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SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Mich.
        A. T. Andreas & Co., Chicago - 1883
        
   [Page 554]
   
           STEPHEN H. AVERY, Deputy Collector of Customs, is a native
        of Canada, and was born May 18, 1844.  He attended school there
        and came to Port Huron in 1860.  After the war broke out, he
        enlisted in Company K, Twenty-second Regiment Michigan Volun-
        teer Infantry, and served about three years.  After the war
        he returned here; in 1875, he was appointed Deputy Collector
        of Customs, and since then for the past seven years has held
        that position.  He is connected with the State Militia, and
        is Captain Company F, Third Regiment Michigan State Troops.
        In 1867, Mr. Avery was united in marriage to Miss EMMA POTTER,
        a native of St. Clair County.  They have four children -
        Howard, Nettie, Grace and George.
         
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