{"id":10772,"date":"2026-02-14T23:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T23:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=10772"},"modified":"2026-02-14T23:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T23:24:12","slug":"levina-taylor-avery-1826-1910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=10772","title":{"rendered":"Levina Taylor Avery 1826 \u2013 1910"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Avery-John-Levina-Elmer-E-Abner-T-Charles-C-and-Walter-S-Headstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Avery-John-Levina-Elmer-E-Abner-T-Charles-C-and-Walter-S-Headstone.jpg 556w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Avery-John-Levina-Elmer-E-Abner-T-Charles-C-and-Walter-S-Headstone-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Levina Avery Headstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ancestry:<\/strong>&nbsp; Abner Taylor;&nbsp; John Taylor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong>&nbsp;November 20, 1826 in Dennis Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Father:<\/strong>\u00a0Abner Taylor; (1800 \u2013 ?) (John Taylor &amp; Elizabeth (\u2013))<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mother:<\/strong>\u00a0Joanna Chase; (1795 \u2013 1839) (Owen Chase &amp; Peninah Bassett)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;1910<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Buried:<\/strong>\u00a0Pocasset Cemetery; area A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where Lived:<\/strong>&nbsp;County Rd. in Pocasset Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Married:<\/strong>&nbsp;May 17, 1846 in Sandwich Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>To:<\/strong>\u00a0John Avery; (1825 \u2013 1872) (John Avery &amp; Elizabeth Chase)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Children:<\/strong>&nbsp;10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1.\u00a0<\/strong>John William Avery; (June 3, 1847 \u2013 August 11, 1926); Married (1) Marion Justus Davis Baker (1843 \u2013 1883) (Justus Davis &amp; Marion Lincoln (Swift)) in Sandwich Ma. on February 21, 1869 &amp; married (2) Delia Welch Sherman (John Welch &amp; Martha Edmonds)\u00a0in\u00a0Mattapoisett Ma. on November 27, 1884; Marion married (1)\u00a0Henry W.\u00a0Baker (1842 \u2013 1866) (William Baker &amp; Chloe Swift (Crowell)) in Falmouth Ma. on November 23, 1864; Delia married (1) (\u2013) Sherman; John &amp; Marion had 4 children; Marion is buried with her parents in North Falmouth Cemetery; Two of their children, Justus W. Avery &amp; Justus D. Avery (\u201cour darlings\u201d)\u00a0are buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2.\u00a0<\/strong>Charles C. Avery; (January 1850 \u2013 August 24, 1881); Charles was a Jeweler &amp; died unmarried at 31 yrs, 7 mos, 3 d.; He is buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0George W. Avery; (December 22, 1850 \u2013 1906); Married (1) Sarah E. Chase in 1876 &amp; married (2) Rachel Martha Nowlin (1857 \u2013 1900) (Robert Nowlin &amp; Rosanna Elvira Coldwell) in Attleboro Ma. on November 8, 1889; Rachel died at 43 yrs. &amp; is buried in Pocasset Cemetery; George died in Los Angeles Ca..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0Warren Benson Avery; (December 21, 1852 \u2013 January 23, 1920); Married Sarah L. Turney (1855 \u2013 1930) (David Turney &amp; Adeline B. Davison)) in Sandwich Ma. on July 4, 1879; They had 4 children; Warren &amp; Sarah are buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>5.<\/strong>\u00a0Abner T. Avery; (February 6, 1855 \u2013 February 26, 1880); Married Eudora Frances Baxter (1862 \u2013 1940) (Solomon Hamblin Baxter &amp; Annie Mary Williston) on March 24, 1878; Abner died at 25 yrs &amp; is buried in Pocasset Cemetery; Eudora is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Falmouth Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>6.<\/strong>\u00a0Walter S. Avery; (February 21, 1857 \u2013 March 3, 1883); Married Frances\/Fannie L. Baker (1865 \u2013 1952) (Lewis Baker &amp; Emily W. Mecarta) in Sandwich Ma. on February 27, 1881; They had 1 child; Frances\/Fannie married (2) Frederick Howard Burgess (1865 \u2013 1937) (Edmund C. Burgess &amp; Betsey W. Ellis) on Abt. 1886; Walter, Frances\/Fannie &amp; Frederick are buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>7.<\/strong>\u00a0Herbert Lincoln Avery; (February 9, 1859 \u2013 March 10, 1897); Married Ella Maria Frances Shurtleff (1861 \u2013 ?) (Joseph Thomas Shurtleff &amp; Lucy Lavina Hathaway) in Sandwich Ma. on November 25, 1881.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>8.<\/strong>\u00a0Elmer E. Avery; (June 22, 1861 \u2013 September 1, 1862); Elmer died at 1 yr, 2 mos, 2 d. &amp; is buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>9.<\/strong>\u00a0Elmer Ellsworth Avery; (May 17, 1863 \u2013 April 20, 1939); Married (1) Ellen\/Nellie Small Wright (1867 \u2013 1928) (Noah H. Wright &amp; Sarah Small) in Bourne Ma. on November 25, 1885 &amp; married (2) Ruth Ellen Bowman (1895 \u2013 1984) (Frederic N. Bowman &amp; Eulinda Maria Baker)\u00a0in\u00a0Attleboro Ma. on December 27, 1930; Elmer &amp; Ellen\/Nellie\u00a0are buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10.<\/strong>\u00a0Harry Burnside Avery; (February 12, 1868 \u2013 January 16, 1941); Married Margaret J. Talbot (1878 \u2013 1958) on Abt. 1897; Harry &amp; Margaret are buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancestry:&nbsp; Abner Taylor;&nbsp; John Taylor Born:&nbsp;November 20, 1826 in Dennis Ma. Died:&nbsp;1910 Where Lived:&nbsp;County Rd. in Pocasset Ma. Married:&nbsp;May 17, 1846 in Sandwich Ma. 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