Henry Avare
History of Montana, Sanders, 1913

As might be inferred from his name, the state game warden of 
Montana is of French descent although he was born in New 
England in the town of Worchester, Massachusetts on December 
12, 1868.  His father, Peter Avare, was born in Canada, of 
French parents.  The date of his entrance into this life 
was 1823, and thirty-one years later he immigrated to 
Illinois, then rather a new state, although it had been 
sufficiently populated to be a member of the Union for 
thirty-six years.  Mr. Avare did not remain in Illinois, 
but moved to Massachusetts and later into Connecticut 
where he remained until his death in 1883 at the age of 
sixty.  His wife took was of French Canadian stock, her 
parents being prosperous farmers of Canada.  Her maiden 
name was Salina LaCosse, and at a very early age she 
changed this to Avare.  Henry was the sixth of ten children 
to whom the mother was more than ordinarily devoted.  The 
Avares were parents of the old-fashioned type.  The father 
was a successful farmer and his wife a model mother and 
helpmeet.  He continued to reside on the homestead in 
Connecticut until her death at 1896, being but sixty-five 
at the time.  Both she and her husband were members of 
the Catholic Church in which faith their children were 
reared.

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Henry went to school in Worcester and later in Stafford Springs, Connecticut.  At eighteen he came to Montana and took up his residence in Butte where he engaged in the lumber and timber business.  This he followed from 1886 to 1890 when he sold out to give his attention to mining.  He had discovered the calumet mine near Butte.  Mr. Avare operated this from 1890 to 1893 with excellent returns but in 1893 came the great depression in business and the tremendous slump in silver.  The manger of the Calumet concluded that wood was more to be desired than silver so he again took up the timber business for three more years.

In 1896 Mr. Avare was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Silver Bow County and when he accepted this office he disposed of his stock and lumber.  He was again put up by the Democrats for this office at the close of his first term and he received the appointment.  In 1901 he was chosen deputy state game warden and served until 1909.  At the beginning of that year, the office of game warden became vacant and Mr. Avare was appointed to fill the unexpired term.  When the three months of his predecessor's time had expired Mr. Avare was reappointed for a period of four years.

On December 1, 1909 Mr. Avare was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Booth of Butte.  They have no children.