lawyer, Confederate military officer, and politician in North Carolina
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Alphonso Calhoun Avery (September 11, 1835 – June 13, 1913) was a lawyer, Confederate military officer, and politician in North Carolina. During the American Civil War, he served with the rank of major on the staffs of General Daniel Harvey Hill and John Bell Hood. After the Civil War, he was very active in politics in North Carolina.
Avery was born on September 11, 1835, at Swan Ponds, Burke County, North Carolina, his brothers included William Waightstill Avery and Isaac Avery.[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina in 1857.[1] He then studied law under Chief Justice Pearson of North Carolina.[1]
Avery served in the 6th North Carolina regiment as a 1st lieutenant and captain. He then served as assistant inspector general with the rank of major on the staffs of General Daniel Harvey Hill, his brother in law via his marriage to Susan Morrison, and J. B. Hood.[1]
In 1866, he served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives.[1]
In 1868, he was elected to the senate but not allowed to take his seat.[1]
He served as a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1875 and as a Tilden elector in 1876.[1]
He served as a judge of the Superior Court from 1878 to 1888.[1] From 1888 to 1896, he was a judge of the Supreme Court for North Carolina. He was defeated in his reelection attempt in 1896.[1]
His house known as the Alphonse Calhoun Avery House or the Avery-Surnrnersette House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[4]
^Carolyn Roff, "Gladys Love Avery Tillett"Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, edited by William S. Powell (University of North Carolina Press 1996).
