Background
Avery, Isaac Wheeler was born on May 2, 1837 in Saint Augustine, Florida, United States. Son of Isaac and Mary (King) Avery.
Avery, Isaac Wheeler was born on May 2, 1837 in Saint Augustine, Florida, United States. Son of Isaac and Mary (King) Avery.
Graduate Oglethorpe University, 1854.
Admitted to Savannah (Georgia) bar, 1860. Colonel enlisted as private 8th Georgia Infantry, served in capture of Fort Pulaski, 1861. Rose to rank of colonel of cavalry Confederate Army, commanded brigade 1863.
Editor-in-chief Atlanta (Georgia) Constitution 1869.
Delegate National Democratic Convention, 1872. Owner Atlanta Herald, 1875.
Secretary Georgia Executive Department, 1877-1883. Chief public division United States Treasury, 1887-1889.
United States appraiser, 1890.
Author: Digest of the Georgia Supreme Court Reports, 1866. History of the State of Georgia from 1850-1881, published 1881. Associate editor for Georgia National Cyclopedia of American Biography.
Started in 1892 successful movement for direct trade between southern United States and foreign ports.
Married Emma Bivings, January 1, 1868.