James Denton Avery was born in Fishkill, NY, the 2nd of 6 known children born to Thomas Nash Avery and his wife, Eliza J. Carroll. Two of his siblings -- Thomas and George -- died young in New York.
James married in New York State in 1882 to Mary Louisa Billings (1861-1942), daughter Stephen Billings & Ann Mannering. His wife's sister, Annie. H. Billings (1864-1894), married Herbert Augustus Bushnell who was briefly associated with the Cliffwood Brick Company later purchased by his father, and successfully managed James Avery.
James and Mary Louisa would have 4 known surviving children, with all but the eldest born in Cliffwood, NJ.
* Ann Billings Avery (1889-1968)
* James Denton Avery, Jr. (1898-1975)
* Stephen Billings Avery (1892-1957)
* Charles N. Avery (1902-1989)
James Avery's obituary appeared in the Sep 2, 1920 edition of the Matawan Journal --
JAMES DENTON AVERY died on Monday at his home in Whippany, Troy Hills, after an illness of four years from Bright's Disease. Born in Highland Falls, NY on Apr 21, 1861 and took his bride, Mary Louise Billings in 1882. When Mr. Avery first came to Cliffwood he was associated with Herbert A. Bushnell in the brick business and later became treasurer of the Cliffwood Brick Company of which his father Thomas N. Avery was president and his brother-in-law, Charles Carman, was secretary. This was one of the leading industries in the vicinity for a number of years but went into the hands of a receiver in 1916. About this time Mr. Avery's health became very poor and the family moved to Whippany.
Services were held last night at his late home and this afternoon the M.E. Church in Matawan, of which he was a member and generous supporter. Internment in Rose Hill Cemetery. Besides his widow, Mr. Avery is survived by 4 children -- Anne Billings, Steven Billings, James Denton Jr, and Charles Carman Avery and one sister, Mrs. Charles Carman.
An interesting anecdote to his career at the Cliffwood Brick Company was reported in the March 24, 1899 edition of the New York Times --
The Cliffwood Brick Company, of which James P. Avery is manager, has been widely quoted the past week through the metropolitan press because of the offer made to give employment to on-half of a party of colored people who were on their way from Oklahoma to Liberia and became stranded upon their arrival in Jersey City. The party numbered 104 persons, including men, women and children. The men had paid $34 a ticket to reach Jersey City and upon their arrival they were unable to go farther for lack of funds.
Last Friday afternoon the party reached Cliffwood Station, their baggage taking nearly two cars. There were but nineteen able bodied men among them, the balance being wives and children, one couple having ten children with them. Preparations had been made for their coming and it did not take but a short while to house them and get them settled. In addition to these men Mr. Avery use from 150 to 200 more, getting most of his help from the south. As soon as the weather gets fairly settled brick-making will begin in earnest and in the several yards in this vicinity several hundred men will be employed until the weather stops them in the early fall or winter.
James Avery's wife reportedly survived him 22 years, dying in New York on December 15, 1942. It seems probable she would be buried here in Rose Hill with her husband, but confirming records have not been located by this researcher.
James married in New York State in 1882 to Mary Louisa Billings (1861-1942), daughter Stephen Billings & Ann Mannering. His wife's sister, Annie. H. Billings (1864-1894), married Herbert Augustus Bushnell who was briefly associated with the Cliffwood Brick Company later purchased by his father, and successfully managed James Avery.
James and Mary Louisa would have 4 known surviving children, with all but the eldest born in Cliffwood, NJ.
* Ann Billings Avery (1889-1968)
* James Denton Avery, Jr. (1898-1975)
* Stephen Billings Avery (1892-1957)
* Charles N. Avery (1902-1989)
James Avery's obituary appeared in the Sep 2, 1920 edition of the Matawan Journal --
JAMES DENTON AVERY died on Monday at his home in Whippany, Troy Hills, after an illness of four years from Bright's Disease. Born in Highland Falls, NY on Apr 21, 1861 and took his bride, Mary Louise Billings in 1882. When Mr. Avery first came to Cliffwood he was associated with Herbert A. Bushnell in the brick business and later became treasurer of the Cliffwood Brick Company of which his father Thomas N. Avery was president and his brother-in-law, Charles Carman, was secretary. This was one of the leading industries in the vicinity for a number of years but went into the hands of a receiver in 1916. About this time Mr. Avery's health became very poor and the family moved to Whippany.
