While doing some research on the local logging era, I noticed a logging firm called Avery & Murphy. I dug a little more into it and this Avery was Newell Avery born 1817 Maine, and died 1877 in Detroit. He and his family came to Michigan in 1853 after viewing the timber and saw great potential in Michigan. His firm became on of the formost logging companies and had thousands of acres of timber along the Saginaw River valley, also Cheboygan, Au Sable, Manistee River, Muskegon River. His biography tells him as a strictly honest, thrifty, yet kind and generous. He was very devout, but in a practical way. The one church he believed in was composed of all who loved God and man and worked righteousness. It was also said in a Chicago office a young woman came in who was selling her drawings. He didnt have much interest in art, so he didnt buy any. His partner told him of her downcast look as she left, and what hard work it was, and he called her back in, and purchased every drawing in her portfolio. He never borrowed money for business, but worked with what he earned. He started out as a boy of 14 in lumber camps in Maine after his dad died. His line traces to William Avery who settled in Ispwich, Massachusetts in 1637, and early tradition places him as brother to founder Christopher Avery of my direct line. His picture reminds me of Averys I have seen in my line.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:46:03 +0000
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