DESCENDENTS OF YEO AVERY

(Born Stratton, Cornwall England 1673)

YEO AVERY (Father of George Avery) dob 1673, dod by Jan 1760 when his will was proved. Yeo was born in Stratton, Cornwall England. The Averys had been living there since at least the early 1500s. He immigrated to Richmond County, Virginia between 1700 and 1707. In 1707, he and his wife Ruth leased land in Richmond County to William Lymus. Yeo Avery married Elizabeth Harbin in June 1710 and moved to Amelia County, VA by 1732. Yeo and Elizabeth only had one known child, George Avary. The spelling of the name Avery was changed to Avary by Yeo's grandsons.

GEORGE AVARY (Father of William Avary) dob abt 1715[8], dod by Sep 1801 when his will was proved in Brunswick Co., VA. He married Elizabeth.

WILLIAM AVARY (Father of Nathan Avary and Joel Avary) dob abt 1746, dod by Sep 1794. He married Hannah Clay, daughter of Charles Clay.

JOEL AVARY dob abt 1769 dod 1808. He married Sally Ellington. They had a daughter by name of Mariah Avary who married WILLIAM CLAY AVARY

NATHAN AVARY (Father of William Clay Avary) dob abt 1771, dod 1841 married Elizabeth Williams.

 Thanks to Craig Kilby (an Avery descendent) for the information on the ancestors of William C. Avary

 

DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM C. AND MARIAH AVARY

(William Clay and Mariah moved from Virginia to Tennessee in 1831 and then to Clinton Co, Kentucky in 1839)

Their marriage bond is in Amelia County, Virginia, dated 28 June 1821. The groom is called "Son of Nathan Avary"

 

The following information was copied from note books belonging to Carlene Avery Lyons. Additional information is being provided by Harold L. Stearns as it becomes available. I hope to keep adding and updating the information as a tribute to Carlene (Avery) Lyons, (a very sweet and adorable lady.)

 

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND MARIAH AVERY

 

MARTHA SALLY AVERY, age 27, born in Virginia, dob 1823, dod 17 Nov 1877. Sally was never married and burial place is unknown.

PERMELIA or (AMELIA) ? AVERY, age 23, born in Virginia, dob 4 May 1827, dod 14 Sep 1904. Permelia married Jacob Summers, dob 9 May 1823, dod 22 Nov 1889.

JACOB AND PERMELIA SUMMERS WERE THE PARENTS OF WILLIAM HAYDEN SUMMERS

William Hayden Summers, dob 20 Jul 1861, dod 21 Nov 1947. William Hayden married Mary Shelly and they were parents of the following children:

1. Sally Summers dob 12 Oct 1887, dod 8 Aug 1957. Sally married James Garner and they had two children:

Genira dob 20 Apr 1910. Genira married Fred Andrews and they had one son, Keith dob 12 Jan 1952. Keith married Venesa Greer and they had one son, Michall Scott dob 22 Dec 1983:

Flossie married Reual Thomas, son of Nobe and Mattie (Lawless) Thomas. Reual and Flossie had one son, Danny. Danny married Sandra Williams (daughter of Mr & Mrs Wendell William) and they had two children, Dan Thomas, dob 21 July 1977 and Felicia, dob 10 July 1985.

2. Willey Summers, dob 21 Nov 1894, dod 13 Feb 1961. Willey married Vera Leveridge and they had the following children:

James Summers, married Iva Lee Dickerson—no children:

Frank Summers, married Mary Ellen Mullins and they had two children, Jane and Joe

Ralph Summers, married Elizabeth Guffey (daughter of George and Gillis Guffey)

Earl Summers, married Ruby Nell Davis and they had one son, Greg and he married Drenda Conner.

3.Verlie Summers. Verlie married Wes Carlton and they had one son Eldon Carlton, dob 16 Aug 1921, dod 16 Feb 1987. Eldon married Velva Mills and they had two sons, John and Jim.

