61. ELIZA CAROLINA7 AVEN (TIMOTHY ALLEN6, ALLEN BURTON5, THOMAS4 AVENT, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born June 30,
1832 in Washington County Virginia, and died October 20, 1909. She married THOMAS WALLACE MCCHESNEY November 29, 1855 in
Washington County Virginia. He was born March 12, 1836, and died July 10, 1863 in Hanover Junction.
Child of ELIZA AVEN and THOMAS MCCHESNEY is:
i. ELLA ROSANNA8 MCCHESNEY, b. 1858; d. 1929; m. JOHN RYBURN CARPENTER; b. 1858; d. 1939.
62. WILLIAM ALLEN7 AVEN (TIMOTHY ALLEN6, ALLEN BURTON5, THOMAS4 AVENT, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born February 08,
1843 in Abingdon Washington County Virginia, and died May 30, 1887. He married SARAH JANE HENSHAW May 10, 1866 in
Washington County Virginia, daughter of PHILLIP HENSHAW and ELIZABETH ?. She was born 1850 in Green County Tennessee.
Children of WILLIAM AVEN and SARAH HENSHAW are:
i. HORACE BENJAMIN8 AVEN, b. January 27, 1873; m. MYRTLE.
ii. WILLIAM FITZ HUGH AVEN, b. March 09, 1876; m. BERTHA.
iii. CARL GIFFORD AVEN, b. August 05, 1881, Ozark Christian Missouri; d. October 19, 1930, Napa California; m. BLANCHE
EVALYN FORD.
63. SAMUEL WILEY7 AVEN (TIMOTHY ALLEN6, ALLEN BURTON5, THOMAS4 AVENT, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born June 14, 1845
in Washington County Virginia, and died 1928. He married MARY ADELINE MINNICK September 25, 1865 in Washington County
Virginia, daughter of LEANDER MINNICK and JANE ?. She was born 1843 in Washington County Virginia, and died 1928.
Children of SAMUEL AVEN and MARY MINNICK are:
i. DR CHARLES G.8 AVEN.
ii. BESS AVEN.
iii. WALTER AVEN.
iv. JAMES H. AVEN.
v. EULA AVEN.
vi. GEORGE AVEN.
64. FRANCES HENDERSON REED7 AVEN (TIMOTHY ALLEN6, ALLEN BURTON5, THOMAS4 AVENT, WILLIAM3,
THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born September 14, 1847 in Washington County Virginia, and died December 24, 1921 in Celeste Hunt County
Texas. He married (1) ? SUMMERS. He married (2) JULIA EDNA HIGHTOWER September 13, 1872 in
Hunt County Texas, daughter of ISHAM HIGHTOWER and MARY HIGHTOWER. She was born June 06, 1855 in Georgia, and died
November 16, 1892 in Celeste Hunt County Texas. He married (3) JANIE SARAH PEARSON February 14, 1895 in Hunt County Texas.
She was born January 04, 1872 in Near Bellbuckle Tennessee, and died February 03, 1949 in Celeste Hunt County Texas.
Child of FRANCES AVEN and ? SUMMERS is:
i. LUCY8 AVEN, b. February 04, 1871; d. March 26, 1900; m. JOSEPH SUNKEL; b. July 08, 1867.
Children of FRANCES AVEN and JULIA HIGHTOWER are:
ii. CLAYTON8 AVEN.
iii. GASTON E. AVEN, b. February 24, 1884, Celeste Hunt County Texas; d. February 15, 1967, Celeste Hunt County Texas; m.
NELLIE ELIZABETH FARGO, March 31, 1908, Sherman Grayson County Texas; b. May 05, 1890, Texas; d. February 24, 1982, Greenville Hunt
County Texas.
iv. ZEE AVEN.
v. ETHEL AVEN, m. JOHN DANIEL WARREN; b. 1877; d. 1931.
vi. VELMA AVEN, b. September 15, 1879; d. August 28, 1968, Commerce Texas; m. RICHARD HOLLAND.
vii. FRANCES LESTER AVEN, b. December 23, 1882, Hogeye Hunt County Texas; d. February 16, 1941,
Point Hunt County Texas; m. SUE EMILY SLATER, September 1900, Celeste Hunt County Texas; b. April 16, 1884,
Hogeye Hunt County Texas; d. January 07, 1974, Celeste Hunt County Texas.
