Background

Avery, Moses Nathan was born on December 27, 1855 in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States. Son of Nathan and Matilda (Rockwell) Avery.

Education

Student Eastman Business College, 1876. Doctor of Medicine University of Michigan Medical School, 1881.

Career

Practiced medicine at Niles, Michigan, 1881-1889. Organized German American Savings Bank, Los Angeles, 1890 (original cashier, elected president, 1899), title was changed to Guaranty Trust & Savings Bank, 1917. Vice-president and chairman of the executive committee Security Trust & Savings Bank, into which the Guaranty Trust & Savings Bank was merged, 1921.

Now member executive and trust committees and chairman real estate mortgage loan committee, Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles (formed by merger of Security and First National trust and savings banks).

Director Security-First Company, Washington Boulevard Beach.

Achievements

• Moses Nathan Avery has been listed as a noteworthy banker. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: California, Los Angeles Country.

Connections

Married Sarah Elizabeth Gorton, 1880 (now deceased). Children: Lena Ethel (deceased), Florence Lucile, Lewis Gorton.

Father:

Nathan Avery

Mother:

Matilda (Rockwell) Avery

Spouse:

Sarah Elizabeth Gorton

child:

Lena Ethel Avery (deceased)

child:

Florence Lucile Avery

child:

Lewis Gorton Avery