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William Powell Avera, Jr

Male 1822 - 1905  (82 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Powell Avera, Jr was born on 11 Oct 1822 in Mississippi; died on 19 Jun 1905.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 21 Jun 1870, Dist No. 2, Greene Co, Mississippi
    • Census: 11 Jun 1900, State Line, Greene Co, Mississippi

    Notes:

    Census:
    Avera Wm P 47 farmer, 500 900 MS cannot read/write
    Mary 46 MS cannot read/write
    William 20 MS cannot read/write
    Erean (f) 18 MS cannot read/write
    Saml W 16 MS
    Celia 14 MS
    Lawrence 12 MS
    Hardy 9 MS
    Nancy 7 MS
    John 4 MS
    Ezel, Grace 13 f Malletto domestic servant, MS (checked parents of foreign birth)

    Census:
    Avera W.P. Oct 1822 m 52 y MS NC SC farmer can read/write
    Mary Aug 1823 75 m 51 yr 8 births 7 living MS GA GA can read/write

    next door
    Avera W.W. Jul 1849 50 m 4 MS MS MS
    Isa Aug 1872 27 m 4 0 births 0 liv MS MS MS

    William married Mary E Davis on 28 Aug 1848 in Mississippi. Mary was born on 20 Aug 1823 in Mississippi; died on 04 Oct 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Erean Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1848 in Mississippi; died after 1870.
    2. 3. William Washington Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jul 1849 in State Line, Greene Co, Mississippi; died on 29 Jul 1912 in Farmer Green Co, Mississippi.
    3. 4. Samuel Worth Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jan 1853 in Mississippi; died on 23 Mar 1929.
    4. 5. Celia Rachel Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jan 1855 in Mississippi; died on 03 Mar 1931.
    5. 6. Lawrence Alexander Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Mar 1858 in Mississippi; died on 24 Jun 1935 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    6. 7. Hardy O Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1861 in Mississippi; died after 1870.
    7. 8. Nancy Elizabeth Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1863 in Mississippi; died after 1870.
    8. 9. John Powell Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Aug 1865 in Mississippi; died on 06 May 1943 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Erean Avera Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born in 1848 in Mississippi; died after 1870.

  2. 3.  William Washington Avera Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 14 Jul 1849 in State Line, Greene Co, Mississippi; died on 29 Jul 1912 in Farmer Green Co, Mississippi.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 11 Jun 1900, State Line, Greene Co, Mississippi

    Notes:

    He had previously been married before marriage to Isa. 1st wife was Elizabeth (Lizzie G - last name either Bullock or maybe Briggs.(per a Rootsweb familytree file)

    Census:
    Avera W.P. Oct 1822 m 52 y MS NC SC farmer can read/write
    Mary Aug 1823 75 m 51 yr 8 births 7 living MS GA GA can read/write

    next door
    Avera W.W. Jul 1849 50 m 4 MS MS MS
    Isa Aug 1872 27 m 4 0 births 0 liv MS MS MS

    William married Isa (..) Avera in 1896 in Greene Co, Mississippi. Isa was born in Aug 1872 in Mississippi; died after 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Samuel Worth Avera Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 25 Jan 1853 in Mississippi; died on 23 Mar 1929.

    Notes:

    Samuel married, 1, Ella Gertrude McClean and had 14 children. After the death of Ella in 1906, he remarried Laura E. Taylor, who bore him 6 more children. His descendants can be found at Rootsweb:
    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a25773&id=I7


  4. 5.  Celia Rachel Avera Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 18 Jan 1855 in Mississippi; died on 03 Mar 1931.

  5. 6.  Lawrence Alexander Avera Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 14 Mar 1858 in Mississippi; died on 24 Jun 1935 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 15 Apr 1910, Harrison Co (District 43), Mississippi
    • Census: 1930, Dist 19, Houston, Harris Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Census:
    Avera Lawrence 53 m 21 yrs MS MS MS agent,real estate office
    Carrie S 44 10 births, 7 living AL VA AL
    Louise B 21 MS
    Claude B 16 MS
    Gladys D 14 MS
    vivian D 12 MS
    Bernard C 6 MS
    James P 4 MS
    Carrol dau 11/12 MS

