Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NameAVENT, Thomas Londe , GG Grandson
Birth Date14 Sep 1833
Birth PlaceOglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia
Death Date1 Aug 1910 Age: 76
Death PlaceLafayette County, Mississippi
FatherAVENT, Benjamin Edward (1799-1878)
MotherPATTON, Olive Crain (1807-1864)
Misc. Notes
"When Thomas was 18 years old he went to Penryn, California with his sister Mary Susan and Joseph L. Goolsby. They first went to New York, took a ship to Panama, walked across the Panama Isthmus and then took a ship to California. He returned to Mississippi about 14 years later.

He served as trustee in two of Andrew J. Goolsby's deeds of trust. He and his brother William E. were executors of his Father's will and guardians of Benjamins' four minor children by his second wife. The executors filed their final account of the estate in April 1884.

William E. and Thomas L. were the legal guardians for Georgia Anice, Safronia, Benjamin McConell, and Henry Avent. Annual accounts where filed with the court on 13 Feb 1880, 6 Oct 1880, Oct 1881 & 13 Oct 1882. 3 Dec 1883 in the Oxford, Mississippi paper notification was given to out-of-town heirs to settle the estate."
Spouses
Birth Date14 Sep 1850
Birth PlaceLafayette County, Mississippi
Death Date5 Jan 1938 Age: 87
Death PlaceLafayette County, Mississippi
Marr Date9 Oct 1862
Marr PlaceLafayette County, Mississippi
ChildrenCoco Mungo (1868-1927)
 Haidee Ella (1870-1893)
 Benjamin Washington (Died as Infant) (~1874-~1874)
 William Lamar (Died as Infant) (1875-1877)
 Stella Clay (1885-1979)
 Ura Velma (1891-1982)
Last Modified 29 Jul 2023Created 1 Mar 2024 by Robert Avent