NATHAN AVERY, age 22, born in Tennessee, dob 1829, dod 31 Jan 1903. Nathan married Mildred Walthell (first wife, place unknown). They had three children: Molly, Mildred and one son. On 25 Feb 1869 Nathan married Adah Green McInteer of Metcalf Co, KY. They had three children. Eula Belle, John Keen and Thomas Jefferson. In may of 1886 Thomas left Hart County, KY and went to Larnard Kansas. He was a widower when he went to Kansas. Eula Bell married Willis Baker on 14 Mar 1899. They had one son Carl W. Baker, he died Mar 1971 leaving his wife Cora and three children. John Keen married a lady by name of May, they had one son Roy Avery. Thomas Jefferson Avery married Donna Lorinda Buck (place unknown). They had three children, Donna Belle, Don and Helen. Don had two children, Velida Mae and Marsha. Velida married Zerkle and they had five daughters, Linda, Michelle, Sandra Dee, Christine, Karen and Leanna Kay.

 

PHINAS AVERY, age 18, born in Tennessee, dob 1832, dod 15 Mar 1886. Phinas married William Deweese for first husband. They had three children. Phinas married Mark Furr for second husband (no information on their marriage).

Children of William and Phinas Deweese were Rebecca, dob 8 Dec 1852; Mary Jane, dob 3 Mar 1855, dod 13 Feb 1902 and Sarah Ann, dob 7 Oct 1857

Mary Jane Deweese married Hiram Lucian Smith and they had eight children as follows:

  1. William (Bill) Smith. William married Amie Antle
  2. James Smith. James married Nina Lawless and they had six children (three girls and three boys). Gracie Fay, Willie Jane (married Boyer), Edith Pearl (married Cantrell), Arthur (married Ruby), Charlie and Jack.
  3. Hobart Smith. Hobart married Mariam ? and they had two children: Marjorie and Bobbie (both deceased).
  4. Sally Smith. Sally married Oscar Guffey
  5. Jenny Smith. Jenny married Pitman, dob 3 Dec 1891, dod 23 Oct 1966. They lived in Texas
  6. Lucy Ellen Almarine Smith, dob 15 Aug 1883, dod 6 Nov 1969. Ellen married Filmore Stearns. They only had one son James Floyd Stearns, dob 3 Nov 1905, dod 9 Dec 1990. Floyd married Maggie Ethel Brown, dob 26 Aug 1903, dod 6 Apr 2001. Floyd and Maggie had three children. 1. James Franklin (only lived five days) dob 9 Aug 1930, dod 14 Aug 1930. 2. Bobby Gene, dob 11 Apr 1932, dod 11 Sep 1988. Bobby married Mary Blanton of Enoree, South Carolina and they had two children, Barbara Alice, dob 30 Oct 1962 and Stuart Thomas, dob 25 Mar 1964, dod 4 Aug 1993. 3. Harold Lloyd, dob 3 Mar 1934. Harold married Leah Rose Rector and they had two children, Ronald Westley, dob 14 Dec 1954 and Rose Yvonne, dob 26 Aug 1958. Harolds second wife was Patricia Ruth Rall of Duluth Minnesota and they had three children. 1. Harold Gene, dob and dod 19 May 1961. Harold Gene was stillborn in Heidelberg, Germany. He is buried in the National Cemetery at Nancy, Kentucky. 2. Saundra Kay, dob 29 Oct 1962. 3. Carla Jean, dob 20 Mar 1964.
  7. Eula Rebecca Smith, dob 20 Feb 1888, dod 28 Feb 1975. Eula married Thomas Lee Cowan, dob 19 May 1880, dod 3 Oct 1957, both buried at Fresno, CA. Their children are: 1. Elbert Roy, dob 6 Oct 1904, he married Winnie ?. 2. James Elmer, dob 3 Jun 1906, he married Maude ?. 3. Bill Hobart, dob 14 Feb 1908, he married Helen ?. 4. Pearl Elizabeth dob 16 Nov 1909, dod 4 Feb 1976, she married George Silas Tays, dob 1894, dod 1978. Their children were Chrles Franklin Tays. 5. Anna Beatrice, dob 29 Dec 1911, she married Jay Quinn. 6. Elva Lee, dob 24 Jul 1914, he married Elsa Sipes. 7. Baby dob 27 Apr 1916. 8. Clifton Paul, dob 18 Aug 1918, married Anna May Rich. 9. Ruth Geraldine, dob 5 Jul 1921**, married Motter. 10. Mary Jane, dob 9 Feb 1924**, married Don Rich. 11. Thomas Windwell, dob 7 Feb 1926**, married Eleanor?. ** indicates children still living as of 18 September 2000.
  8. Alice Smith. Alice married Jim Warinner and they had nine children. 1. Will Edd, dob 15 Nov 1909, dod 11 Jan 1994. 2. Chester. 3. Earl. 4. Clarence. 5. Hugh. 6. Zora. 7. Lucy. 8. Martha. 9. Elsie.

