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1		Avant (?) Can anyone identify these people? Virginia (Ginny) Avant Rauth sent in this pic, which was found in an album of the TX Avant family, descendants of Francis Marion Avent.	Francis Marion Avent
2		Avant and Stanley families of TX. Taken Thanksgiving, 2007 outside Valentine, TX. Photo courtesy of Sara Avent-Stanley.	Family: Stanley/Avant (F723)
3		Avant, Cpl Doyle R. holding unknown child Nagy Ranch, La Salle Co., Texas, Prior to 1922	Doyle Rexford Avant
4		Avent, Alexander Selkirk of MS (1845-1887) Sheriff of Webster County, MS, from 1882 to 1884. Photo courtesy of Robert W. Avent, at http://cognatus.info/family/avent/wc_toc.htm.	Alexander Selkirk Avent
5		Avent, Benjamin Edward (1799-1878), of MS from the book "Ollie Patton and Benjamin Avent : their Ancestors and Descendants", by Clara Lorene Cammack Park and Wilbur Goolsby Park.	Benjamin Edward Avent
6		Avent, Benjamin Edward (1799-1878), of MS. From the book "Ollie Patton and Benjamin Avent : their Ancestors and Descendants", by Clara Lorene Cammack Park and Wilbur Goolsby Park. Founder of large branch of Avents in Lafayette Co., MS.	Benjamin Edward Avent
7		Avent, Benjamin Ward (1812-1878) Confederate General, Surgeon-General, Army of the Tennessee, Medical Doctor. Source: History of Medicine in Rutherford County by Robert G. Ransom, M.D.	Benjamin Ward Avent
8		Avent, Billy Ross and bride Alvina Pauline Truna, from their 20 Nov 1943 wedding. Born in NC, moved to OH. Photo courtesy of Victoria Avent Pack.	Family: Avent/Truna (F852)
9		Avent, Byron Marcellus of MS (1866-1909) Photo courtesy of Robert W. Avent, at http://cognatus.info/family/avent/wc_toc.htm.	Byron Marcellus Avent
10		Avent, Dallas Gaston and wife Elsie Baugh	Dallas Gaston Avent
11		Avent, Dr. (and Prof.) Joseph Emory as a young man.	Joseph Emory Avent
12		Avent, Early H. (1882-1918) and friend, taken around 1895. Early is on the right. Photo courtesy of Victoria Avent Pack.	Early Henry Avent
13		Avent, Early Henry (1882-1918) of NC. Died in the great flu epidemic of 1918. Photo courtesy of Victoria Avent Pack.	Early Henry Avent
14		Avent, Early Henry and family, taken 1915-1916. Early Avent is on the left, beside the porch pillar. He is holding daughter Blair Avent, his wife Tessie is beside him holding daughter Geraldine, and son Joseph Avent is in front of them. Photo courtesy of Victoria Avent Pack.	Family: Avent/Ross (F365)
15		Avent, Edward W. and Maggie Hamlet Avent and family, (of Chatham Co., NC) taken about 1927. (l-r) Howard, Doug, Bill, Margaret, Ed, Maggie, Al (held by Maggie), Clyde. Photo from "The Cleggs of Old Chatham" by Harold Broughton.	Family: Avent/Hamlet (F074)
16		Avent, Elizabeth O. Fredonia (1842 - 1911) of MS.	Elizabeth O. Fredonia Avent
17		Avent, Garland (1930-2003) of NC. The premier Avent family genealogist. Much of the data on this website comes from Garland's years of painstaking research.	Wavely Garland Avent
18		Avent, George Arthur (1881-?): taken from 1921 passport application.	George Arthur Avent
19		Avent, George W. (1839-1926) of Moore Co., NC. A veteran of the War Between the States (Capt., Co. D, 35th NC) and a member of the "Immortal 600". This was a group of CSA officers who became famous throughout the South after the War. They were POWs who were used as human shields by US forces and brutally treated throughout their confinement, yet they refused to take the Oath of Allegiance until after Lee's surrender. They were widely seen as an example of men choosing "death before dishonor". Photo from the book 'To Bear Arms', by Martha Harrington, an excellent study of Chatham Co. during the Civil War.	George Washington Avent
20		Avent, George Washington (1844-1933), of MS. Served in the 22nd MS Infantry during the War Between the States.	George Washington Avent
21		Avent, George Washington (of MS)'s children.	Family: Avent/Wilson (F620)
22		Avent, George Washington and wife Mary Rebecca Wilson (of MS).	Family: Avent/Wilson (F620)
23		Avent, Heilon J. of MS (1850-1906) Photo courtesy of Robert W. Avent, at http://cognatus.info/family/avent/wc_toc.htm.	Heilon J. Avent
24		Avent, Henry Clay (1820-1897) Schoolteacher, Sheriff of Webster Co., MS, Capt. of 31st MS in WBTS. Photo courtesy of Robert W. Avent, at http://cognatus.info/family/avent/wc_toc.htm.	Henry Clay Avent
25		Avent, Henry Evans (1829-1901) of Chatham Co., NC. Farmer and veteran of the War Between the States (Sgt., 5th NC Cavalry)	Henry Evans Avent
26		Avent, James Monroe of TN (1859-1936) with world champion dog 'Momoney'. James M. Avent was a well-known trainer of champion bird dogs, and was nicknamed "the Fox of Hickory Valley”. He was described as follows in the March 3, 1930 issue of Time Magazine: "Most celebrated of contemporary handlers is James Monroe Avent, 70, a shrewd and tight-lipped Tennessee squire who has never been known to play poker with his competitors after a day in the field, who never divulges information as to good quail country which he knows more thoroughly than anyone else."	James Monroe Avent
27		Avent, James Monroe, Sr. of TN (1895 - 1995) Also family. Appears to be from the wedding of wife Jeanette's sister, Harriett, to Cmdr. Dudley Morton, USN. Tsingtao, China, 1936. Comdr. Dudley "Mush" Morton was commander of the submarine "Wahoo" during World War II. There is an excellent story of the feats of the Wahoo and Cdr. Morton in the May 1958 issue of Argosy magazine. A monument was erected to his honor in Owensboro, Kentucky, and dedicated on October 7, 1994.The "Wahoo" sank 28 Japanese ships, a number that was only surpassed by the "Tang." Commander Morton went down with his ship in the LaPerouse Straits on October 11, 1943, the result of an aerial bomb. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.	James Monroe Avent, Sr.
