Colonel William Tecumsah Avery

1819 - 1880  (60 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	William Tecumsah Avery
  Title	Colonel
  Born	11 Nov 1819	Hardeman County, Tennesee
  Gender	Male
  Library book: The Groton Avery Clan	02502
  Military Service	Civil War, Confederate Army
  	Officer in the Alabama & Mississippi Confederate Volunteers. He was captured when his regiment surrendered on April 8, 1862. He was held at the Union prison camp at Johnson's Island. In August 27, 1862 he was returned as part of a prisoner exchange.
  		William Thomas Avery POW. William Thomas Avery POW.
  		William Thomas Avery Prisioner Exchange. William Thomas Avery Prisioner Exchange.
  		Johnson's Island. Johnson's Island is an island in Lake Erie, about 3 miles from the city of Sandusky, Ohio. During the Civil War it was the site of a Union prison camp. After the war it was abandoned. Little exists there now that reflects it's past except for the Confederate cemetery.
  Occupation	U.S. House of Representatives representative from Tennessee. March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1861.
  Died	20 May 1880	Crittenden County, Arkansas
  		William Thomas Avery Drowned Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, Arkansas) 24 May 1880, Monday, Page 1
  		William Tecumsah Avery Fatal Accident Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) 23 May 1880, Sunday, Page 4
  Buried	Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
  Siblings	6 siblings
  1. Laura Avery,   b. 20 Nov 1821,   d. Oct 1831
  2. Elizabeth Edmunds Avery,   b. 19 Jan 1824, Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Nov 1916, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
  3. Rebecca Rivers Avery,   b. 20 Feb 1826,   d. 29 Aug 1840
  4. Amanda Avery,   b. 6 May 1828
  5. Cornelia Estelle Avery,   b. 14 Jun 1830, Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Feb 1919, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
  6. Laurena Avery,   b. 28 Feb 1833
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I38228	Nagel
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Nathan Avery,   b. 8 May 1792, New Lebanon, Columbia, New York ,   d. 5 Mar 1846, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee  (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Rebecca Jones Rivers,   b. 28 May 1793, Greensville County, Virginia ,   d. 30 May 1847, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee  (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	8 Oct 1818	Montgomery County, Tennesee
  Family ID	F12058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Chastelett Jones,   b. 10 Feb 1835, Athens, Clarke, Georgia ,   d. 4 Oct 1887, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee  (Age 52 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1852	Mississippi
  Children	1. Emma Blythe Avery,   b. 7 Aug 1856, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Oct 1943, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee  (Age 87 years)  [Birth]   2. Harry Edwin Avery,   b. 22 Mar 1858, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Jan 1890, Honduras  (Age 31 years)  [Birth] + 3. William Thomas Avery,   b. 14 Nov 1860, Holly Springs, Marshall, Mississippi ,   d. 4 Jun 1912, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee  (Age 51 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F13248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Nov 1819 - Hardeman County, Tennesee Married - 16 Dec 1852 - Mississippi Died - 20 May 1880 - Crittenden County, Arkansas Buried - - Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		William Thomas Avery McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress. Washington, McClees & Beck, 1858, page 238.
  		William T Avery. William T Avery.