 

JOEL AVERY, age 15, born in Tennessee, dob 1835, dod 1903. Joel was never married. Joel has no tombstone. He took his life by hanging himself in a barn known as the Dan Morrison farm in the Ida community in Clinton County, Kentucky. He is buried in the Albany Cemetery, Albany, Kentucky.

JASPER CLAYTON AVERY, age 12, born in Tennessee, dob 13 Nov 1838, dod 21 Feb 1901. Jasper was never married. He is buried in the Albany Cemetery, Albany, Kentucky. Jasper served in the Army-- Co C, 1st Kentucky Calvary. Jasper and Newton were twins.

NEWTON CLAY AVERY, age 12, born in Tennessee, dob 13 Nov 1838, dod 14 Aug 1907. Newton married Millie Morrison on 15 Aug 1867. Milly dob 14 Jul 1844, dod 16 Aug 1906. Millie was the daughter of Thomas and Charlott Morrison. Thomas dob July 1809, dod 30 Jun 1887, Charlott dob Jun 1812, dod 12 Apr 1898. Millie was a sister to Rebecca, Lora, Dan and Tilda Morrison.

NEWTON AND MILLIE HAD SIX CHILDREN

    1. William Thomas Avery, dob 24 Oct 1868, dod 8 Oct 1942. Thomas married Mary Sawyers, dob 28 Jul 1871, dod 30 May 1938. They were married on 18 Oct 1897. Mary was the daughter of Hart (Hurt ?) and Mary Sawyers. Thomas and Mary had no children. William Thomas went by the name of Tommy Avery. He owned a farm in the Ida community of Clinton County, Kentucky. He also was part owner of a wheat thrasher and they thrashed wheat for anybody that needed their services. They would travel from farm to farm in a mule drawn wagon. The mules were gray and went by the names of Beck and Dinar. Tommy also owned a small grocery story. His wife (Mary Avery) was in bad health for several years.
    2. Newton Alex Avery, dob 9 Jan 1872, dod 7 Nov 1905. Newton married Ella Lowhorn, dob ?. They had seven children. 1. Bessie M. Avery, dob 6 Nov 1897, dod 30 Jun 1987. Bessie married Charlie E. McKinley on 18 Aug 1925. They are the parents of C.E. McKinley and another child that was stillborn. C.E. McKinley married Ida Mae Wells (daughter of Carl Wells) and they had two children, Vicky Lane, dob 21 Oct 1954 and Billy Wayne, dob 6 Jan 1962. 2. William A. Avery, dob 13 Jun 1898. 3. Flossie P Avery, dob 15 Mar 1900, dod 23 Sep 1920. Flossie married Cleo Sawyers. 4. Jo Lee Avery, dob 11 Feb 1901, dod 20 Feb 1901. 5. Jewell L. Avery, dob 15 May 1902. Jewell married Herbert Marcum and they had three children, 1. Analene Marcum, married Mike Mikesell and they had one child, Jim. 2 Floye Marcum. Floye married Ray White and they had a daughter named Francis. 3. Cecil Marcum. Cecil married Opal Coop and they had one child Virginia Ann who maried Ray Cash and they had two children Richard and Nicholas. 6. William Otis Avery, dob 29 Feb 1904, dod 7 Jul 1072, who married Bessie June Wills, Jan 1946. They had four children, Gary Newton, Sharon Lee, William Thomas and Sandra Kay.  7. Maud M. Avery, dob 5 May 1906.
    3. Julie Ann Ellen Avery, dob 29 Aug 1876, dod 22 Feb 1963. Julie married Clay Holsapple, dob 23 Feb 1872, dod 23 Jun 1954. He was the son of Croff (?) and Helen Holsapple. Julie and Clay were the parents of: 1. Ida Mae Holsapple, dob 4 May 1895, dod 10 Dec 1901. 2. Ira Clay Holsapple, dob 5 Nov 1896, dod Feb 1985. 3. Bertha Ellen Holsapple, dob 24 Feb 1899, dod 3 Mar 1963. 4.Ophelia Holsapple, dob 16 Jan 1901, dod ????. 5. Mervin A. Holsapple, dob 27 Dec 1903. Mervin married Mabel Cochnow (?) and they had two children, Helen and Pauline. Helen married George Craley and they had one child. Pauline married William Antley Jr and they had four children, Shirley, Bill, Edward and Thomas. 6. Ferd Holsapple, dob 14 Feb 1905, dod 1 Oct 1984. Ferd married Mable Guinn, dob 17 Oct 1907, dod 17 Oct 1978. They had one son, Dan Holsapple. 