Robert Stanton Avery

Biography

Robert Stanton Avery began his life in the early 1800s, a time when family names carried weight in their towns. He settled near the place that now bears his family name, Avery Cemetery, and lived through decades of growth in the surrounding countryside, witnessing the slow march of progress.

Though little is recorded of his occupation, Robert was held in esteem by neighbors who valued his steadiness and the ties he nurtured in the community. His presence and good character live on through the quiet stone markers that mark the Avery plot.