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No biography exists
for Averill in the National
Archives. Below is my biography. Entries in blue are references
and my additions
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John Henry Averill was born
in 1843 in New York and died in Charleston in 1909. He married Susan
Marshall right after the war and they had five children. Susan died
in 1922. John became a commission merchant by 1870 and a train
master (Master of Transportation) on the South Carolina RR by 1880. |
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Many records and vouchers for his
war service are obviously missing. |
| July 3, 1862 |
Sold Fodder to Government
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| July 8, 1862 |
Sold horse to Government
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| November 8, 1862 |
Paid for service as Special
Agent
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| December 31, 1862 |
Paid as Wood Yard Superintendent
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| January 31, 1863 |
Paid as Store Keeper
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Paid for slave's labor
| NA, RRB
1-31M-63 |
| NA, RRB
2-28I-63 |
| NA, RRB
3-31K-63 |
| NA, RRB
4-30F-63 |
| NA, RRB
5-31C-63 |
| NA, RRB
6-30G-63 |
| NA, RRB
7-31K-63 |
| NA, RRB
8-31I-63 |
| NA, RRB
9-30O-63 |
| NA, RRB
10-31N-63 |
| NA, RRB
12-31P-63 |
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| February 6, 1863 |
Travel to & from Jacksboro
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| March 31, 1863 |
Paid as Transportation Agent at
the Junction of the South Carolina and Charlotte & South Carolina
RRs on the southern edge of Columbia
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| November 16, 1864 |
Receipts for goods shipped show
him still working to this date |
| April 2, 1865 |
Working as Trainmaster in
Danville
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| June 4, 1909 |
Obituary
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