28		Avent, James Monroe, Sr. of TN (1895 - 1995) from his 1921 passport.	James Monroe Avent, Sr.
29		Avent, John Fletcher (1873 - 1934) Johnny Fletcher Avent, Florence Delacey Avent, Lilly Cathryn Avent.	John Fletcher Avent
30		Avent, John T. of NC (1918-1944). KIA in WWII (shot down in France)	John T. Avent
31		Avent, John Thomas (1866-1942), of Terrell Co., GA	John Thomas Avent
32		Avent, John Thomas (1866-1942), of Terrell Co., GA	John Thomas Avent
33		Avent, John Thomas (1866-1942), of Terrell Co., GA	John Thomas Avent
34		Avent, Leonidas Hillary (1857-1939) and wife Lucy Ann Nash (1857-1943)	Leonidas Hillary Avent
35		Avent, Lula Belle of MS (1868-1947) Photo courtesy of Robert W. Avent, at http://cognatus.info/family/avent/wc_toc.htm.	Lula Belle Avent
36		Avent, Margarette Virginia of MS (1847-1934) Photo courtesy of Robert W. Avent, at http://cognatus.info/family/avent/wc_toc.htm.	Margarette Virginia Avent
37		Avent, Marion Dekalb of MS (1852-1912) Photo courtesy of Robert W. Avent, at http://cognatus.info/family/avent/wc_toc.htm.	Marion DeKalb Avent
38		Avent, Mary Rebecca Wilson (1853-1932), of MS.	Mary Rebecca Wilson
39		Avent, Mayna Treanor (1868-1959) - famous southern artist from TN. Her work is exhibited in the Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery.	Mayna Treanor
40		Avent, Mayna Treanor (1868-1959): Avent Cabin Located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in TN, it was built before 1845 and used by TN artist Mayna Treanor Avent as her studio 1920-40. It is now on the Nat'l Register of Historic Places.	Mayna Treanor
41		Avent, Mayna Treanor (1868-1959): portrait of Pres. James K. Polk. She was a prominent TN artist and painted this portrait of Pres. James K. Polk early in the 20th century.	Mayna Treanor
42		Avent, Rev. Isaac Watts (1823-1900) of NC. Methodist circuit riding preacher for over 50 years. Photo from "Methodism in the Upper Cape Fear Valley", by Franklin Grill.	Isaac Watts Avent
43		Avent, Rev. William (1775-1841). Signature from 1832 document. William Avent was accepted as a trainee Methodist minister in 1789 at age of 14 and ordained in 1800. Founded Buckhorn Church in Chatham Co., NC.	William Avent
44		Avent, Ruth Elizabeth (1904-2001)	Ruth Elizabeth Avent
45		Avent, Ruth Elizabeth (1904-2001) Descendants of Ruth Avent and Dwight McBane, at a recent McBane family reunion.	Ruth Elizabeth Avent
46		Avent, Ruth Elizabeth (1904-2001). The children of Dwight McBane and Ruth Avent. (l-r): Kaye, Nan, Shirley, Bobbie and George, taken ca. 2009.	Ruth Elizabeth Avent
47		Avent, Sallie Adelaide (1868-1950) of NC. Photo from "The Cleggs of Old Chatham" by Harold Broughton.	Sarah Adelaide Avent
48		Avent, Sarah Spencer, of MS (1825-1887) Photo courtesy of Robert W. Avent, at http://cognatus.info/family/avent/wc_toc.htm.	Sarah C. Spencer
49		Avent, Thomas Emmett of MS (1863-1888) Photo courtesy of Robert W. Avent, at http://cognatus.info/family/avent/wc_toc.htm.	Thomas Emmette Avent
50		Avent, William Alfred (1854-1945) of NC. Photo from "The Cleggs of Old Chatham" by Harold Broughton.	William Alfred Avent