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Isaac Wheeler Avery was born on May 2, 1837 in Saint Augustine, Florida, United States to Isaac Wheeler Mary Moore (King) Avery. On his father's side he was descended from Gov. Winthrop of Massachusetts.
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Isaac Wheeler Avery was born on May 2, 1837 in Saint Augustine, Florida, United States to Isaac Wheeler Mary Moore (King) Avery. On his father's side he was descended from Gov. Winthrop of Massachusetts.
Avery got a prestigious education at Oglethorpe University preparing for the job of lawyer.
Enlisting in the 8th Georgia, he fought from the first battle of Bull Run nearly to the close of the war, and reached the rank of colonel and the command of a brigade. For a short time he was a prisoner, having been captured by Gen. Sheridan, and in 1864 while serving under Gen. Johnston he was severely wounded at the battle of New Hope Church. The wound injured his spine so that for years afterward he used crutches.
After the war he practised law, and was active in the politics and journalism of the Reconstruction era in Georgia.
For a number of years he was editor-in-chief of the Atlanta Constitution and for a short time owned the Atlanta Herald. He was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention of 1872 and held at one time a position in the United States Treasury Department.
He was one of the leaders in the South in promoting direct trade between the United States and other countries, particularly with the lands to the south. His History of the State of Georgia from 1850 to 1881 is mainly political. As a writer he was associated with the National Cyclopedia of American Biography.
His death removed "one of the old cavaliers of the old south. He was a type that is now growing so rare" (Atlanta Constitution, September 10, 1897). His resemblance to this "type" is emphasized in his own dictated statement, that he had taken part in four "affairs of honor. "
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Avery was one of the most chivalric, intelligent and useful of the sons of the South.
He married Emma Bivings on January 1, 1868, they had four children. Three of them died in infancy, their names are unknown.