7. Helen Milley Holsapple, dob 24 Jul 1907. Helen married Marvin Cooksey, dob 18 Jun 1906, dod 4 Oct 1940. They had four children, James Ralph, Marvin Eugene, Kendrick Odell and Mary Ruth. James Ralph had no children. Marvin Eugene married Phillis (?) and they had four children, Macheal, Sherry, Teresa and Michaelle. Kendrick Odell married Donna Cash and they had three children, Troy Tracy and Todd. Mary Ruth married Keith Spears and they had six children, Richard, Vickie (married Tim Brown and they had two children, Josh and Rebecca), Kathy, David, Mark and Angela. 8. Newton Holsapple, dob 3 Aug 1909. 9. Glove(?), dob 5 Oct 1911, dod 10 Jan 1961. 10. Mary Laura Holsapple, dob 21 Aug 1915. 11. Rothwell Holsapple, dob 10 Mar 1919. Rothwell married Veiner Polson and they had two children, James Earl and Virginia Faye. 12. Odell Holsapple, dob 22 Sep 1921. Note: Ida Mae and Ophelia dies of dyptheria. Bertha was never married.
    4. John Alvin Avery, dob 24 Sep 1879, dod 7 Jul 1946. John married Jane Hammond, dob 24 Jul 1884, dod 24 Oct 1968. Jane was the daughter of Andy Hammond. They had eight children. 1. Lizzie Avery, dob 17 Jun 1902. Lizzie married Vester Andrew on 23 Jan 1921, they had no children. 2. Lela Avery, dob 28 Nov 1903, dod 4 Mar 1963. Lela married Paul Beagle of Dayton, Ohio and they had two children, Audrey and Wilma. 3. Homer Avery, dob Oct 1905. Homer married Laura Guffey and they had four children, Zula Mae, Donald Ray, James Robert and Shirley. 4. Willard Avery, dob Jun 1907. Willard married Leah Piercey and they had five children, Barbara, Shirley, Johnny Bob, Willard Jr and Peggy. 5. Theron Avery, dob Jun 1909, dod 29 Jun 1974. Theron married Lucy Piercey and they had four children, Alvin, Betty Louise and Shirley. 6. Jula (?) Avery, dob 10 Dec 1911, dod 16 Sep 1912. 7. Lola Avery, dob 1913. Lola married Martin Hay. 8. Gaston Avery, dob Mar 1915, dod 10 Jan 1987. Gaston married Adaline Mc(?) and they had three children, Shirley, Wyman and Paul.
    5. Mary Jane Avery, dob 1 Jun 1882, dod 5 Feb 1966. Mary Jane married Stant Dicken, dob 17 Sep 1879, dod 4 Jul 1969. They had three children. 1. Edna Dicken, dob 1 Jan 1903. Edna married Roscoe Tuggle, dob 16 Jan 1899. He was the son of Mose Tuggle. Edna and Roscoe had two children. 1. Cloyd Tuggle, married Helen Lee Smith and they had three children, Lynette, Gary and Michael. 2. Carl Tuggle. 2. Baby Dicken (apparently stillborn, dob & dod 27 Mar 1908). 3. Welby Dicken, dob 10 Jul 1911, dod 13 Aug 1986. Welby married Clara Keen and they had five children. Clifton, Hazel Faye, Clayton, Lee and Letha Gay.
    6. James Floyd Avery, dob 20 Feb 1887, dod 24 Feb 1961. James married Jo Ellen Hurt, daughter of Leu (?) Hurt, dob 19 Nov 1882, dod 21 May 1970. They were married on 25 Dec 1905 and they had six children. 1. Maxey Forrest, dob 13 Oct 1906. Maxey married Ruby Dicken and they had one son, Lynn. 2 Daisy Clarice, dob 27 Apr 1908. Daisy married Stanley Cross and they had one son Reual, dob 16 Aug 1936, he married Annalee Bertram and they had two children, Patricia, dob 2 Jan 1971 and Gary Wayne, dob 6 Jul 1973. 3. Mabel Carlene, dob 26 Feb 1910. Carlene married Bill Lyons, dob 22 Jan 1908, dod 1 Jan 1977 of Mercer County Kentucky. Bill was the son of Horace and Nettie Lyons of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. They did not have any children. 4. Glen Floyd, dob 1 Aug 1912, dod 9 Apr 1989. Glen married Lovell Vincent , daughter of Roy and Laura Vincent of Cumberland County, Kentucky. They had three children, Clifford, dob 15 Feb 1937. Clifford married Shirley Baker and they had five children, Terry, Ronny, Brenda, James and Tony. Roger Avery, dob 19 Nov 1941. Roger married Joann Sheppard, dob 12 Apr 1944, married 31 Jul 1961 and they had two children, Scott, dob 17 May 1962 and Randy, dob 24 Feb 1967. Lowell Avery, dob 10 Feb 1945. 5. Virginia Lucille, dob 9 Aug 1916. Lucille married Kendrick Butler, they had no children. 6. Ruby Hurt Avery, dob 16 Jul 1918. Ruby married Gorden W Terwilliger of Fresno, California and they had no children

