Biography

John Daniel Avera(y) was born April 15, 1832, and was a son of Tom Avera. Avera(y) enlisted in the Confederate Army on February 26, 1862, as a Private, with Company B, 8th Battalion. While serving in the Army his wife, with whom he had a daughter named Lizzie (b. Sept 10, 1862), was sick with TB and later died. During her illness, he ran away from the Army and hid out in the woods near his home so he could be close to his family. Avera(y)’s second wife was Edith Caudle (May 6, 1849-Jan. 3, 1904). She was originally from Benson, Johnston County, NC. The couple had three children: Willie L., Ella M., and Alonzo “Lonnie” F., and Lizzie was raised with this family. John Daniel Avery (at the time of his death, he was spelling his last name Avery), died August 30, 1900.

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