Elizabeth Edmunds Avery

1824 - 1916  (92 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Edmunds Avery
  Birth	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.
  Death	4 Nov 1916	Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
  		Elizabeth (Avery) Meriwether Death Elizabeth (Avery) Meriwether Death
  		Elizabeth (Avery) Meriwether Obituary St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) 04 Nov 1916, Saturday, Page 8
  Burial	5 Nov 1916	Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
  Siblings	6 siblings
  1. Colonel William Tecumsah Avery,   b. 11 Nov 1819, Hardeman County, Tennesee d. 20 May 1880, Crittenden County, Arkansas
  2. Laura Avery,   b. 20 Nov 1821   d. Oct 1831
  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
  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
  Marriage	8 Oct 1818	Montgomery County, Tennesee
  Family ID	F12058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lieutenant Colonel Minor Meriwether,   b. 15 Jan 1827, Christian County, Kentucky d. 6 Jun 1910, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1852
  Children	1. Avery Meriwether,   b. 15 Jul 1857, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee d. 22 Jul 1883, Waukau, Winnebago, Wisconsin (Age 26 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 2. Rivers Blythe Meriwether,   b. 26 Jul 1859, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio d. 5 Feb 1896, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri (Age 36 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. Lee Meriwether,   b. 26 Dec 1862, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi d. 12 Mar 1966, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri (Age 103 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F13899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Jan 1824 - Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee Death - 4 Nov 1916 - Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri Burial - 5 Nov 1916 - Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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.