John Marsh Avery

1844 - 1891  (47 years)

• Name	John Marsh Avery
  Birth	4 Apr 1844	Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850
  		1850 Avery 2. 1850 US census, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Family Number 495, Avery.
  Census	1860
  		1860 Avery 2. 1860 US census, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Family Number 148, Avery.
  Census	1870
  		1870 Avery-McIlhenny. 1870 US census, New Iberia, Iberia, Louisiana, Family Number 103, Avery-McIlhenny.
  Census	1880
  		1880 Avery 13. 1880 US census, Iberia, Louisiana, enumeration district 27, Family Number 12028697, Avery.
  Military Service	Civil War, Confederate Army
  	At the age of seventeen, became a member of the staff of General Taylor of the Confederate army. He was exempted from regular service in order to oversee the Salt mining business which was a critical need for the Confederacy.
  		J M Avery Service Exemption. Letter signed by Lieutenant Colonel R.S. Burke CSA, exempting John Marsh Burke from regular service to supervise the Avery Island Salt mines.
  Occupation	He developed the famous salt mines of Avery's Island.
  		Avery Island Discovery The Times-Democrat (New Orleans, Louisiana), 03 May 1912, Friday, Page 4
  Death	10 Apr 1891	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
  		John Marsh Avery Obituary The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), 10 Apr 1891, Friday, Page 2
  Burial	Avery Island Cemetery, Avery Island, Iberia, Louisiana, United States
  Siblings	4 siblings
  1. Mary Eliza Avery,   b. 19 May 1838, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana d. 26 Dec 1916, Avery Island, Iberia, Louisiana
  2. Sarah Marsh Avery,   b. 4 Feb 1840   d. 1918
  3. General Dudley Avery,   b. 20 Sep 1842, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana d. 11 Jan 1917, Avery Island, Iberia, Louisiana
  4. Margaret Henshaw Avery,   b. 16 Oct 1848, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana d. 30 Oct 1925, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
  Person ID	I38151	Nagel
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Judge Daniel Dudley Avery,   b. 10 Apr 1810, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana d. 9 Jun 1879, Avery Island, Iberia, Louisiana (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah Craig Marsh,   b. 30 Mar 1813, New York, New York, New York d. 29 Mar 1879, Avery Island, Iberia, Louisiana (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	15 Aug 1837
  Family ID	F12036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 4 Apr 1844 - Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana Death - 10 Apr 1891 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana Burial - - Avery Island Cemetery, Avery Island, Iberia, Louisiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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  John Marsh Avery. The Groton Avery Clan Volume I, page 470. By Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery. Self published, Boston, 1912.