Individual Details

This child has the same name but the family was probably already in Missouri and the later censuses would not suggest he was blind.
1880 Census. Listed at 1st Ward of Jacksonville, Morgan Co, IL at the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind.
Cornelius F. Avery, age 12, pupil, Learning Trade, b. IL, parents both b. IL
Note at the end of list of pupils: The foregoing School closed Jun 1 1880 and immediately thereafter the pupils left for their homes.

WorldConnect database;
ID: I26490
Name: Frederick Cornelius Avery
Sex: M
Birth: 20 AUG 1866 in Rushville, Schuyler, IL 1 2 3 4
Death: 2 JUL 1952 in Jacksonville, Duval, FL 5

Note: 1. 1900 census, 15 Jun, East St Louis Ward 7, St Clair, IL, Roll T623)341, Pg 14A
Fam 290, Fred C Avery 32, single, b. Aug 1867 in IL, Laborer in Packing house, b. IL
brother Richard Avery 27, single, b. Jul 1872 in IL, Laborer in Packing house, b. IL
sister Della Avery 21, single, b. Dec 1878 in MO

1. 1920 census, 4 Feb, Jacksonville, Duval, FL, Roll T625_219, Pg 38B
Fam 210, Fred Avery 51, Master Mechanic, Lumber Mill, owns home, b. IL
wife Mollie 42, b. IL
son Harvey 17, b. IL
mother (mother in law) Johanna Colvert 75, widow, b. IA

2. 1930 census, 22 Apr, Jacksonville, Duval, FL, Roll 314, Pg 6B\
Fam 134, Frederick C Avery 55, Carpenter for Refining Co, owns home value 1,000, b. IL
wife Molly H 53, married 25 years at ages 30 & 27, b. IL

3. 1935 Florida State census, 1935, Pct 13, Duval, FL, Series S5, Roll 9, Pg 127
Line 37, Fred C Avery 60, Carpenter, owns home, b. IL
wife Mollie 55, b. IL

4. 1945 Florida State Census, 1945, Pct 4d, Duval, FL, Series: S1371, Roll 12, Pg 20
Line 31, Frederick C Avery 77, Retired, College education, b. IL
wife Molly?? 66, b. IL, High School Education, housewife, b. IL

Birth	28 Aug 1867	Illinois
Death	1952	Duval County, Florida

Father	Joseph Sidney Avery (1839 - 1900)
Mother	Serena Ann Curry (1845 - 1925)
Sibling	William Franklin Avery (1862 - 1942)
Sibling	Mary A Avery (1866 - 1956)
Sibling	Dellie M. M. Avery (1868 - 1869)
Sibling	Lora O. Avery (1870 - 1871)
Sibling	Richard Monroe Avery (1873 - 1941)
Sibling	Lydia Luella Avery (1875 - 1901)
Sibling	Ada Adell Avery (1878 - 1960)