Born in Alabama
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Meggs
and Charity (Lassiter) Meggs
Sister of
Mickle Berry Meigs, John Meggs, James Anderson Meggs, James Anderson Meigs [half], Sarah (Meggs) Seymour and Mary Elizabeth (Meggs) Dowdey
Wife of
Henry William Avery
— married
9 Jan 1849 in Bibb, Alabama
Descendants 
Mother of
William Marvin Avery, Nancy Isabel (Avery) Hallman, Samuel David Avery, Columbus Lee Avery, Charles McLeod Avery and Purlonia Florence Avery
Died
at age 57
in Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Feb 2013
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Biography
4th great-grandmother of Noah Funderburg
Marriage 9 January 1849. Henry Avra to Nancy B. Miggs [1]
1850 census. Possible listing of Henry and Nancy with their oldest son John in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. A William Avara (Avery) also is listed, age 21. [2]
1860 census Henry and Nancy lived with their clhildren on the west side of the Cahaba River in Bibb County, Alabama. [3]
1870 census Henry and Nancy lived with their children in the Holman community in Bibb County, Alabama. [4]
1880 census. By 1880 Henry and Nancy had moved to Tuscaloosa County and lived there with their five youngest children. [5]
26 Jul 1883 date of death. Burial information from Find A Grave. Big Hurricane Cemetery in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. [6] and from a Billion Graves Index. [7]
The death of Henry and Nancy's son, William, in 1935, is recorded here. [8]
The death of their daughter Florence Palonia Avery Geddie in 1927 is listed here. [9]
Sources
- ↑ Hunting for Bears, Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5H-DYX : 19 December 2020), Nancy Avara in household of Henry N Avara, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDH-5HQ : 18 February 2021), Nancy Avery in entry for Henry Avery, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKC-9MM : 28 May 2021), Nancy Avery in entry for Henry Avery, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VJ-HW3 : 20 December 2021), Nancy Avery in household of Henry Avery, Election Precinct 11 Brookwood, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2B-SQVW : 18 July 2020), Nancy Meigs Avery, 1883; Burial, , ; citing record ID 86464590, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBD-FTVM : 1 July 2016), Nancy Meigs Avery, died 26 Jul 1883; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Big Hurricane Cemetery, Brookwood, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.
- ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD52-MF7 : 11 January 2021), Nancy Avery in entry for Wm. Avery, 1935.
- ↑ "Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3B3-PBK : 15 January 2020), Nancy Avery in entry for Purlonia Flo.... Geddie, 1927.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #86464590
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
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~6.25%
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~6.25%
Billy Arnold :
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~6.25%
~12.50%
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~3.12%
Noah Funderburg :
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~3.12%
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~3.12%
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~3.12%
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~3.12%
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
Carol (Clark) Roberts :
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch LW5702607 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Linda (Dobbins) Johnson :
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~0.78%
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Gail Rolison :
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Becky (Baxley) Clark :
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Meigs-258 and Meigs-543 appear to represent the same person because: Both wives of Henry William Avery
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