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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Albert Miner Avery
| image_name =
| image_size =288px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[August 30]], [[1852]]
| place_of_birth =Pensacola
| date_of_death =
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Businessman
| religion =[[:Category:Episcopalians|Episcopalian]]
| spouse =May Clara Grant
| parents =Albert Lord and Emily Campbell Avery
| children =Stella C. Avery<br/>Albert Miner Avery, Jr.<br/>Catherine G. Avery<br/>A. Marion Avery<br/>Preston S. Avery<br/>Two others
}}
'''Albert Miner Avery''' was a Pensacolian businessman known primarily for his engagement in th hardware business.
Avery was born in Pensacola on [[August 30]], [[1852]]. His father, Albert Lord Avery, had first come to [[Escambia County]] in [[1833]]. Albert Miner Avery was educated in the local schools in Pensacola and later attended [[Wikipedia:Sewanee: The University of the South|University of the South]] in Tennessee, but did not earn a degree.
In [[1876]] he joined his father's wholesale hardware firm, which became ''A. L. and A. M. Avery''. At some point the elder Avery retired, and A. M. Avery took as a partner a Mr. Woolfolk, and the firm was hence known as ''Avery and Woolfolk'', until the year [[1889]], in which Mr. Woolfolk retired. Avery was henceforth the sole proprietor. In [[1906]] he organised the [[Avery Hardware & Supply Company]], of which he was president, to manage the business.
A. M. Avery married May Clara Grant in February [[1878]].<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>
==Other offices==
*Member of the city board of aldermen {{date needed}}
*Director, American National Bank {{date needed}}
==References==
<references/>
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[[Category:Deceased persons|Avery, Albert Miner]] [[Category:Business owners|Avery, Albert Miner]] [[Category:Episcopalians|Avery, Albert Miner]]
| subject_name =Albert Miner Avery
| image_name =
| image_size =288px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[August 30]], [[1852]]
| place_of_birth =Pensacola
| date_of_death =
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Businessman
| religion =[[:Category:Episcopalians|Episcopalian]]
| spouse =May Clara Grant
| parents =Albert Lord and Emily Campbell Avery
| children =Stella C. Avery<br/>Albert Miner Avery, Jr.<br/>Catherine G. Avery<br/>A. Marion Avery<br/>Preston S. Avery<br/>Two others
}}
'''Albert Miner Avery''' was a Pensacolian businessman known primarily for his engagement in th hardware business.
Avery was born in Pensacola on [[August 30]], [[1852]]. His father, Albert Lord Avery, had first come to [[Escambia County]] in [[1833]]. Albert Miner Avery was educated in the local schools in Pensacola and later attended [[Wikipedia:Sewanee: The University of the South|University of the South]] in Tennessee, but did not earn a degree.
In [[1876]] he joined his father's wholesale hardware firm, which became ''A. L. and A. M. Avery''. At some point the elder Avery retired, and A. M. Avery took as a partner a Mr. Woolfolk, and the firm was hence known as ''Avery and Woolfolk'', until the year [[1889]], in which Mr. Woolfolk retired. Avery was henceforth the sole proprietor. In [[1906]] he organised the [[Avery Hardware & Supply Company]], of which he was president, to manage the business.
A. M. Avery married May Clara Grant in February [[1878]].<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>
==Other offices==
*Member of the city board of aldermen {{date needed}}
*Director, American National Bank {{date needed}}
==References==
<references/>
{{stub}}
[[Category:Deceased persons|Avery, Albert Miner]] [[Category:Business owners|Avery, Albert Miner]] [[Category:Episcopalians|Avery, Albert Miner]]