    Census:
    Avera Lawrence G 4500 rent m age 73 age 1st m 30 yrs
    MS MS MS retired farmer
    Carrie L wife age 64 age 1st m 23 AL VA LA
    Bernard A 26 single MS scout oil company
    James 10 24 single MS driller oil company
    Carol L 21 single MS stenographer oil company
    Trent W 19 single MS none

    Lawrence married Carrie Lee Mohler on 30 Oct 1888 in Mississippi. Carrie was born on 19 Feb 1865; died on 29 Sep 1959. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Bessie Louise Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Aug 1889; died on 03 Jul 1935.
    2. 11. Genevive Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jan 1892; died after 1892.
    3. 12. Claude Bartram Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 01 Jun 1893 in Mississippi; died after 1910.
    4. 13. Gladys Duke Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1894 in Mississippi; died after 1910.
    5. 14. Vivian Davis Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Apr 1888 in Mississippi; died on 22 Oct 1982 in Green Co, Missssippi.
    6. 15. Eugene Bernard Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1904 in Mississippi; died after 1930.
    7. 16. James Powell Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1906 in Mississippi; died after 1930.
    8. 17. Carol Lee Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1910 in Mississippi; died after 1930.
    9. 18. Trent Welman Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1911 in Mississippi; died after 1930.

  6. 7.  Hardy O Avera Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born in 1861 in Mississippi; died after 1870.

  7. 8.  Nancy Elizabeth Avera Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born in 1863 in Mississippi; died after 1870.

  8. 9.  John Powell Avera Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 28 Aug 1865 in Mississippi; died on 06 May 1943 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 21 Jun 1870, Greene Co (District 2), Mississippi
    • Census: 16 Jun 1900, Newton Co (Precinct 6), Texas
    • Census: 02 May 1910, Sabine Co (District 6), Texas

    Notes:

    Census:
    Avera Wm P 47 farmer, 500 900 MS cannot read/write
    Mary 46 MS cannot read/write
    William 20 MS cannot read/write
    Erean (f) 18 MS cannot read/write
    Saml W 16 MS
    Celia 14 MS
    Lawrence 12 MS
    Hardy 9 MS
    Nancy 7 MS
    John 4 MS
    Ezel, Grace 13 f Malletto domestic servant, MS (checked parents of foreign birth)

    Census:
    Avera John P Aug 1866 33 m 7 MS MS MS
    Emma Feb 1869 36 4 births, 4 living
    Alabama Alabama Alabama
    Olive Nov 1863 6 Mississippi
    Edith Oct 1895 4 Louisiana
    Joseph Oct 1897 2 Louisiana
    Anna M Jan 1899 1 Louisiana
    Campbell Mollie (sis-in-law) 1870 29 Single
    Alabama Alabama Alabama

    Census:
    Avera John P 43 m 17 yrs MS MS MS checker lumber yard
    Emma C wife, 41 m 17 yrs, 11 births, 10 living MS AL MS
    Olive dau 16 MS
    Seth son 15 MS driver, lumber mill
    Edith dau 14 LA
    Gladys dau 12 LA
    Annie May dau 10 LA
    Emma D dau 7 TX
    Wesley b son 6 TX
    William P son 4 TX
    Hardy son 2 TX
    Winston son 2/12 TX (Apr)

    Died:
    D.C. age 77, married, residence 110 Davis Street, San Antonio, length of residence, 3 yrs.
    retired bookkeeper, office worker,
    born in Mississippi; died at 2:25 p.m., of cardiac decompensation contributory cause was cirrhosis of liver.
    father W.P Avera, born Mississippi; mother Mary Davis, Mississippi
    informant, Wesely B. Avera, 110 Davis Street, San Antonio.

