He served in the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was wounded several times, and the last time a minie ball injured his left arm so badly it had to be amputated. While lying on the stretcher, he was shot again. He died six weeks later from an infection of the wound in his leg.
Avery was first buried in Virginia, but his wife went to retrieve his body . He was brought back home and buried in the churchyard of the Presbyterian Church. When this graveyard was moved, he was buried for the third time at the present day church.
His children were Martha Matilda, who married George Phifer; Harriet Louise, who married Rev. James Colton; Isaac Thomas Avery, and Laura Pairo, who married the Reverend John A Gilmer.
from a biographical sketch written by Isaac Thomas Avery, Jr.
He served in the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was wounded several times, and the last time a minie ball injured his left arm so badly it had to be amputated. While lying on the stretcher, he was shot again. He died six weeks later from an infection of the wound in his leg.
Avery was first buried in Virginia, but his wife went to retrieve his body . He was brought back home and buried in the churchyard of the Presbyterian Church. When this graveyard was moved, he was buried for the third time at the present day church.
His children were Martha Matilda, who married George Phifer; Harriet Louise, who married Rev. James Colton; Isaac Thomas Avery, and Laura Pairo, who married the Reverend John A Gilmer.
from a biographical sketch written by Isaac Thomas Avery, Jr.
Family Members
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William Waightstill Avery
1816–1864
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Infant Son Avery
1816–1816
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Theodore Horatio Avery
1817–1822
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Adelaide Leah Avery
1822–1897
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Isaac Erwin Avery
1828–1863
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Mary Ann Martha Avery Chambers
1831–1890
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Harriet Justina Avery Chambers
1833–1902
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CPT Alphonsa Calhoun Avery Sr
1835–1913
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Laura Myra Avery
1837–1912
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Willoughby Francis Avery
1843–1876
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