Isaac Wheeler Avery Jr.
Born: May 2, 1837
Birthplace: Saint Augustine, Florida
Father: Isaac Wheeler Avery Sr. 1806 – 1841
Mother: Mary Moore King 1810 – 1888
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Wife: Emma Bivings 1849 – 1914
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Children:
Infant Avery 1879 – 1880
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Albert Wheeler Avery 1880 – 1917
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Infant Avery 1882 – 1882
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Education:
Attended Oglethorpe University in Savannah, Georgia
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Georgia
Civil War Career:
1861: Private in Oglethorpe Light Infantry
1862: Captain of Company I 23rd Georgia Cavalry Battalion
1862: Captured at Booneville, Mississippi
1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 4th Georgia Cavalry Regiment
1863 – 1864: Colonel of 4th Georgia Cavalry Regiment
1864: Wounded during the Battle of New Hope Church
1864 – 1865: Commander of Macon Georgia Home Guard
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Dalton, Georgia
Editor of Atlanta Constitution Newspaper
Author of a Standard History of Georgia
Died: September 8, 1897
Place of Death: Atlanta, Georgia
Age at time of Death: 60 years old
Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
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