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- "Hardeman County, Tennessee: Family History", by the Hardeman Co. Historical Society, page 18, has this to say about Washington Avent:
"It is said that Washington Avent, a Mount Comfort resident, was the first merchant in the new Hickory Valley. He built an impressive home facing the railroad and adjacent to his mercantile business. He and his son James Monroe Avent played a prominent role in Hickory Valley history during the last half of the 19th century.
James Monroe Avent, planter and sportsman, was born near Hickory Valley. He is a legend to thousands of men and women who go afield with bird dogs or with hounds. For more than half a century his dogs were consistent winners at the Grand Junction Field Trials. He was the first star dog handler in America."
1850 Rutherford Co. census shows 3 Avents born in VA: Jas., b. 1788 (which agrees with other info regarding James, son of John), Benjamin W. Avent, b. in VA in 1812, and Washington Avent, b. 1820 in VA.
David McKinnie Family Cemetery, Hardeman Co., TN
Avent, Nannie P. McKinnie 6 Apr 1829-27 Jan 1886 w/o Washington Avent d/o David Monroe & Bethenia Pope McKinnie
Avent, Washington D. 15 Mar 1819-25 Jun 1882 h/o Nannie P. McKinnie Avent m 19 Nov 1855
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1820 - 1882 (62 years)