    John married Emma Campbell in 1893 in Mississippi. Emma (daughter of Thomas William Campbell and Martha Angeline Mixon) was born on 28 Feb 1869 in Bladen Springs, Choctaw Co, Alabama; died on 02 Apr 1967 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Olive Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 08 Nov 1893 in Stalelin, Mississippi; died on 26 Dec 1939 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    2. 20. Seth Clyde Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 02 Apr 1895 in Mississippi; died on 26 Apr 1938.
    3. 21. Edith Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Oct 1896 in Louisiana; died after 1900.
    4. 22. Joseph Maurice Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 03 Oct 1897 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; died on 03 Nov 1903.
    5. 23. Gladys May Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jun 1897 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; died on 18 Mar 1970; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.
    6. 24. Annie May Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1899 in Leesville, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; died on 26 Nov 1991 in Belton, Bell Co, Texas.
    7. 25. Emma Davis Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jun 1902 in Deweyville, Newton Co, Texas; died on 04 May 1988 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.
    8. 26. Wesley Banks Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 04 Nov 1903 in Deweyville, Newton Co, Texas; died on 09 Feb 1979 in Bexar Co, Texas; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.
    9. 27. William Powell Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Oct 1905; died on 21 Jul 1981 in Deweyville, Newton Co, Texas; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.
    10. 28. Hardie Martha Avera  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 May 1907 in Texas; died on 8 Oct 1998 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.
    11. 29. Winston Campbell Avera, Sr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Feb 1910 in Bronson, Sabine Co, Texas; died on 21 Mar 1994 in West Columbia, Brazoria Co, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Bessie Louise Avera Descendancy chart to this point (6.Lawrence2, 1.William1) was born on 12 Aug 1889; died on 03 Jul 1935.

    Bessie married Howard Van Watt about 1880. Howard was born about 1889; died after 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Genevive Avera Descendancy chart to this point (6.Lawrence2, 1.William1) was born on 20 Jan 1892; died after 1892.

  3. 12.  Claude Bartram Avera Descendancy chart to this point (6.Lawrence2, 1.William1) was born on 01 Jun 1893 in Mississippi; died after 1910.

  4. 13.  Gladys Duke Avera Descendancy chart to this point (6.Lawrence2, 1.William1) was born in 1894 in Mississippi; died after 1910.

  5. 14.  Vivian Davis Avera Descendancy chart to this point (6.Lawrence2, 1.William1) was born on 13 Apr 1888 in Mississippi; died on 22 Oct 1982 in Green Co, Missssippi.

  6. 15.  Eugene Bernard Avera Descendancy chart to this point (6.Lawrence2, 1.William1) was born in 1904 in Mississippi; died after 1930.

  7. 16.  James Powell Avera Descendancy chart to this point (6.Lawrence2, 1.William1) was born in 1906 in Mississippi; died after 1930.

  8. 17.  Carol Lee Avera Descendancy chart to this point (6.Lawrence2, 1.William1) was born in 1910 in Mississippi; died after 1930.

  9. 18.  Trent Welman Avera Descendancy chart to this point (6.Lawrence2, 1.William1) was born in 1911 in Mississippi; died after 1930.

  10. 19.  Olive AveraOlive Avera Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.William1) was born on 08 Nov 1893 in Stalelin, Mississippi; died on 26 Dec 1939 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 16 Jun 1900, Newton Co (Precinct 6), Texas
    • Census: 02 May 1910, Sabine Co (District 6), Texas

    Notes:

    Census:
    Avera John P Aug 1866 33 m 7 MS MS MS
    Emma Feb 1869 36 4 births, 4 living
    Alabama Alabama Alabama
    Olive Nov 1863 6 Mississippi
    Edith Oct 1895 4 Louisiana
    Joseph Oct 1897 2 Louisiana
    Anna M Jan 1899 1 Louisiana
    Campbell Mollie (sis-in-law) 1870 29 Single
    Alabama Alabama Alabama

    Census:
    Avera John P 43 m 17 yrs MS MS MS checker lumber yard
    Emma C wife, 41 m 17 yrs, 11 births, 10 living MS AL MS
    Olive dau 16 MS
    Seth son 15 MS driver, lumber mill
    Edith dau 14 LA
    Gladys dau 12 LA
    Annie May dau 10 LA
    Emma D dau 7 TX
    Wesley b son 6 TX
    William P son 4 TX
    Hardy son 2 TX
    Winston son 2/12 TX (Apr)

    Died:
    D.C. Mrs. Olive Vieno age 46, married, husband, A.H. Vieno, residence of the deceased: McLennan Co, Texas.
    father John Powell Avera, b Mississippi
    mother Emma Campbell, Alabama
    died, exhaustion from psychosis, dementia Praecox, catotonic type; at Austin State Hospital,Austin, Travis Co, residence there 6 yrs 9 months.
    Informant, Austin State Hospital Record, Austin, Texas

    Olive married August Harold "Red" Vieno about 1920 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. August (son of Robert Bruce Vieno and Agnes Maria Richardson) was born on 29 Dec 1899 in Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas; died before 23 May 1951 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 23 May 1951 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Dorothy Vieno  Descendancy chart to this point

  11. 20.  Seth Clyde Avera Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.William1) was born on 02 Apr 1895 in Mississippi; died on 26 Apr 1938.