Children of FRANCES AVEN and JANIE PEARSON are:
viii. DREYFUS8 AVEN, b. July 30, 1899; d. March 01, 1995; m. RUBY RAMSEY; b. May 31, 1901; d. January 25, 1979, Poss. Leonard
Fannin County Texas..
ix. BUSH NORRIS AVEN, b. March 21, 1897, Celeste Hunt County Texas; d. August 16, 1938, Grandfield Oklahoma; m. ROSA BELL
MOTHERAL; b. January 14, 1899, Greenville Hunt County Texas.
x. LETA AVEN, m. ? LYDAY.
xi. ALINE AVEN, b. November 20, 1913, Celeste Hunt County Texas; m. ORVILLE LEE RUFF, August 03, 1937; b. September 24,
1906.
xii. MATHEW GILFORD AVEN, b. March 15, 1902, Celeste Hunt County Texas; d. December 07, 1986, Alburq; m. MINNIE M.
JOHNSON; b. October 01, 1901, Celeste Hunt County Texas; d. February 24, 1954, Tyler Smith County Texas.
xiii. INFANT AVEN.
xiv. FRANK HENDERSON AVEN, b. November 28, 1908; d. November 11, 1988; m. MATTIE LEE HANCOCK, November 20, 1958,
Red Bluff California; b. April 16, 1921.
68. PALESTINE ELIZABETH JUDSON7 AVEN (JAMES STAFFORD6, AMOS5, THOMAS4 AVENT, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born July 06,
1840 in Georgia, and died June 11, 1915 in Pleasant Hill Terrell County Georgia. She married (1) JOHN MILTON GAMMAGE. She
married (2) JOHN CAUSEY March 25, 1855 in Weston Webster County Georgia. He was born February 12, 1837, and died November
20, 1861 in Monassis Virginia.
Children of PALESTINE AVEN and JOHN CAUSEY are:
i. WILLIE ANN PEARL8 CAUSEY, d. March 26, 1918; m. JAMES IRBY ROBERTS; b. February 01, 1850, Georgia; d. February 09, 1920,
Dawson Terrell County Georgia.
ii. JOHN CAUSEY, b. January 11, 1861, Weston Webster County Georgia; d. Douglas County Georgia; m. S. SANDERS.
69. WILLIAM GREEN7 AVEN (WILLIAM C. FERN6, AMOS5, THOMAS4 AVENT, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) He married SARA
CRUTCHFIELD.
Children of WILLIAM AVEN and SARA CRUTCHFIELD are:
i. ELI W.8 AVEN, b. August 18, 1861; d. September 21, 1912, Collin County Texas; m. MELCENA ANDERSON, May 03, 1896.
ii. DORA DODIE AVEN, b. Abt. 1879; m. JIM O. FIELDER.
iii. JOE AVEN, b. October 29, 1883; d. October 1980, McKinney Collin County Texas.
iv. TRUMAN AVEN, b. October 1886, Mississippi.
v. FRANCES DELLER AVEN, b. January 06, 1876, Calhoun County Mississippi; d. February 10, 1960, Dallas Dallas County Texas; m.
JOHN EDWARD MARSHALL, December 27, 1891, Collin County Texas; b. February 02, 1868, Texas.
vi. MIDA AVEN, m. W. I. KEYS, May 03, 1896, Collin County Texas.
vii. LUDIE AVEN, b. September 1889; m. E. L. TAYLOR, October 28.
70. AMOS WESLEY7 AVEN (CHESLEY NELSON6, AMOS5, THOMAS4 AVENT, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born December 25, 1844 in
Hollow Rock Carroll County Tennessee, and died September 30, 1931 in Big Creek, Yalobusha, Calhoun City, Mississippi. He married
(1) RACHEL SEALS. He married (2) LUCINDY DIGGS. He married (3) CLARABELLE VIRGINIA PARKER. He married (4) TENNESSEE
HINDRIX.
