1824 - 1916 (92 years) Submit Photo / Document
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Name |
Elizabeth Edmunds Avery |
Born |
19 Jan 1824 |
Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee |
Gender |
Female |
Library book: The Groton Avery Clan |
02503 |
Biographical Information |
She became active in the woman's suffrage movement. She traveled and lectured with Susan B. Anthony. |
Occupation |
She authored several books that described historical incidents in the South during and after the war. |
Died |
4 Nov 1916 |
Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri |
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Elizabeth (Avery) Meriwether Death Elizabeth (Avery) Meriwether Death |
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Elizabeth (Avery) Meriwether Obituary St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) 04 Nov 1916, Saturday, Page 8 |
Buried |
5 Nov 1916 |
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States |
Siblings |
6 siblings |
1. William Tecumsah Avery, b. 11 Nov 1819, Hardeman County, Tennesee , d. 20 May 1880, Crittenden County, Arkansas | |
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5. Cornelia Estelle Avery, b. 14 Jun 1830, Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee , d. 24 Feb 1919, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee | |
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Headstones |
Submit Headstone Photo |
Person ID |
I38230 |
Nagel |
Last Modified |
17 Apr 2020 |
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 |
Minor Meriwether, b. 15 Jan 1827, Christian County, Kentucky , d. 6 Jun 1910, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri (Age 83 years) |
Married |
1852 |
Children |
| 1. Avery Meriwether, b. 15 Jul 1857, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee , d. 22 Jul 1883, Waukau, Winnebago, Wisconsin (Age 26 years) [Birth] |
+ | 2. Rivers Blythe Meriwether, b. 26 Jul 1859, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio , d. 5 Feb 1896, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri (Age 36 years) [Birth] |
| 3. Lee Meriwether, b. 26 Dec 1862, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi , d. 12 Mar 1966, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri (Age 103 years) [Birth] |
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Last Modified |
17 Apr 2020 |
Family ID |
F13899 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 19 Jan 1824 - Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee |
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| Died - 4 Nov 1916 - Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri |
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| Buried - 5 Nov 1916 - Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States |
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Photos |
| Elizabeth (nee Avery) Meriwether. Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, August 18, 1910 page 11. Sketched by Journalist Marguerite Martyn. |
| Elizabeth Avery Meriwether. A Woman of the Century; Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life by Frances Elizabeth Willard and Mary Ashton Rice Livermore. Published by Charles Wells Moulton 1893 Chicago, Buffalo and, New York. Page 499. |
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