William Waightstill Avery
Politician and lawyer
William Waightstill Avery was a North Carolina politician and lawyer. He served in the North Carolina House of Commons and State Senate prior to the U.S. Civil War. He represented North Carolina in the Provisional Confederate Congress. Wikipedia
Born: May 25, 1816, Swan Ponds, NC
Died: July 3, 1864 (age 48 years), Morganton, NC
Parents: Col. Isaac Thomas "Ike" Avery and Harriet Eloise Avery
Great-grandparents: Humphrey Avery, Jerusha Morgan, and William Sharpe
Grandparents: Waightstill Avery and Matilda Erwin
Party: Democratic Party
Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill