1. Ida May 4
2. Ada B. 4

". . . was shot 'out west' while acting as deputy sheriff. . ." 1

Wife, Philadelphia (born in Tennessee), was probably married before; there are 2 kids listed with the family, David F and James W. GEORGE, both born in Missouri. 4

1. Darlene Lewis , "Gilbert Zardius Avery-Elizabeth Jane Meeker family group sheet," supplied 25 October 2001 by Lewis (Arcadia, OH). This sheet offers only one source for the information given.
2. Gilbert Z. Avery household, 1860 U.S. census, Wood County, Ohio, population schedule, Plain township, Bowling Green post office, page 242, dwelling 383, family 371; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 1053.
3. Gilbert Z. Avery household, 1870 U.S. census, Webster County, Missouri, population schedule, Hazlewood township, Hazlewood post office, page 24, dwelling 173, family 167; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 826.
4. Franklin Avery household, 1880 U.S. census, Webster County, Missouri, population schedule, High Prairie Township, enumeration district [ED] 134, supervisor’s district [SD] 4, sheet 297B, page 39, dwelling 106, family 107; National Archives micropublication T9, roll 740.