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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Eddie Ruthven Avent: Birth: 8 JUL 1849 in Mississippi. Death: 8 MAY 1919

  2. John Lawrence Avent: Birth: 12 APR 1851 in Amory, Monroe Co., Mississippi. Death: 28 DEC 1934 in Grenada Co., Missisippi

  3. Alice Winifred Avent: Birth: 16 AUG 1854 in Mississippi. Death: 30 NOV 1947 in Mississippi?


Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth J. "Betty" Avent: Birth: APR 1862 in Mississippi. Death: 1935 in Naches Co., Mississippi

  2. Mary Avent: Birth: JUN 1864 in Mississippi. Death: 24 MAR 1944 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma

  3. Augustus "Gussie" Avent: Birth: ABT 1866 in Mississippi. Death: 25 DEC 1943 in Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi


Sources
1. Title:   Rootsweb Family Tree, J. M. Lawrence Jr., 2006, jmljr39@@swva.net (T. Wilkerson TCWilk@@aol.com)
2. Title:   US Census 1850
3. Title:   Historical Southern Families Vol.1, pages 181-199, by John Bennett Boddie 1958
4. Title:   Sally's Family Place, S. M. Koestler, College Station, TX, Sep 2007, <http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MulberryGrove/PowellJesse.htm>

Notes
a. Note:   US Census
 1850: No Twp. Listed, Halifax Co., NC (next door to P. P. Harvey)
 1860: N. E. Beat, PO Oakland, Yalobusha Co., MS
 1870: Township 11, PO Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., MS
  From Rootsweb Family Tree, J. M. Lawrence Jr., 2006, jmljr39@@swva.net (T. Wilkerson TCWilk@@aol.com):
 Alice Winifred Avent's parents were William R. Avent (Oct 9, 1821-- Dec 24, 1878) and Rebecca J Hervey (May 17, 1827 -- Oct 1, 1858). They married Jul 27, 1848. They had a daughter (Alice) and Alice had a half-sister named Gussie who was a painter. Gussie was an individualist who had a mind of her own in a time when it was not fashionable. [NOTE: my wife has an original pen and ink drawing by Gussie and has the oil painting kit that still contains original oils] Gussie married Charlie Goodwin who had a hardware store in Water Valley. [ NOTES: (1) A daughter of Wm and Rebecca Avent named Mary was Louise Ford's mother. (2) Mrs M. E. Avent died Feb 16, 1905. (3) Mrs. J. L. Avent died Feb 19, 1905.]
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 W.R. Avent (First_Last)
 Regiment Name 3 Mississippi Infantry (State Troops)
 Side Confederate
 Company A
 Soldier's Rank_In Sergeant
 Soldier's Rank_Out Sergeant
 Film Number M232 roll 2


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