Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Avery, John 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

John Avery, a farmer, section 16, Portland Township, is a son of Milburn and 
Elizabeth (Green) Avery, and was born in Walton, Northamptonshire, England, 
May 29, 1809. His parents were poor, and when he was a very small boy he went 
to work in a sack factory to turn a wheel (or spinning-wheel), and afterward 
engaged in farming. Feb. 21, 1854, he emigrated to this country, and after a 
residence in New York State of a few months, he came in the fall of 1854 to 
the township of Portland, this county, with no means in his possession. He 
rented a few years and then bought 75 acres where he now resides; but at 
present he is the proprietor of 135 acres. For the last two years he has 
rented his farm to his sons. Mr. Avery was first married in Huntingtonshire, 
England, to Elizabeth Culpin, and by that marriage there were three children, 
all of whom are now deceased. Mrs. A. died in the old country, and Mr. Avery 
was again married, in that country, to Hannah Coaten, Oct. 22, 1838; she was 
born in Helpstone, England, Sept. 1, 1811. By this marriage there were seven 
children, five of whom are now living. The record at present stands as 
follows: James is a farmer in Portland Township; Hannah is the wife of Stanley 
Fuller, also a farmer in the same township; Martha is deceased; Ruth is the 
wife of Silas Dickerson, a farmer in Nebraska; John is a resident of this 
township; George is a farmer here, and Milburn is deceased.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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