Biographical Sketch of J. R. Avitt, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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J. R. Avitt.  The subject of this sketch is a native of Kentucky; born
in Breckenridge county, May 10, 1826.  Was educated in Mt. Morieno 
College.  After completing his education, he was engaged for a time in
selling goods, and afterwards at farming and trading on the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers.  In November, 1847, he married Miss Frances N. 
Van Meter, a native of Virginia.  They became the parents of six child-
ren, as follows: Isaac W., Howell, Laura J., Malcolm, Missouri and
George H.  In 1853, he came to Missouri, and located in Lafayette county
where he has since resided, with the exception of a short time spent in
Illinois, during the war.  After the surrender, he went to Kentucky, and
in the fall of 1865, he returned to his farm in this county, to find his
buildings and improvements utterly destroyed, and a herculean task 
before him, to get things in shape again.  A glance over his farm at the
present time, however, would leave no impression that such was ever the
condition of things, as everything bears the impress of a pains taking
hand.  In 1879, he built a handsome residence, which is a model of
comfort and convenience.  He and his wife are members of the Baptist
Church.

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