    Notes:

    in 1910, at age 15, listed his occuation as driver in lumber company.

    Died:
    served in military, died over seas.


  12. 21.  Edith Avera Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.William1) was born in Oct 1896 in Louisiana; died after 1900.

  13. 22.  Joseph Maurice Avera Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.William1) was born on 03 Oct 1897 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; died on 03 Nov 1903.

  14. 23.  Gladys May Avera Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.William1) was born on 16 Jun 1897 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; died on 18 Mar 1970; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.

  15. 24.  Annie May AveraAnnie May Avera Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.William1) was born in Jan 1899 in Leesville, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; died on 26 Nov 1991 in Belton, Bell Co, Texas.

    Family/Spouse: Leonard Layton "L.L." Stephens. Leonard was born on 16 Jul 1895 in Attoyac, Nacogdoches Co, Texas; died on 30 Apr 1973 in Houston, Harris Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Claude Leo Stephens, Sr.  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 32. William Avera Stephens  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Mar 1924 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co, Texas; died on 11 Oct 2015 in Temple, Bell Co, Texas.
    3. 33. Thelma Elaine Stephens  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Oct 1928 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co, Texas; died on 19 Jan 1971 in Houston, Harris Co, Texas.

    Annie married Curtis H. Clark on 24 Nov 1954 in Angleton, Brazoria Co, Texas. Curtis was born on 13 Aug 1893 in Columbus, Bartholomew Co, Indiana; died on 13 Apr 1968 in Houston, Harris Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  16. 25.  Emma Davis Avera Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.William1) was born on 25 Jun 1902 in Deweyville, Newton Co, Texas; died on 04 May 1988 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.

    Emma married Sam Edward Dickerson on 07 Aug 1920. Sam was born about 1902; died after 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Emma married Kendall before 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  17. 26.  Wesley Banks Avera Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.William1) was born on 04 Nov 1903 in Deweyville, Newton Co, Texas; died on 09 Feb 1979 in Bexar Co, Texas; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.

    Notes:

    He was informant on his father's d.c. in 1943. Apparently his father had lived at his residence in San Antonio for 3 yrs.
    He was also the informant for his mother's d.c. in 1967.


    Died:
    Texas Death Index 1964-1998
    Wesley Banks Avera
    death date 9 Feb 1979, Bexar Co, Texas


  18. 27.  William Powell Avera Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.William1) was born on 17 Oct 1905; died on 21 Jul 1981 in Deweyville, Newton Co, Texas; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.

    William married Christelle Ford about 1930. Christelle was born about 1905; died after 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  19. 28.  Hardie Martha Avera Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.William1) was born on 29 May 1907 in Texas; died on 8 Oct 1998 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.

    Hardie married John Martin Warden about 1928. John was born on 8 Sep 1907; died on 21 Nov 1968; was buried in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  20. 29.  Winston Campbell Avera, Sr Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.William1) was born on 22 Feb 1910 in Bronson, Sabine Co, Texas; died on 21 Mar 1994 in West Columbia, Brazoria Co, Texas.

    Winston married Esther Paul about 1930. Esther was born about 1910; died after 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. W.C. Avera  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 30.  Dorothy VienoDorothy Vieno Descendancy chart to this point (19.Olive3, 9.John2, 1.William1)

    Dorothy married Ogden Kyle Jones, Jr [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. David Allan Jones  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 31.  Claude Leo Stephens, Sr. Descendancy chart to this point (24.Annie3, 9.John2, 1.William1)

  3. 32.  William Avera Stephens Descendancy chart to this point (24.Annie3, 9.John2, 1.William1) was born on 21 Mar 1924 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co, Texas; died on 11 Oct 2015 in Temple, Bell Co, Texas.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Mary Stephens-Garcia  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 33.  Thelma Elaine Stephens Descendancy chart to this point (24.Annie3, 9.John2, 1.William1) was born on 25 Oct 1928 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co, Texas; died on 19 Jan 1971 in Houston, Harris Co, Texas.

    Thelma married Ocie Glendon Cooper about 1948. Ocie was born on 11 Oct 1926; died on 27 Dec 2007 in San Marcos, Hays Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 34.  W.C. Avera Descendancy chart to this point (29.Winston3, 9.John2, 1.William1)


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