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Submitted by:  Geneva A. Cunningham
Email address:  Allamanda4@aol.com
 

Husband:  Wilson B. AVERETT
Birthdate:  abt. 1820
Birthplace:  Putnam Co., GA
Death date:  24 Apr 1872
Place of death:  Lafayette Co., AR; bur. Mars Hill, Lafayette Co., AR in an
unmarked grave.
Father:  David AVERETT
Mother:  Elizabeth Unknown

Marriage date:  14 Sep 1844
Marriage place:  Barbour Co., AL

Wife:  Sarah Louise MCCLENDON
Birthdate:  16 Jun 1829
Birthplace:  Barbour Co., AL
Death date:  23 Aug 1912
Place of death: Lafayette Co., AR; bur. in Mars Hill, Lafayette Co., AR in an
unmarked grave.
Father:  John MCCLENDON (in some records spelled MCLENDON)
Mother:  Sarah Mary AVERETT (dau of Matthew, Sr.)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1:  Mary Elizabeth AVERETT
Sex:  Female
Birthdate:  21 Sep 1845
Birthplace:  Barbour Co., AL
Death date:  15 Apr 1890
Place of death:  Columbia Co., AR
Marriage date:
Marriage place:  Lafayette Co., AR
Spouse's name:  Newton N. TUCKER

Child No. 2:  Martha Arrenmenio AVERETT
Sex:  Female
Birthdate:  11 Mar 1847
Birthplace:  AL
Death date:  23 Jul 1892
Place of death:  Lafayette Co., AR
Marriage date:  27 May 1879
Marriage place:  Lafayette Co., AR
Spouse's name:  Hilliard H. OLIVE

Child No. 3:  Jayns AVERETT
Sex:  Female
Birthdate:  22 Oct 1848
Birthplace:  Russell Co., AL
Death date:  17 Feb 1849
Place of death:  Russell Co., AL

Child No. 4:  Lapetite Eloise AVERETT
Sex:  Female
Birthdate:  22 Sep 1849
Birthplace:  Russell Co., AL
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date:  1 Jan 1871
Marriage place:  Lafayette Co., AR
Spouse's name:  William MILLER

Child No. 5:  Amanda Ann AVERETT
Sex:  Female
Birthdate:  12 Feb 1851
Birthplace:  Russell Co., AL
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 6:  David A. AVERETT
Sex:  Male
Birthdate:  6 Nov 1852
Birthplace:  Russell Co., AL
Death date:  1922.  Bur. Mars Hill Cemetery, Lafayette Co., AR.
Place of death:  Lafayette Co., AR
Marriage date:  22 Jan 1879
Marriage place:  Lafayette Co., AR
Spouse's name:  Alice PARK

Child No. 7:  Matthew William AVERETT
Sex:  Male
Birthdate:  22 Jul 1854
Birthplace:  Russell Co., AL
Death date:  7 Nov 1873
Place of death:  Lafayette Co., AR

Child No. 8:  Sarah Louise AVERETT  "Sallie Lou:"
Sex:  Female
Birthdate:  19 Aug 1856
Birthplace:  Russell Co., AL
Death date:  4 Mar 1944
Place of death:  Jackson Co., FL
Marriage date:  30 Apr 1879
Marriage place:  Lafayette Co., AR
Spouse's name:  Newton Byrd AVERETT (son of Matthew, Jr.)

Child No. 9:  John W. AVERETT
Sex:  Male
Birthdate:  2 Jul 1858
Birthplace:  Russell Co., AL
Death date:  9 Jun 1939
Place of death:  Harmon Co., OK
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:  Minerva Unknown,  b. Jan 1867 TN

Child No. 10:  Emma Eliza AVERETT
Sex:  Female
Birthdate:  1 Aug 1859
Birthplace:  Russell Co., AL
Death date:  6 Jun 1947
Place of death:  Hempstead Co., AR.  Bur. DeAnn Cemetery per letter from Exa
Olive.
Marriage date:  1 Jan 1893
Marriage place:  Lafayette Co., AR
Spouse's name:  Frank Oliver WOOD, M.D.

Child No. 11:  Jefferson L. AVERETT
Sex:  Male
Birthdate:  5 Aug 1862
Birthplace:  Russell Co., AL
Death date:  11 Jun 1867
Place of death:  Russell Co., AL

Child No. 12:  Eugenia Alabama AVERETT
Sex:  Female
Birthdate:  5 May 1870
Birthplace:  Lafayette Co., AR
Death date:  5 Oct 1893
Place of death:  Lafayette Co., AR

Child No. 13:  Francis P. AVERETT
Sex:  Female
Birthdate:  12 Nov 1864
Birthplace:  Russell Co., AL
Death date:  13 Aug 1867
Place of death:  AL/AR

Child No. 14:  George W. AVERETT
Sex:  Male
Birthdate:  24 Oct 1866
Birthplace:
Death date:  28 Sep 1867
Place of death:  AL/AR

NOTES:  This is an on-going work in progress.

DOCUMENTATION:    Copies of Wills and Marriage Certificates, letters written to
Edwin Newton Averett from  Evelyn Corcoran, Exa Olive and Roberta Hollis.  1850,
1860 Russell Co., AL Census; 1860 Dale Co., AL Census; 1870 Ouachita Parish
and Lafayette Co., AR Census; 1880 Ouachita Parish, LA Census, 1900, 1910
Russell Co., AL Census; 1910 Harmon Co., OK Census.