Bibliography for John Avery 1798-1883

Bibliography of sources John Avery

The following sources were used to document the early Groton Avery family.

General Record

Sweet, Homer DeLois, Averys of Groton (Press of the Rice-Taylor Printing Co, Syracuse,NY,1894)
Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, The Groton Avery Clan, Cleveland, 1912
History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers; pages 385-386. Publication Info: Philadelphia ,: D.W. Ensign & co., 1880.

Military

American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men with Portrait Illustrations on Steel, Vols I, II, Ancestry.com. The son of John Avery, 1798-1883, named Dr. John Avery is written about and with reference to Dr John Avery's father: His father served in the War of 1812.
War of 1812 Service Records, Ancestry.com. Noted that John Avery was taken prisoner. Probably served in Farrington's Regiment, New York Militia. Charles O'Dell's mother was a Farrington. Relevancy: A Charles O'Dell married Amy Avery, dau. of James Merritt Avery, son of John Avery.

Residence

1830 Chataugua Co, NY Federal Census, Ancestry.com. Charlotte Twp where son James Merritt Avery was born.
1840 Jefferson County, NY Federal Census, Ancestry.com. John Avery enumerated in Watertown, NY.
1850 Clinton County, Michigan Federal Census, Ancestry.com. John Avery and family enumerated in Duplain Twp.
1860 Clinton County, Michigan Federal Census, Ancestry.com. John Avery and family enumerated in Bingham Twp.
1880 Clinton County, Michigan Federal Census, Ancestry.com. Living alone with a servant.