Cora KNAPP (1869-1959)

1 Cora Minerva KNAPP^1,2 (1869-1959) [8756]. Born Jul 1869.¹ Marr James AVERY 26 Feb 1885, Roseville, PA.³ Died 21 Apr 1959, Troy, PA.⁴ Buried Watson Cemetery, Roseville, PA.⁴

From an unknown Tioga County newspaper.

1940 - "Averys Celebrate 55th Wedding Anniversary. Married in Roseville by Rev. Rockwell, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Avery, Columbia Township, celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary with a family reunion Monday evening, Feb 26th, 1940, in their home. Friends were welcomed during the day and evening.
Mrs. Avery was the former Miss Cora Minerva Knapp. She and James W. Avery were married in Roseville in February 26. 1885 by the Rev. A.G. Rockwell. They lived on their farm near Roseville for 24 years and managed the hotel there from February to October 1995, when the hotel burned. In 1904, they moved to Sylvania where they managed the Sylvania Hotel for three years, retiring to their farm in 1907 where they have since resided.
Mr. and Mrs. Avery have two children, Elmer E Avery and Miss Nedd Avery; also two grandsons, Donald and Dale Avery, all of Columbia Township."

April, 1959 - "Mrs. Cora Knapp Avery, 80, of Troy, Pa., Tuesday, April 21, 1959. Survived by daughter, Miss Nell Avery at home; son Elmer of Troy; sisters, Mrs. Mae Lee of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. Emma Rouse of Rutland, Pa.; two grandchildren, six great-grandchildren. Body at Vickery Funeral Home, Troy. Funeral there Thursday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Cyril Houston and the Rev. Orrie Crippen, Roseville, Pa., Cemetery.".

Sources

1	"1900 Tioga, Roseville census".

2	"1910 PA, Bradford, Columbia census.".

3	"55th Wedding Anniversary announcement for Mr. and Mrs. James W. Avery in an unknown Tioga County newspaper in 1940".

4	"Obituary of Mrs. Cora Knapp Avery in an unknown Tioga County newspaper, April 1959".