I am looking for descendants of Benjamin Parke AVERY (11/11/1828, New York City, NY - 11/8/1875, Peking, CHN) - poet, editor of the Overland Monthly and U.S. Minister to China in 1874. Married Mary A. FULLER (b. 1827, New York - d. 1913, California) on 27 November 1861, Marysville, CA. Both are buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA along with Mary A. FULLER's brothers, Mortimer and Orlando FULLER. Benjamin's father - Samuel Putnam AVERY. |Susan Guhm, Writer/Photographer, bodiebadman@earthlink.net | |Researching the history of mining near Yosemite National Park, |1878 to 1890s. Looking for descendants to help tell their |ancestors' stories. | |California Towns: Bennettville, Bridgeport, Bodie, Lee Vining, | Lundy, Mammoth. |Mining Districts: Homer, Tioga and Prescott |A Few Names: BRUSKEY, CORDES, KEMPVANEE, STRUCKMANN