James Monroe Avent, Sr.

1895 - 1995  (100 years)

• Name	James Monroe Avent
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1895	Murfreesboro, TN
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jan 1995	Sewanee, TN
  Person ID	I1620	avefamily
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	Frank Avent,   b. 7 Mar 1858, Murfreesboro, TN ,   d. 22 Oct 1941, Nashville, TN  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mayna Treanor,   b. 17 Sep 1868, Nashville, TN ,   d. 2 Jan 1959, Sewanee, TN  (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jeannette Nelson,   b. 8 Dec 1905, Chicago, IL ,   d. 21 Jul 1989, Sewanee TN  (Age 83 years)
  Married	14 Aug 1929	De Kalb, IL
  Children	1. Jacqueline Avent,   b. 22 Jul 1930,   d. 6 Jun 2007  (Age 76 years) + 2. Mayna Rose Avent + 3. James Monroe Avent, Jr.,   b. 3 Jan 1934, TN ,   d. 11 Jan 2000, Murfreesboro, TN  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2010
  Family ID	F484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		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…
  		Avent, James Monroe, Sr. of TN (1895 - 1995) from his 1921 passport.

  
  

  Headstones

  Avent, James M. (1895-1995)

  
  

• Notes

  from TN State Library, TN WWI Veterans: Avent, James M. 1895 Murfreesboro, TN Officer USA VI-780