Grundy-Kendall County IL Archives Biographies.....Avery, S. P.  January 13, 1850 - 
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Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882

S. P. AVERY, attorney, Morris, was born in Kendall County, Ill., January 13, 
1850; son of S. K. AVERY, a native of Oneida County, N. Y., born in 1810, a 
farmer by occupation; he was born, raised and lived on the same farm in New 
York till 1847, then came to Illinois that fall, and in the spring of 1848, 
purchased a farm in Kendall County, where he lived till the time of his death, 
which occurred December 15, 1880. He was a prominent nurseryman and 
fruitgrower, during the latter part of his life in Illinois. His wife, Asenath 
(WILDER) AVERY, was born at Verona, N. Y., December 16, 1814, and married S. 
K. AVERY, January 20, 1836. They moved to Kendall County, Ill., in 1847, where 
Mrs. AVERY died November 26, 1874. They raised seven children, six of whom are 
now living, five sons, of which subject is the fourth, and one daughter. 
Subject was educated at the common schools of Kendall County, and at Fowler 
Institute at Newark; he read law two years in Rochester, N. Y., with Jessie 
SHEPARD, then one and a half years in Chicago with A. W. WINDETT. Mr. AVERY 
was admitted to the bar in June 1876, came to Morris September 13, 1876, and 
began the practice of his profession; there he has continued since. Mr. AVERY 
was married, in Laddonia, Mo., March 10, 1882, to Kate WILDER, born October 
20, 1856, daughter of Judge B. H. WILDER, of Audrain County, Mo. Mrs. AVERY is 
a member of the Baptist Church. Subject was with Judge C. GRANT, Register in 
Bankruptcy, from December, 1877, to January, 1881, when Judge GRANT died; from 
that time, subject has been Acting Register. Mr. AVERY is a Republican.

[Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical 
Publishers, Lake Side Building, Chicago, 1882]

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