Eli Monroe Averett is the son of Albright Averett and Mary (Vinson) Averett. He married Lydia Amelia Cole on 29 October 1868 in Stewart County, Georgia.
Eli and Lydia had 6 children: Eulalia Averett; Charles Cole Averett; Sarah Irene Averett; Lillie Belle Averett; Eva Mae Averett; and Clifford Monroe Averett.
Eli died of brights disease and is buried in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. Eli was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He enlisted as a Private in the Georgia Grays, Company I, 5th Georgia Infantry, Columbus, Georgia on 20 June 1861. He was elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September 9, 1862 and later 2nd Lieutenant in August 1864. He remained in service for a total of three years and ten months. On detail duty as guard at Jamestown N.C. Apr 26 1865. Paroled at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina May 1 1865. He applied for a Confederate Pension on 12 September 1919 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Eli lived on his father's plantation which was across the valley from the Cole plantation, Renfroe, suposedly, lay between. Later he was a wholesale grocer in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. He always led the Confederate Memorial Day Parade on a white horse. He always sent fruit to the orphan's home in Columbus. When he died, the funeral service was at 1512 18th Street and all the orphans came and lined up outside the house as an honor guard for the coffin.
Eli and Lydia had 6 children: Eulalia Averett; Charles Cole Averett; Sarah Irene Averett; Lillie Belle Averett; Eva Mae Averett; and Clifford Monroe Averett.
Eli died of brights disease and is buried in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. Eli was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He enlisted as a Private in the Georgia Grays, Company I, 5th Georgia Infantry, Columbus, Georgia on 20 June 1861. He was elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September 9, 1862 and later 2nd Lieutenant in August 1864. He remained in service for a total of three years and ten months. On detail duty as guard at Jamestown N.C. Apr 26 1865. Paroled at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina May 1 1865. He applied for a Confederate Pension on 12 September 1919 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Eli lived on his father's plantation which was across the valley from the Cole plantation, Renfroe, suposedly, lay between. Later he was a wholesale grocer in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. He always led the Confederate Memorial Day Parade on a white horse. He always sent fruit to the orphan's home in Columbus. When he died, the funeral service was at 1512 18th Street and all the orphans came and lined up outside the house as an honor guard for the coffin.
Eli Monroe Averett is the son of Albright Averett and Mary (Vinson) Averett. He married Lydia Amelia Cole on 29 October 1868 in Stewart County, Georgia.
Eli and Lydia had 6 children: Eulalia Averett; Charles Cole Averett; Sarah Irene Averett; Lillie Belle Averett; Eva Mae Averett; and Clifford Monroe Averett.
Eli died of brights disease and is buried in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. Eli was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He enlisted as a Private in the Georgia Grays, Company I, 5th Georgia Infantry, Columbus, Georgia on 20 June 1861. He was elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September 9, 1862 and later 2nd Lieutenant in August 1864. He remained in service for a total of three years and ten months. On detail duty as guard at Jamestown N.C. Apr 26 1865. Paroled at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina May 1 1865. He applied for a Confederate Pension on 12 September 1919 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Eli lived on his father's plantation which was across the valley from the Cole plantation, Renfroe, suposedly, lay between. Later he was a wholesale grocer in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. He always led the Confederate Memorial Day Parade on a white horse. He always sent fruit to the orphan's home in Columbus. When he died, the funeral service was at 1512 18th Street and all the orphans came and lined up outside the house as an honor guard for the coffin.
Eli and Lydia had 6 children: Eulalia Averett; Charles Cole Averett; Sarah Irene Averett; Lillie Belle Averett; Eva Mae Averett; and Clifford Monroe Averett.
Eli died of brights disease and is buried in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. Eli was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He enlisted as a Private in the Georgia Grays, Company I, 5th Georgia Infantry, Columbus, Georgia on 20 June 1861. He was elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September 9, 1862 and later 2nd Lieutenant in August 1864. He remained in service for a total of three years and ten months. On detail duty as guard at Jamestown N.C. Apr 26 1865. Paroled at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina May 1 1865. He applied for a Confederate Pension on 12 September 1919 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Eli lived on his father's plantation which was across the valley from the Cole plantation, Renfroe, suposedly, lay between. Later he was a wholesale grocer in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. He always led the Confederate Memorial Day Parade on a white horse. He always sent fruit to the orphan's home in Columbus. When he died, the funeral service was at 1512 18th Street and all the orphans came and lined up outside the house as an honor guard for the coffin.
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