Porter Avery (1859 - 1899)

Born 1859 in Bethel Twp., Branch, Michigan

Ancestors

Died 6 Jul 1899 at about age 40 in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan

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Biography

Porter was born in 1859. He was the son of Hiram Avery and Lydia Hunt. Porter was a farmer. He committed suicide in 1899.

This from an article in the Saline, Michigan Observer, Thursday, July 13, 1899:

Took Five Bullets to Kill Him. An examination of the body of Porter Avery who, it is supposed, shot and killed himself at Coldwater, shows that the unfortunate man fired five shots before he succeeded in taking his own life. He was undoubtedly insane. Recently he tried to interest parties in the building of a flying machine. His wife's refusal to live with him preyed upon his mind. A few years ago his only brother, George, a Chicago policeman, was shot and killed while trying to arrest a man. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Saline, Michigan Observer, Thursday, July 13, 1899

• "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCLC-KX8 : 10 February 2018), Porter Avery and Carrie Fisk, 24 Oct 1897; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 2,342,506.

• "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHBG-SG6 : 10 March 2018), Porter J. Avery, 06 Jul 1899; citing Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, reference v B p 169; FHL microfilm 930,801.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2S9-KL2G : 15 March 2016), Porter Avery, 1899; Burial, Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States of America, Oak Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 157612147, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157612147

1899 - Suicide of Porter Avery (Attached)

• "The Homer Index" (Homer, Michigan), 12 Jul 1899, Wednesday, Page 5; https://www.newspapers.com/image/685461121