Children of AMOS AVEN and RACHEL SEALS are:
i. JIM8 AVEN, b. 1870.
ii. DANIEL WEBSTER AVEN, b. February 22, 1874, Coffeeville Mississippi; d. February 04, 1919, Water Valley
Mississippi; m. FLORENCE EMMA CARTER; b. March 10, 1871; d. June 01, 1961, Water Valley Mississippi..
Children of AMOS AVEN and CLARABELLE PARKER are:
iii. EULA8 AVEN, b. March 10, 1886. "
iv. LULA AVEN, b. March 10, 1886.
v. JOHN Q. AVEN, b. October 10, 1889.
Children of AMOS AVEN and TENNESSEE HINDRIX are:
vi. LESLIE8 AVEN, b. 1903.
vii. RUBY AVEN, b. 1906.
viii. EDNA AVEN, b. 1909.
71. WILLIAM CARROLL7 AVANT (BENJAMIN6, ABNER5 AVENT, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born October 28, 1829 in
DeKalb County Tennessee, and died January 12, 1904. He married NANCY WILLIAMS 1848. She was born 1822.
Children of WILLIAM AVANT and NANCY WILLIAMS are:
i. MARTHA H.8 AVANT, b. 1845.
ii. ADELIA AVANT, b. 1847.
iii. CASSUS M. AVANT, b. 1848.
iv. WILLIAM J. AVANT, b. 1851.
v. ALVIN AVANT, b. 1856, DeKalb County Tennessee.
vi. LUCIAN B. AVANT, b. 1855.
vii. PARILEE AVANT, b. 1858.
viii. ARMINTA AVANT, b. 1859.
72. ELIZABETH7 AVANT (BENJAMIN6, ABNER5 AVENT, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born January 06, 1825 in DeKalb
County Tennessee, and died January 06, 1901 in Tennessee. She married THOMAS H. RICHARDSON 1820 in Tennessee.
Children of ELIZABETH AVANT and THOMAS RICHARDSON are:
i. WILLIAM BENJAMIN8 RICHARDSON, b. 1857, Tennessee.
ii. JOHN CROSS RICHARDSON.
iii. THOMAS LEE RICHARDSON, b. February 20, 1865, Nashville Davidson County Tennessee.
73. NANCY7 AVANT (BENJAMIN6, ABNER5 AVENT, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born March 20, 1827 in DeKalb County
Tennessee, and died May 18, 1874. She married (1) RICHARD FORESTER 1848. He was born July 18, 1822 in Tennessee, and died May
25, 1855 in Texas. She married (2) DANIEL BOONE DILLARD November 10, 1856 in Gonzales County Texas. He was born January 21,
1819 in Cooper County Missouri, and died April 05, 1877 in Gonzales County Texas.
Children of NANCY AVANT and RICHARD FORESTER are:
i. PRISCILLA L.8 FORESTER, b. 1844, Tennessee; m. JOSEPH HUNTER, June 03, 1882, Gonzales County Texas.
ii. AMANDA F. FORESTER, b. April 1850, Tennessee; m. JOHN L. WOODS, April 06, 1869, Gonzales County Texas.
iii. JOHN FRAZIER FORESTER, b. Tennessee.
Children of NANCY AVANT and DANIEL DILLARD are:
iv. FANNY L.8 DILLARD, b. September 20, 1857, Gonzales County Texas; d. February 09, 1952; m. FRANCIS MARION BUCHANAN,
February 09, 1952, Gonzales County Texas.
v. NATHAN DILLARD, b. 1859, Gonzales County Texas; m. MARGARET WARD, December 07, 1882, Gonzales County Texas; b. 1859,
Texas.
vi. MARGARET DILLARD, b. May 1860, Texas; m. G. B. KENNEDY, December 22, 1874, Gonzales Gonzales County Texas.
vii. LOUISA DILLARD, b. 1862, Gonzales County Texas; m. MONROE T. WARD, November 09, 1882, Gonzales Gonzales County
Texas.
viii. JOSEPH DILLARD, b. March 11, 1866, Gonzales County Texas; d. November 17, 1878.
ix. ALICE DILLARD, b. October 19, 1868, Gonzales County Texas; d. December 09, 1868.
x. ELIZA DILLARD, b. 1869; d. Dilley Frio County Texas; m. JOSEPH POUNCY, November 07, 1885, Gonzales County Texas.
