William Waightstill Avery

1816 - 1864  (48 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	William Waightstill Avery
  Born	25 May 1816	Burke County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Library book: The Groton Avery Clan	01627
  Military Service	Civil War, Confederate Army
  	Died of wounds received in battle.
  Died	3 Jul 1864	Burke County, North Carolina
  Buried	First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
  Siblings	15 siblings
  1. Infant Son Avery,   b. 25 May 1816,   d. 25 May 1816
  2. Theodore Horatio Avery,   b. 11 Sep 1817, Burke County, North Carolina ,   d. 3 Oct 1822, Burke County, North Carolina
  3. Clarke Moulton Avery,   b. 3 Oct 1820,   d. 18 Jun 1864
  4. Thomas Lenoir Avery,   b. 16 Mar 1821,   d. 23 Sep 1852
  5. Leah Adelaide Avery,   b. 20 Dec 1822,   d. 20 Jan 1897
  6. Matilda Louise Avery,   b. 4 Oct 1824,   d. 3 Jul 1825
  7. Child Avery,   b. 8 May 1826,   d. 18 Jul 1826
  8. Marcus Avery,   b. 4 Oct 1827,   d. 22 Feb 1828
  9. Isaac Erwin Avery,   b. 20 Dec 1828, Burke County, North Carolina ,   d. 3 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania
  10. Mary Ann Martha Avery,   b. 25 May 1831, Burke County, North Carolina ,   d. 22 Jan 1890, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina
  11. Harriet Justina Avery,   b. 22 Sep 1833, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina ,   d. 13 Jan 1902, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina
  12. Alphonso Calhoun Avery, Sr,   b. 11 Sep 1835, Burke County, North Carolina ,   d. 13 Jun 1913, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina
  13. Laura Myra Avery,   b. 15 Nov 1837,   d. 22 Aug 1912
  14. Edward Dolbeare Avery,   b. 26 Sep 1839,   d. 1 Dec 1848
  15. Willoughby Francis Avery,   b. 7 May 1843, Swan Ponds, Burke, North Carolina ,   d. 24 Nov 1876, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina
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  Person ID	I37929	Nagel
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Isaac Thomas Avery,   b. 22 Sep 1785, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina ,   d. 31 Dec 1864, Burke County, North Carolina  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Harriet Eloise Erwin,   b. 3 May 1795,   d. 4 Aug 1858  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	27 Jun 1815
  Family ID	F12007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Corinna Mary Morehead,   b. 14 Nov 1825, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina ,   d. 1 May 1897, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina  (Age 71 years)
  Married	27 May 1846	Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
  Children	1. Annie Harriet Avery,   b. 6 Nov 1848, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina  [Birth]   2. Corinna Iredell Avery,   b. 27 Oct 1850, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina  [Birth]   3. Adelaide Matilda Avery,   b. 6 Feb 1855, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina  [Birth]   4. Waightstill Avery,   b. 28 Jan 1858, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina  [Birth]   5. John Morehead Avery,   b. 23 Nov 1860, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina  [Birth] + 6. William Waightstill Avery,   b. 3 Sep 1863, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina ,   d. 2 Feb 1928  (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	29 May 2019
  Family ID	F12851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 May 1816 - Burke County, North Carolina Married - 27 May 1846 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina Died - 3 Jul 1864 - Burke County, North Carolina Buried - - First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		William Waightstill Avery. The Groton Avery Clan Volume I, page 615. By Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery. Self published, Boston, 1912.
  		William Waightstill Avery Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present by Samuel A. Ashe, published by C. L. Van Noppen, Greensboro, N.C. 1905 page (facing) 9.

  
  

  Documents

  Avery A Patrician In 18th Century WNC Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina) 12 Feb 2018, Monday, Page A3