I can not at this time connect your Avery family with the one below, but since both came to Memphis from New York, they are likely related. I am a distant cousin to Minor Meriwether who married Elizabeth Avery below. Also her brother-in-law, Spence Hall Lamb, sold land in 1890 to my gg gf where we still live today.

Generation No. 1

1. NATHAN1 AVERY was born 08 May 1792 in New Lebanon, NY, and died 05 Mar 1846 in Memphis, TN'. He married REBECCA RIVERS 08 Oct 1818 in Montgomery Co., TN. She was born 28 May 1793 in Greensville Co., VA, and died 30 May 1847 in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.
Notes for NATHAN AVERY:
He was originaly buried in Winchester Street Cemetery.
Burial: Elmwood Cem. Memphis, TN
Notes for REBECCA RIVERS:
She was originally buried in Winchester Cem.
Burial: Elmwood Cem. Memphis, TN

Children of NATHAN AVERY and REBECCA RIVERS are:
2. i.WILLIAM TECUMSAH2 AVERY, b. 11 Nov 1819, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN; d. 22 May 1880, Crittenden Co., AR.
ii.LAURA AVERY, b. 20 Nov 1821.
3. iii.ELIZABETH EDMONDS AVERY, b. 19 Jan 1824, Bolivar, Hardeman Co., TN; d. 04 Nov 1917, St. Louis, MO.
iv.REBECCA RIVERS AVERY, b. 20 Feb 1826.
4. v.CORNELIA ESTELLE AVERY, b. 14 Jun 1830, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN; d. Aft. 1916.
5. vi.AMANDA AVERY, b. Abt. 1831, Bolivar, TN; d. Aft. 1916.
vii.LAURENA AVERY, b. 28 Feb 1833.

Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM TECUMSAH2 AVERY (NATHAN1) was born 11 Nov 1819 in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN, and died 22 May 1880 in Crittenden Co., AR. He married EMMA CHASTELETT JONES. She was born 10 Feb 1835 in Athens, GA.

Notes for WILLIAM TECUMSAH AVERY:
He was accidently drowned in Ten Mile Bayou. He served in TN House 1843, as US Rep. from TN 1857-1861. He was a Col. in CSA army.
Burial: Elmwood Cem. Memphis, TN

Children of WILLIAM AVERY and EMMA JONES are:
i. EMMA BLYTHE3 AVERY, b. 08 Aug 1856.
ii. HARRY EDWIN AVERY, b. 22 Mar 1858.
iii. WILLIAM THOMAS AVERY, b. 14 Nov 1859.


3. ELIZABETH EDMONDS2 AVERY (NATHAN1) was born 19 Jan 1824 in Bolivar, Hardeman Co., TN, and died 04 Nov 1917 in St. Louis, MO. She married MINOR MERIWETHER 05 Jan 1852 in 284 Union St., Memphis, Shelby Co., TN, son of GARRETT MERIWETHER and MARY MINOR. He was born 15 Jan 1827 in Cabin Row, Christian Co., KY, and died 07 Jun 1910 in St. Louis, MO.

Notes for ELIZABETH EDMONDS AVERY:
She was a pioneer suffragist. She was the first woman to legally vote in the United Sates. She owned extensive property in Memphis and complained that she was taxed without representation. She rented a theater and spoke to a large number of women and annoucned that she would demand to be allowed to vote. She was granted a special order by the election commission to vote in any election in Ward 5 in the year 1872; which she did. She wrote in her book about the recollections of her 92 years, that the next year a special gilt edged ballot was provided just for her and she had no doubt that was so her ballot could be identified and later removed without it being counted; so she did not bother to vote thereafter. A Historical marker commemorating her vote stands in Confederate Park on Front St. in Memphis.

Notes for MINOR MERIWETHER:
He was the fifth child of his parents. He bought the house on Union Ave. in Memphis from his brother-in-law, Spence Hall Lamb in 1857. A plaque on the mezanine level of the Peabody Hotel says the home of Minor Meriwether once stood on that site. They moved to St. Louis, MO in 1883.

Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH AVERY and MINOR MERIWETHER:
Married in the home of Spence H. Lamb

Children of ELIZABETH AVERY and MINOR MERIWETHER are:
i. AVERY3 MERRIWETHER, b. 15 Jul 1857, Sunninghome, Shelby Co., TN; d. 22 Jun 1883, Waukesha, WI.

More About AVERY MERRIWETHER:
Burial: Elmwood Cem., Memphis, Shelby Co., TN

ii. RIVERS BLYTHE MERRIWETHER, b. 26 Jul 1859; m. LULIE NORVAL, 1886.
iii. LEE MERRIWETHER, b. Bef. 1862; m. (1) MILLICENT NYE; b. CA; m. (2) JESSIE GAER; b. St. Louis, MO.


4. CORNELIA ESTELLE2 AVERY (NATHAN1) was born 14 Jun 1830 in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN, and died Aft. 1916. She married SPENCE HALL LAMB. He was born 08 Nov 1823 in Elizabeth City, NC, and died 18 Aug 1898 in Lawrence Harbor, NJ.

Notes for SPENCE HALL LAMB:
He dealed in real estate and in Jan. 1890 he sold land to Anthony Wayne Hanna in Whitehaven. He is listed in the 1877 Memphis Directory as Sec. & Trea. M&T RR. His residence as Meriwether, west of Waldran Ave.

Children of CORNELIA AVERY and SPENCE LAMB are:
i. THOMAS AVERY3 LAMB, b. 07 Jan 1851.
ii. SIDNEY RIVERS LAMB, b. 26 Jul 1852.
iii. MINOR FINLEY LAMB, b. 18 Jun 1857.
iv. SPENCE HALL LAMB, b. 25 Mar 1864.
v. WALTER LAMB, b. Dec 1866.
vi. ELIZABETH ESTELLE LAMB, b. 03 Dec 1872.
vii. ESTELLE LAMB, b. 05 Nov 1877.
viii. LAWRENCE LAMB.


5. AMANDA2 AVERY (NATHAN1) was born Abt. 1831 in Bolivar, TN, and died Aft. 1916. She married NATHANIEL MACON TREZEVANT. He was born 30 Jul 1829 in Petersburg, VA.

Children of AMANDA AVERY and NATHANIEL TREZEVANT are:
i. ALICE3 TREZEVANT, b. 24 Nov 1849.
ii. ESTELLE TREZEVANT, b. 24 Jun 1851.
iii. JAMES MACON TREZEVANT, b. 16 Mar 1854.
iv. ZOE TREZEVANT, b. 31 May 1856.
v. THEODORE RIVERS TREZEVANT, b. 22 Jun 1857.