EVENTS WRITTEN BY CARLENE (AVERY) LYONS AS SHE REMEMBERED THEM

James Floyd Avery went by the name of Jimmy. After his first two children were born (Maxie and Daisy) he took his family and went to Texas. They traveled from the Ida community to Glasgow, Kentucky in a covered wagon. The trip from Ida to Glasgow was a two-day trip so they camped on the way at Marrowbone Creek in Cumberland County. Oscar Guffey and his family were also traveling with them. When they began to pitch camp, a nearby farm family came by and offered to take the women and children to their house to spend the night. James and Oscar stayed with the team and wagon and slept in the wagon. They took the train from Glasgow to Texas. The place was Trenton, Texas. They didn't spend much time there because their next child (Carlene) was born in Kentucky in 1910.

The only way for farmers to get fertilize for their farms was to travel by mule drawn wagons to Cumberland River at Albany landing. They would usually take three or four wagons at a time and fill them with fertilize. There was a hill on the road that was called "Red Bud" hill that was so steep that one pair of mules could not pull the wagon. They would take two or three pair of mules to pull the wagon up the hill and then go back to the bottom and hitch mules to another wagon and pull it up. They would do this until all wagons were moved to the top of red bud hill. I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS THERE.

Jimmy had bought a small farm in the seventy-six community and moved his family there. During the winter of 1919 the flu was so bad that a lot of people died from it. Our neighbors would come by to check on us but would just come to the yard and ask how we were doing and if we needed anything. A man by the name of Edgar Walden that lived nearby would bring firewood and put it on our porch every morning and also check to see how we were doing. Jimmy eventually moved his family to his brother Tom's farm in the Ida community and lived there for several years. Jimmy later bought the Sam Burris farm that joined the Ott Vincent farm in the Seventy-six community and built a house. Tom and Mary Avery had lived on this farm several years before in an old log house. Mary's brother, Jake Sawyers was staying with them and one evening while Mary was cooking supper he shot himself.

ELIZABETH AVERY, age 10, born in Kentucky, dob 1840, dod 1 Jul 1887. Elizabeth married Shan Mann and they had one child. Sally Mann, dob 16 Jul 1881, dod 16 Oct 1957. Sallie married Willie Joe Thomas, dob 2 Dec 1880, dod 16 Jun 1947 and they had one daughter, Bonnie Thomas

SARAH AVERY, age 9, born in Kentucky, dob 1842, death unknown. Possibly married Leo Piercey, brother to Ezra Taylor Piercey??

WILLIAM AVERY, age 4, born in Kentucky, dob 1846, death unknown.