Elroy M. Avery

Elroy McKendree Avery, Ph.D., LL.D. (July 14, 1844

In 1871, Avery graduated from the University of Michigan and relocated to Cleveland where he continued as a school principal from 1871 to 1879. On May 5, 1892 he along with 22 other men founded the Western Reserve Society Sons of the American Revolution in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1891 and 1892, Avery was on the Cleveland City Council before being elected to the state senate and serving from 1893 to 1897.

On December 22, 1911, Mrs. Avery died. He brought a personal collection of over 1,000 books which he used to help establish the Avery Library and Historical Society on December 22, 1919, and opened the doors on April 10, 1920 (currently the New Port Richey Public Library and West Pasco Historical Society Museum and Library). He was also the chairman and director of the First State Bank of New Port Richey which was founded on October 25, 1921.

Partial list of publications The Complete Chemistry: A text book for high schools and academies, 1883, ASIN B0008735MU The Averys of Groton, 1888, ASIN B000894JK0 A History of the United States and Its People from Their Earliest Records to the Present Time, 16 volumes, the first was originally from 1904 (reprinted in 2001, ). John Humfrey, Massachusetts magistrate: Did he marry the daughter of the third Earl of Lincoln!, 1912, ASIN B0006AGIUA ASIN B000GPVFBC