Biography - George Avery
Avery, Geo., son of Wm. T. and Phebe (Throop) Avery, of Connecticut; was born in Columbia county, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1802. There in the common schools he received his education, on the farm passed his early life, which business he has continued to follow; married Seraphina P. M. Phelps in 1839. They have six children living, one dead; has been Deacon of First Church, Galesburg, for 12 years; in politics a Republican. Postoffice, Galesburg.
Contributed 2021 Aug 20 by Norma Hass, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman, page 648.