74. ABNER7 AVANT (BENJAMIN6, ABNER5 AVENT, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born February 01, 1831 in DeKalb County
Tennessee, and died August 21, 1901 in Wrightsboro Gonzales County Texas. He married (1) ALETHIA L. ELDER February 05, 1856.
She was born May 20, 1839 in Georgia, and died August 20, 1878 in Gonzales County Texas. He married (2) MATTIE DAVIS June 04,
1883 in Gonzales County Texas. She was born April 16, 1852, and died September 07, 1935.
Children of ABNER AVANT and ALETHIA ELDER are:
i. MARY ELIZABETH8 AVANT, b. June 23, 1857, Gonzales County Texas; d. January 19, 1930, Texas; m. MARION GEORGE LOWRY,
1875; b. November 27, 1853; d. February 22, 1937.
ii. ELLA TIGNER AVANT, b. May 22, 1860, Gonzales County Texas; d. May 05, 1937, Wrightsboro Gonzales County Texas; m. JOHN
FRANKLIN LAIRD, December 16, 1880, Gonzales County Texas; b. January 25, 1851, Upshur Texas; d. March 29, 1919, Wrightsboro Gonzales
County Texas.
iii. ABNER MATHIS AVANT, b. March 25, 1862, Gonzales County Texas; d. July 29, 1925; m. IDA C. JOHNSON, May 14, 1883,
Gonzales County Texas; b. January 16, 1865; d. April 01, 1934.
iv. ROBERT FLETCHER AVANT, b. 1865, Gonzales County Texas; d. October 29, 1951, Dilley Frio County Texas; m. FLORENCE
ANNIE JAMES, October 05, 1887, Gonzales County Texas; b. January 18, 1876, Texas; d. October 30, 1951, Dilley Frio County Texas.
v. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AVANT, b. 1868, Gonzales County Texas; d. August 28, 1923, Avant Osage County Oklahoma; m. ROSA
ROGERS; b. July 08, 1877; d. July 08, 1946.
vi. EULA B. AVANT, b. September 01, 1872; d. September 02, 1956; m. CHARLES LEE LOWRY; b. January 25, 1873; d. May 28,
1928.
Child of ABNER AVANT and MATTIE DAVIS is:
vii. WALTER MATHIS8 AVANT, b. May 08, 1887, Gonzales Gonzales County Texas; d. August 08, 1949; m. LULA MAE
MCLELLAND, February 15, 1920.
75. MARTHA ANN7 AVANT (BENJAMIN6, ABNER5 AVENT, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born February 09, 1833 in DeKalb
County Tennessee, and died February 15, 1913 in Blanco County Texas. She married (1) WILLIAM DOPHIN BASS October 29, 1851 in
Smith County Tennessee. He was born October 14, 1830 in Wilson County Tennessee, and died December 29, 1869 in Gonzales
County Texas. She married (2) RORBET GILL December 02, 1872 in Gonzales County Texas. He was born March 22, 1807, and died
June 29, 1897. She married (3) JOSEPH BIRD January 03, 1900 in Johnson City Blanco County Texas.
Children of MARTHA AVANT and WILLIAM BASS are:
i. MARGARET JANE8 BASS, b. July 05, 1853, Liberty DeKalb County Tennessee; d. October 04, 1932, Cuero Dewitt County Texas; m.
