Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Biographical History of North Carolina, Vol 7 by Samuel A'Court Ashe pub. Charles L. Van Noppen, Greensboro, N.C. - 1908 [p. 7-8] ISAAC THOMAS AVERY ------------------ COLONEL ISAAC THOMAS AVERY was born at Swan Ponds, Burke County, September 22, 1785, and died December 31, 1864. He was the only son of WAIGHTSTILL AVERY. He was compelled to leave Doak's School, later Washington College, at Jonesboro, Tenn., at the age of six- teen, when his preparation for college had just been finished. His father had been stricken with paralysis in his lower limbs, and the son was compelled to take the burden of his very extensive busi- ness, outside of his practice as a lawyer. His teacher was the distinguished divine who prayed for SHELBY'S and SEVIER'S men when they were leaving for King's Mountain. ISAAC T. AVERY was a member of the house of commons from Burke County in 1810 and 1811, and was afterward more than once a member of the council of state and aide-de-camp to GOVERNOR DUDLEY. In 1824 he was, with OWEN KENAN and others, chosen a presidential elector. He was happily married to HARRIET ELOISE ERWIN in 1815 and did not afterward seek any political preferment. His wife was the dau- ghter of WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY ERWIN, who was a member of the conven- tion that ratified the Constitution of the United States at Fay- etteville 1789, and the granddaughter of COLONEL WILLIAM SHARPE, a distinguished soldier of the war for independence and the first member of the Continental Congress from the Rowan district. He was a man of strong convictions and much firmness and energy, united with broad views and excellent judgment. He was cashier of the Morganton branch of the state bank for many years, and in addition managed an extensive landed estate. He devoted all his leisure time to reading and was well informed upon many subjects. His nature was social, and nothing pleased him more than to dispense a lavish hospitality. He reared and educated a large family and left an extensive landed estate. He was bowed down with grief near the end of his life for the loss of his three oldest sons, who had fallen in battle within one year (from July, 1863, to July, 1864). A. C. AVERY. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================