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JOHN AVERY
LEBANON: Farmer
John Avery was born in Preston, Nov. 9, 1806, and received a common school education. He is a farmer by avocation and has resided in the town where he now lives since 1823. He was a member of the general assembly from Lebanon in 1864 and has held other important offices. He has been the treasurer of the Baptist church in Lebanon since 1846 and is a member of the board of deacons. For 65 years he has been a total abstainer from the use of intoxicating liquors, and has been at the head of a temperance society for a considerable period. He has been a prominent Sunday-school worker, superintendent, and has been on the committee of the church for most of the time during the past fifty years. He has also held the office of justice of the peace. His father was Colonel David Avery of Preston, who was in the revolutionary war. His mother was Hannah Avery, daughter of John Avery of Preston. Mr. Avery is the only one now living of a family of ten children. The first wife of Mr. Avery, whose maiden name was Clarissa M. Stiles, died in 1860. The second wife was Miss Almira A. Corey, who is still living. He has two children living. One daughter died in 1854. In politics Mr. Avery is a republican.
Source: Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut - 1891, Compiled and Published by J. A. Spalding, Hartford Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1891
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