SAMUEL B. LAMBERT, May 26, 1873, Gonzales County Texas; b. December 15, 1847, Gonzales County Texas; d. October 31, 1904, Johnson City
Blanco County Texas.
ii. THOMAS ABNER BASS, b. September 12, 1855, Tennessee; d. September 21, 1874, Gonzales County Texas; m. FRANCES ANN
BURNES.
iii. MARY FRANCES BASS, b. August 07, 1857, Gonzales County Texas; d. December 16, 1941, Burnnett Blanco County Texas; m.
THOMAS MOORE, January 25, 1877, Johnson City Blanco County Texas; b. November 12, 1846, Dewitt County Texas; d. March 10, 1935, Johnson
City Blanco County Texas.
iv. JAMES MADISON BASS, b. November 16, 1861, Gonzales County Texas; d. November 05, 1931, Venice Sarasota County Florida;
m. ULA LEHENTZ SMITH, August 26, 1888, Temple Bell County Texas; b. September 15, 1868, Grantville; d. March 12, 1943.
v. RUBY BASS, b. August 16, 1866, Gonzales County Texas; d. August 16, 1866, Gonzales County Texas.
Child of MARTHA AVANT and RORBET GILL is:
vi. ROBERT A.8 GILL, b. January 29, 1876, Blanco County Texas; d. November 16, 1879, Blanco County Texas.
76. NATHAN7 AVANT (BENJAMIN6, ABNER5 AVENT, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born July 19, 1835 in DeKalb County
Tennessee, and died November 23, 1903. He married (1) LEAH RACHAEL. She was born 1837, and died 1881 in Hallettville Lavaca
County Texas. He married (2) MARIETTA HEATH April 28, 1861 in Lavaca County Texas. He married (3) MARY E. MAYO December
02, 1869 in Lavaca County Texas. She was born May 17, 1844.
Child of NATHAN AVANT and LEAH RACHAEL is:
i. CARRIE N.8 AVANT, b. December 1876; d. 1880.
Children of NATHAN AVANT and MARIETTA HEATH are:
ii. ELLA C.8 AVANT.
iii. ADA DORA AVANT, m. JOHN P. DAILY, November 17, 1881, Lavaca County Texas.
iv. MARRIETA AVANT.
v. BENJAMIN AVANT.
vi. THEODORE AVANT.
77. JAMES MONROE7 AVANT (BENJAMIN6, ABNER5 AVENT, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born May 12, 1838 in DeKalb
County Tennessee, and died January 05, 1903. He married MARY CAROLINE FERGUSON October 13, 1877 in Gonzales County Texas.
She was born March 07, 1852 in Arkansas, and died October 25, 1908 in Texas.
Children of JAMES AVANT and MARY FERGUSON are:
i. ELIZABETH8 AVANT, b. September 26, 1878; d. September 1956, Texas; m. ANGUS RILEY, August 06, 1902, Gonzales County
Texas.
ii. MARY LEONA AVANT, b. May 11, 1881, Texas; d. November 23, 1978; m. THOMAS J. PARKS; b. December 27, 1879; d. July
1963.
iii. BERTHA MATILDA AVANT, b. 1883; d. March 03, 1953, Gonzales County Texas; m. JAMES MILLARD SLOAN, October 23,
1901, Gonzales County Texas; b. November 03, 1883, Texas; d. February 06, 1963, Pilgram Gonzales County Texas.
iv. HENRY C. AVANT, b. June 20, 1886; d. January 1972; m. LIZY MAY BURNNETT; b. June 21, 1892; d. April 1973.
v. OSCAR LEE AVANT, b. September 30, 1888; d. November 24, 1888.
vi. SARAH ALICE AVANT, b. February 09, 1890, Gonzales County Texas; d. April 05, 1890, Gonzales County Texas.
vii. FRANK LESLIE AVANT, b. July 15, 1891, Gonzales County Texas; d. July 1963; m. NEVA ROBERTS; b. October 06, 1900; d.
January 09, 1990.
viii. GEORGE C. AVANT, b. 1895; d. 1938; m. WINNIE BAGLEY; b. May 24, 1898; d. March 1987.
