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| date_of_birth =[[April 16]], [[1817]]
| place_of_birth =Groton, Connecticut
| date_of_death =[[May 21]], [[1901]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Businessman
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| spouse =Marian Campbell Avery<br/>Emily Campbell Avery
| parents =Asa Lord and Betsey Miner Avery
| children =Emily Campbell Avery<br/>Hellen Florida Avery<br/>Marian Elizabeth Avery<br/>[[John Campbell Avery]]<br/>[[Albert Miner Avery]]<br/>Richard McCord Avery
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'''Albert Lord Avery''' was a Pensacola businessman known primarily for his engagement in the hardware business. He founded the firm now known as [[Pensacola Hardware]].

Born in Groton, Connecticut in [[1817]], Albert Lord Avery came to the Pensacola area in [[1833]], and engaged in the hardware business shortly thereafter. In [[1876]], he took his son [[Albert Miner Avery]] as a partner, calling the firm A. L. and A. M. Avery. After the elder Avery's retirement, the firm continued under the management of his son, eventually becoming Pensacola Hardware.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=yDo6VhLx6fEC ''Makers of America: An Historical and Biographical Work by an Able Corps of Writers'']. Jacksonville, FL Historical Society (1909).</ref>

Albert Lord Avery served for several years as an [[Pensacola City Council|alderman]] of the [[City of Pensacola]].

==References==
*[http://www.tmsociety.org/thomas/ephraim/aqwg142.htm#27473 Ephraim Miner Descendants]
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[[Category:Business biographies|Avery, Albert Lord]] [[Category:Avery family]]