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William
Woods
Averell
Born in Cameron, Steuben, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Hiram Averell
and Huldah (Hemenway) Averell
Brother of
Sarah E (Averell) Dascomb, Lucy Lovina (Averell) Henica, Oscar James Averell and Martha Amelia Averell
Husband of
Kezia (Hayward) Averell
— married
[date unknown] (to 24 Sep 1885) in Bath, Steuben, New York, USA
Died
at age 67
in Bath, Steuben, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Apr 2020
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Biography
William Averell is Notable.
William Woods Averell was a career United States Army officer and a cavalry general in the American Civil War. After the war, he was a diplomat and became wealthy by inventing American asphalt pavement. [1]
William Woods Averell was born on 5 November 1832, 2nd son of Hiram and Huldah (Hemeway) Averell.
William married on 24 September 1885, at age fifty-three, to Kezia Hayward Browning, an English widow, . There were no children from this marriage, but the general and Kezia bestowed much of their interest on the youngest of his sisters, Sarah Averell Dascomb and Lucy Averell Henica.
Obituary[2]
- Averell, W.W.
- BATTLE UNIT NAME: 3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry
- SIDE: Union
- COMPANY: F&S
- SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Colonel
- SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Colonel
- ALTERNATE NAME: William W./Averell
- FILM NUMBER: M554 ROLL 3
- PLAQUE NUMBER:
- NOTES: none[3][4]
Sources
- William Woods Averell Papers valuable for A) The cavalry presence in New Mexico Territory, 1855-1858, B) Averell's service during the Civil War, 1861-1865, http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc12349.htm
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5892198/william-woods-averell: accessed 25 July 2022), memorial page for William Woods Averell (5 Nov 1832–3 Feb 1900), Find A Grave: Memorial #5892198, citing Grove Cemetery, Bath, Steuben County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
- Ted Alexander, “The General’s Tour: McCausland’s Raid and the Burning of Chambersburg,” Blue & Gray, Vol. XI, no. 6 (August 1994): 51.
- Blue & Gray Magazine - Vol. XI, No. 6, August 1994
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Categories: Battle of Chancellorsville | 3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, United States Civil War | Inventors | Union Army Generals, United States Civil War | Grove Cemetery, Bath, New York | Notables
https://archive.org/details/biographicalregi02cull/page/411/mode/1up Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy, from 1802 to 1867 Vol 2. pp.411-412
https://archive.org/details/bioregisterofoff03cull/page/252/mode/1up Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy, from 1802 to 1867 Vol 3. pp.252