78. SARAH MELISSA7 AVANT (BENJAMIN6, ABNER5 AVENT, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born November 10, 1844 in
DeKalb County Tennessee, and died January 07, 1919 in Nixon Gonzales County Texas. She married MANSEL M. ELDER May 21, 1866
in Gonzales County Texas.
Children of SARAH AVANT and MANSEL ELDER are:
i. GEORGE TINGER8 ELDER, b. June 09, 1868, Cheapside Gonzales County Texas; d. January 27, 1948, Gonzales County Texas; m.
COLLA DOWNS; b. January 10, 1868; d. May 18, 1951.
ii. JAMES MATHIS ELDER, b. October 10, 1873, Cheapside Gonzales County Texas; d. December 14, 1958, Gonzales County Texas; m.
ELLA CLARK, November 13, 1895, Gonzales County Texas; d. Bef. December 1985.
iii. NATHAN AVANT ELDER, b. July 08, 1881, Gonzales County Texas; d. January 01, 1961, Gonzales County Texas; m. KATE
TERRY, June 04, 1904, Cheapside Gonzales County Texas; b. December 28, 1880; d. November 04, 1974, Nixon Gonzales County Texas..
iv. JAMES F. ELDER, b. 1870, Gonzales County Texas; d. August 14, 1929, Nixon Gonzales County Texas.
80. MOSES MARSHALL7 AVANT (THOMAS6, ABNER5 AVENT, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born December 1839 in Dekalb
County Tennessee, and died 1910 in Montgomery County Ar. He married MILLIE CAROLINE LAMB, daughter of REUBE LAMB and
MARY FOX. She was born March 22, 1843 in North Carolina, and died 1914 in Montgomery County Ar.
Children of MOSES AVANT and MILLIE LAMB are:
i. CHILD8 AVANT.
ii. NANCY ELLEN AVANT, b. May 1863, Montgomery County Ar; m. JOSEPH J. MINTON.
iii. CHILD AVANT.
iv. JOHN W. AVANT, b. August 10, 1868, Montgomery County Ar; m. SENETH ESTHER ESTER REVIS.
v. MARY AVANT, b. April 1870, Montgomery County Ar; m. WILLIAM D. MERIDITH.
vi. MARYANN JUDITH AVANT, b. December 21, 1871, Montgomery County Ar; d. February 1937, Garland County Ar; m. JAMES
MATHEW MINTON, December 09, 1888, Montgomery County Ar; b. June 16, 1869, Cherokee County Georgia; d. October 21, 1942, Hot Springs
Garland County Georgia.
vii. THOMAS REUBEN AVANT, b. June 1874, Montgomery County Ar; m. (1) PARKER; m. (2) MINNIE M. LIVERMAN.
viii. DELANIA AVANT, b. 1876, Montgomery County Ar; d. Bet. 1880 - 1900, Garland County Ar.
ix. SARAH LETHA AVANT, b. June 18, 1878, Montgomery County Ar; m. PERRY JACKSON HILL.
81. WILLIAM MARSHALL7 AVENT (LOUISA JANE6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born May 27, 1845 in Chatham
County North Carolina. He married SALLY ANN CORNELIA STONE. She was born 1837 in North Carolina.
Children of WILLIAM AVENT and SALLY STONE are:
i. MOLLY8 AVENT.
ii. ISABEL AVENT.
iii. DERA FRANCIS AVENT, m. JOHN WATSON BOLIN.
82. ZACK T.7 AVENT (JOHN F.6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born April 01, 1848, and died October 30, 1932 in
Mitchell County Georgia. He married (1) DELIA V. BLAYLOCK. He married (2) LUCRETIS TAYLOR September 19, 1872, daughter of
JOSEPH TAYLOR and MARGARET ?. She was born March 27, 1846, and died February 28, 1904.
