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Although at that time doubtless over 80 years of age, his 
heart was young and impressionable. 
An example of such a life lightens very materially the 
burdens imposed by nature on man. 
His death occurred on the 24th of June, 1891. 
Jos. K. McCammon. 
ROBERT STANTON AVERY. 
[Read before the Society, February 16, 1895.] 
The subject of this sketch was born May 1, 1808, on a farm 
near Preston, New London county, Connecticut, and died, in 
his 87th year, of paralysis, on September 12, 1894, in Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., his remains being interred beside those of his 
wife, at his birthplace. He was named after his father, 
Robert Stanton Avery, who married Miss Sarah Crary, June 
14, 1807, and was the eldest of their family of eight children. 
He traced his descent from Christopher Avery, who was 
born in England in 1590 and died in New London, Connecti¬ 
cut, in 1679. This ancestor emigrated to the new world, ac¬ 
companied by his son James (1620-1700), landing at Salem, 
Massachusetts, about the year 1630, or only ten years after 
the first settlement at Plymouth. The grandson of Chris¬ 
topher was also called James (1646-1748), and the great- 
grandson was another Christopher Avery (1679-1753). The 
second Christopher’s son (1705-1790) and (grandson (1732- 
1794) were both called John, and his great-grandson was 
Robert Stanton Avery (1771-1846), who was the father of 
the Avery whose biography is briefly outlined here. The 
remarkable longevity of his ancestors, as indicated by the 
above dates, is worthy of note. 
Robert S. Avery, Junior, acquired his early education in 
the district school near his birthplace. An attack of measles 
in his 13th year left him with dyspeptic tendencies, which 
caused him much suffering at times throughout his life. 
