Individual Details

Marriage record says Joseph Avery to Lorena Curry 23 May 1861. Name was given as Serena in Census transcription.

1865 Illinois State Census. Woodstock Twp
Joseph Avery: 1 male under age 10. 1 male and 1 female age 20-30.

July 1863. Civil War Draft Rgistration, 9th District, Illinois (included Schuyler Co)
Woodstock Twp
David Avery, 18, Farmer, b. IL, 119th Regt., Inftry, Co C
Joseph S. Avery, 22, Cooper, b. IL, 119th Regt., Inftry, Co C

Served in Company C of the 119th Illinois Infantry, Volunteers. Enlisted 9 Aug 1862 at Rushville, IL. Mustered out 26 Aug 1865.

Occupation in 1870 was that of Cooper. The family was in Buena Vista Twp in Schuyler Co., Hh 46 Joseph Avery, age 35. Crena 25. William 8. Mary 4. and Cornelius 2.

26 Sep 1882, Bloomington, McLean, IL. Joseph Avery, age 42, married Mary Manix Welch, age 42. His parents listed as Wm Avery & M. Pickel. Hers were M. Manix and B. McCormick.


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Children
William Franklin Avery b: 19 FEB 1862 in Rushville, Schuyler, IL
Mary Australia Avery b: 24 JUN 1864 in Rushville, Schuyler, IL
Frederick Cornelius Avery b: 20 AUG 1866 in Rushville, Schuyler, IL
Richard Monroe Avery b: 13 JUL 1873 in Rushville, Schuyler, IL
Lydia Luella Avery b: 7 DEC 1875 in Rushville, Schuyler, IL
Ada Adell "Della" Avery b: 3 DEC 1878 in Hannibal, Marion, MO

Birth	1839	Illinois
Marriage	23 May 1861	Schuyler County, Illinois - Serena Ann Curry
Military	1862	Company C of the 119th Illinois Infantry, Volunteers, Civil War
Divorce	Abt 1880	Serena Ann Curry
Marriage	26 Sep 1882	Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois - Mary Manix
Death	Bef 1900

Spouse	Serena Ann Curry (1845 - 1925)
Child	William Franklin Avery (1862 - 1942)
Child	Mary A Avery (1866 - 1956)
Child	Frederick Cornelius Avery (1867 - 1952)
Child	Dellie M. M. Avery (1868 - 1869)
Child	Lora O. Avery (1870 - 1871)
Child	Richard Monroe Avery (1873 - 1941)
Child	Lydia Luella Avery (1875 - 1901)
Child	Ada Adell Avery (1878 - 1960)

Spouse	Mary Manix (1839 - 1922)
Child	Joseph Charles Avery (1884 - 1948)

Father	WILLIAM AVERY (1803 - 1867)
Mother	MARGARET PICKLE (1809 - 1870)
Sibling	Sarah Avery (1829 - 1868)
Sibling	Philo Avery (1830 - 1910)
Sibling	ELIZA ANN Avery (1832 - 1881)
Sibling	Mary Jane Avery (1835 - 1880)
Sibling	William Clark Avery (1837 - 1902)
Sibling	Emma Avery (1842 - 1915)
Sibling	David Avery (1844 - 1863)
Sibling	Solomon Avery (1847 - 1861)
Sibling	Hiram Philander AVERY (1852 - 1907)
Sibling	Margaret AVERY (1854 - )
Sibling	Rosetta AVERY (1856 - )