Children of ZACK AVENT and LUCRETIS TAYLOR are:
i. JOHN F.8 AVENT, b. July 05, 1873; d. October 05, 1934; m. FLORENCE HUMPHRIES.
ii. MARGARET AVENT, b. February 16, 1875; m. OBDIAH POWELL.
iii. HATTIE AVENT, b. April 01, 1877; m. ARTHUR CLARENCE SHIHOLSER.
iv. LEWIS LOFTON AVENT, b. June 01, 1879; m. VENE WHITE.
v. CLEMENTINE AVENT, b. January 22, 1882; m. IKE BRINSON.
vi. JOSEPH AVENT, b. October 01, 1883; m. DORA NAZARETH.
vii. DEMPSEY M. AVENT, b. December 11, 1885; d. May 06, 1950; m. LOU FARE NELMS.
viii. DELINDA AVENT, b. September 22, 1889; d. February 05, 1952; m. (1) ERNEST TOMBERLIN; m. (2) JOE JONES.
84. WILLIAM ALFRED7 AVENT (HENRY EVANS6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born August 30, 1854 in Chatham
County North Carolina, and died September 14, 1945 in Chatham County North Carolina. He married MARY COTTON. She was born
November 07, 1856 in Chatham County North Carolina, and died April 14, 1900 in Chatham County North Carolina.
Children of WILLIAM AVENT and MARY COTTON are:
i. EARLY HENRY8 AVENT.
ii. CORA ADELINE AVENT, b. April 12, 1875; d. December 24, 1955; m. ? FERRELL.
iii. EDWARD WHITE AVENT, b. July 03, 1880, Chatham County North Carolina; d. June 20, 1943, Durham North Carolina; m.
MARGARET EXAM HAMLET; b. April 30, 1885, Chatham County North Carolina; d. May 12, 1948, Burlinton North Carolina.
iv. GEORGIA AVENT, b. October 02, 1880; d. November 30, 1945; m. ELVIS JASPER CARLTON; b. November 10, 1874; d. March
10, 1937.
v. EULA AVENT, b. 1885; d. 1931; m. HENRY ALLISON.
vi. HENRY LEE AVENT, b. February 07, 1890; m. ANNIE OLA KING, February 12, 1909; b. November 12, 1889; d. November 05,
1912.
vii. IOLA COTTON AVENT, b. January 14, 1893; m. J. MARVIN RAGLAND.
viii. JESSIE ESTHER AVENT, b. July 09, 1895; m. JAMES HARLEY TAYLOR, July 29, 1919; b. September 26, 1890.
85. JAMES WESLEY7 AVENT (HENRY EVANS6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born April 22, 1856, and died
December 12, 1935. He married MARTHA CORNELIA WOMBLE.
Children of JAMES AVENT and MARTHA WOMBLE are:
i. CARLIE DAWSON8 AVENT.
ii. EFFIE FLORENCE AVENT.
iii. INEZ MAY AVENT.
iv. JOSEPH EMORY AVENT.
86. NATHANIEL GASTON7 AVENT (HENRY EVANS6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born January 16, 1866 in
Chatham County North Carolina, and died March 03, 1930 in Sanford North Carolina. He married MARY ADDIE MCIVER.
Children of NATHANIEL AVENT and MARY MCIVER are:
i. ROXIE IOLA8 AVENT, b. December 25, 1888; d. April 19, 1889.
ii. GARLAND HILARY AVENT, b. July 23, 1890; d. August 21, 1890.
iii. LAYLAND AVENT, b. September 09, 1891; d. December 03, 1891.
iv. EVA HOLMES AVENT, b. April 29, 1893; m. EDDIE POSTON, August 23, 1908.
87. JOHN BANCROFT7 AVENT (THOMAS WARD6, JAMES5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born February 04, 1847, and died
April 09, 1919. He married MARTHA MATILDA JOHNSTON.
Child of JOHN AVENT and MARTHA JOHNSTON is:
i. WAVELY BANCROFT8 AVENT, m. BETTY ELLEN BAKER.
88. MARTHA VERONA7 AVENT (THOMAS WARD6, JAMES5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) She married WILLIAM HENRY JONES,
son of ALBRIDGTON JONES and ELIZABETH ?.