400:"Mrs. Avery, the ladies of the Western Reserve Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution doubt whether your modesty permits you to realize how much you are esteemed by them, and how greatly your services in behalf of the chapter are appreciated. As their representative it is my pleasant duty to say in your presence the things we are in the habit of saying to each other. We realize that this Chapter owes its origin to you, that since then you have labored for it continuously, effectively, and unselfishly. We realize, also, that we are sharing the honors which your character and ability have won from the Chapters of the State and from the members of the Continental Congress. We rejoice that you are ours. The Chapter has decreed this trifling token of our pride and appreciation."
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the subjects in which she was especially interested, she was the mentor and adviser of the library, particularly in the realm of
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and engaged in public school work, he as superintendent and she as principal of the high school. A year or two later, the village was annexed to the city of
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Revolutionary patriot from whom Avery was descended: Colonel John Bailey, Gad Hitchcock, LL. D., Gar Hitchcock, M. D., Deacon Samuel Tilden, Samuel Tilden, Jr.
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pilgrims, Elder Brewster, "of blessed memory," and stout Stephen Hopkins. Four of the mother's ancestors served in the
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