Joseph C. Avery

Joseph C. Avery, brother of Zebulon and Col. Miles Avery, born June 9, '17, came from Tunkhannock, Pa., to Stark county, Ill., in '39, and here married Martha Marsh, a half-sister of the late Mrs. James Holgate, with whom she came to this part of Illinois, as stated in the general history. Here Mr. Avery purchased the east half of the southwest quarter of section live, Penn township, built a house and barn, then considered among the best improvements in the township, and a few years later, in '45, moved beyond the mountains to Oregon, where he died at Corvallis, November 18, '78. He was a surveyor and was engaged in this work here during his short stay in the county.