Charles AVERY

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He was graduated from hamilton College in 1820; was professor of chemistry and physics there from 1834 to 1869; raised money for an endowment, for a chemical laboratory, for an observatory; introduced the system of endowed prized; was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; was elected, in 1871, professor in the Homeopathic College in New York.

Charles married Delia STRONG on 1 Oct 1822 in Clinton, New York. Delia (daughter of Joseph STRONG and Sophia WOODBRIDGE) was born on 18 May 1800 in Heath, Massachusetts; died on 3 Oct 1889 in Clinton, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gardner Avery was a Revolutionary soldier; marched to Roxbury, 1775, where he remained until the British left Boston, when he went to New York; re-enlisted in 1776, under Capt. Ball, Col. Larned; was in the siege of New York; was a pensioner under the law of 1818 (Conn. Men in the Rev'n, and Pension Application). He was a farmer at Monson, Mass., but moved to Sauquoit, New York in 1810.

Gardner married Ama NEWELL. Ama was born on 26 Jun 1756; died on 27 Dec 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Misc: Daughter of Abijah Newell and Hepsibah Curtis