Services were held last night at his late home and this afternoon the M.E. Church in Matawan, of which he was a member and generous supporter. Internment in Rose Hill Cemetery. Besides his widow, Mr. Avery is survived by 4 children -- Anne Billings, Steven Billings, James Denton Jr, and Charles Carman Avery and one sister, Mrs. Charles Carman.
An interesting anecdote to his career at the Cliffwood Brick Company was reported in the March 24, 1899 edition of the New York Times --
The Cliffwood Brick Company, of which James P. Avery is manager, has been widely quoted the past week through the metropolitan press because of the offer made to give employment to on-half of a party of colored people who were on their way from Oklahoma to Liberia and became stranded upon their arrival in Jersey City. The party numbered 104 persons, including men, women and children. The men had paid $34 a ticket to reach Jersey City and upon their arrival they were unable to go farther for lack of funds.
Last Friday afternoon the party reached Cliffwood Station, their baggage taking nearly two cars. There were but nineteen able bodied men among them, the balance being wives and children, one couple having ten children with them. Preparations had been made for their coming and it did not take but a short while to house them and get them settled. In addition to these men Mr. Avery use from 150 to 200 more, getting most of his help from the south. As soon as the weather gets fairly settled brick-making will begin in earnest and in the several yards in this vicinity several hundred men will be employed until the weather stops them in the early fall or winter.
James Avery's wife reportedly survived him 22 years, dying in New York on December 15, 1942. It seems probable she would be buried here in Rose Hill with her husband, but confirming records have not been located by this researcher.
James Denton Avery was born in Fishkill, NY, the 2nd of 6 known children born to Thomas Nash Avery and his wife, Eliza J. Carroll. Two of his siblings -- Thomas and George -- died young in New York.
James married in New York State in 1882 to Mary Louisa Billings (1861-1942), daughter Stephen Billings & Ann Mannering. His wife's sister, Annie. H. Billings (1864-1894), married Herbert Augustus Bushnell who was briefly associated with the Cliffwood Brick Company later purchased by his father, and successfully managed James Avery.
James and Mary Louisa would have 4 known surviving children, with all but the eldest born in Cliffwood, NJ.
* Ann Billings Avery (1889-1968)
* James Denton Avery, Jr. (1898-1975)
* Stephen Billings Avery (1892-1957)
* Charles N. Avery (1902-1989)
James Avery's obituary appeared in the Sep 2, 1920 edition of the Matawan Journal --
JAMES DENTON AVERY died on Monday at his home in Whippany, Troy Hills, after an illness of four years from Bright's Disease. Born in Highland Falls, NY on Apr 21, 1861 and took his bride, Mary Louise Billings in 1882. When Mr. Avery first came to Cliffwood he was associated with Herbert A. Bushnell in the brick business and later became treasurer of the Cliffwood Brick Company of which his father Thomas N. Avery was president and his brother-in-law, Charles Carman, was secretary. This was one of the leading industries in the vicinity for a number of years but went into the hands of a receiver in 1916. About this time Mr. Avery's health became very poor and the family moved to Whippany.
Services were held last night at his late home and this afternoon the M.E. Church in Matawan, of which he was a member and generous supporter. Internment in Rose Hill Cemetery. Besides his widow, Mr. Avery is survived by 4 children -- Anne Billings, Steven Billings, James Denton Jr, and Charles Carman Avery and one sister, Mrs. Charles Carman.
An interesting anecdote to his career at the Cliffwood Brick Company was reported in the March 24, 1899 edition of the New York Times --
The Cliffwood Brick Company, of which James P. Avery is manager, has been widely quoted the past week through the metropolitan press because of the offer made to give employment to on-half of a party of colored people who were on their way from Oklahoma to Liberia and became stranded upon their arrival in Jersey City. The party numbered 104 persons, including men, women and children. The men had paid $34 a ticket to reach Jersey City and upon their arrival they were unable to go farther for lack of funds.
Last Friday afternoon the party reached Cliffwood Station, their baggage taking nearly two cars. There were but nineteen able bodied men among them, the balance being wives and children, one couple having ten children with them. Preparations had been made for their coming and it did not take but a short while to house them and get them settled. In addition to these men Mr. Avery use from 150 to 200 more, getting most of his help from the south. As soon as the weather gets fairly settled brick-making will begin in earnest and in the several yards in this vicinity several hundred men will be employed until the weather stops them in the early fall or winter.
James Avery's wife reportedly survived him 22 years, dying in New York on December 15, 1942. It seems probable she would be buried here in Rose Hill with her husband, but confirming records have not been located by this researcher.
James married in New York State in 1882 to Mary Louisa Billings (1861-1942), daughter Stephen Billings & Ann Mannering. His wife's sister, Annie. H. Billings (1864-1894), married Herbert Augustus Bushnell who was briefly associated with the Cliffwood Brick Company later purchased by his father, and successfully managed James Avery.
James and Mary Louisa would have 4 known surviving children, with all but the eldest born in Cliffwood, NJ.
* Ann Billings Avery (1889-1968)
* James Denton Avery, Jr. (1898-1975)
* Stephen Billings Avery (1892-1957)
* Charles N. Avery (1902-1989)
James Avery's obituary appeared in the Sep 2, 1920 edition of the Matawan Journal --
JAMES DENTON AVERY died on Monday at his home in Whippany, Troy Hills, after an illness of four years from Bright's Disease. Born in Highland Falls, NY on Apr 21, 1861 and took his bride, Mary Louise Billings in 1882. When Mr. Avery first came to Cliffwood he was associated with Herbert A. Bushnell in the brick business and later became treasurer of the Cliffwood Brick Company of which his father Thomas N. Avery was president and his brother-in-law, Charles Carman, was secretary. This was one of the leading industries in the vicinity for a number of years but went into the hands of a receiver in 1916. About this time Mr. Avery's health became very poor and the family moved to Whippany.
Services were held last night at his late home and this afternoon the M.E. Church in Matawan, of which he was a member and generous supporter. Internment in Rose Hill Cemetery. Besides his widow, Mr. Avery is survived by 4 children -- Anne Billings, Steven Billings, James Denton Jr, and Charles Carman Avery and one sister, Mrs. Charles Carman.
An interesting anecdote to his career at the Cliffwood Brick Company was reported in the March 24, 1899 edition of the New York Times --
The Cliffwood Brick Company, of which James P. Avery is manager, has been widely quoted the past week through the metropolitan press because of the offer made to give employment to on-half of a party of colored people who were on their way from Oklahoma to Liberia and became stranded upon their arrival in Jersey City. The party numbered 104 persons, including men, women and children. The men had paid $34 a ticket to reach Jersey City and upon their arrival they were unable to go farther for lack of funds.
Last Friday afternoon the party reached Cliffwood Station, their baggage taking nearly two cars. There were but nineteen able bodied men among them, the balance being wives and children, one couple having ten children with them. Preparations had been made for their coming and it did not take but a short while to house them and get them settled. In addition to these men Mr. Avery use from 150 to 200 more, getting most of his help from the south. As soon as the weather gets fairly settled brick-making will begin in earnest and in the several yards in this vicinity several hundred men will be employed until the weather stops them in the early fall or winter.
James Avery's wife reportedly survived him 22 years, dying in New York on December 15, 1942. It seems probable she would be buried here in Rose Hill with her husband, but confirming records have not been located by this researcher.
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