Historical souvenir of Phoenix, , and vicinity . wn of DeWitt, Onondaga county May 2(1, his death occurring at Phoenix March 12,1899, he was therefore in his (35tli year; and up towithin a short time of his demise lie stiU engagedmore or less ill his iiractice. His father, Russ 11Avery, who was a descendant of ChristopherAvery who came to America early in the 17th cen-turv, was a farmer who, when the Judge was tenyears old, moved into the town of H;istings andthere conlinued fanning, sending the lad first tothe district school and later to the Mexico Acad-emy. Upon his return from


Historical souvenir of Phoenix, , and vicinity . wn of DeWitt, Onondaga county May 2(1, his death occurring at Phoenix March 12,1899, he was therefore in his (35tli year; and up towithin a short time of his demise lie stiU engagedmore or less ill his iiractice. His father, Russ 11Avery, who was a descendant of ChristopherAvery who came to America early in the 17th cen-turv, was a farmer who, when the Judge was tenyears old, moved into the town of H;istings andthere conlinued fanning, sending the lad first tothe district school and later to the Mexico Acad-emy. Upon his return from that institution heresolved to study law and went to teaching toassist himself in acquiring the necessary mean-,in the meantime pursuing his studies and finallyentering the law office of J. B. Randall at CentralSquare. So well did he take advantage of his op-portunities that upon the spur of the momeut, :icomparatively short time after, he took the ex-aminatio s and was adinited to the bar. Thiswas in 18->l). Before entering upon his practice—. THE 111,1) L.\.\ISnN-lHlKMX STACi;, ()6 •OKirS HISTORICAL, SOUVENIH OF PH(ENIX.


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