849, and married Miss Lelia Theressa, daughter of Judge M. B. and Susan A. Merritt, of this county; Robert W. was born June 15, 1851; Emma O., was born September 9, 1853, and married J. W. Wall in August, 1873 (she died January 7, 1876); Idora F., who was born February 4, 1855, married Nicholas Mars, December 19, 1870, and died September 18, 1874; Mary H. was born January 28, 1857, married Peter B. Mars, October, 1874; Lillian M. was born May 1, 1861, married Nicholas Mars, and now residing in Cedar County Missouri; John H. was born September 3, 1863.
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