NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11261 DAVIESS CO ANTHONY A. AVRITT Avritt, Thornton, Purdy, Griffin, Grady, Berry, Hale, Johnson 11261 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago Louisville, 1928, pp. 138-9. ANTHONY A. AVRITT. Anthony A. Avritt is conducting a profitable repair shop in Owensboro and by his industrious and useful life has gained the esteem and friendship of all who know him. Mr. Avritt was born in Bradfordsville, Marion county, Kentucky, on the 22d of July, 1864, and is a son of Thomas G. and Julia (Thornton) Avritt. The paternal grandparents were James and Mary Avritt, both of whom were natives of Virginia and are now deceased, the father dying in Owensboro and the mother in Missouri. He was a teamster by occupation, a member of the Christian church and voted the republican ticket. Thomas G. Avritt was born at Bradfordsville in 1837, followed the business of plastering, and died in Owensboro September 16, 1922. He was a veteran of the Civil war, in which he sustained a wound in the foot. He was a republican and a member of the First Christian church of Owensboro. His wife was born in Marion county, Kentucky, June 9, 1836, and died in Owensboro, July 11, 1920. She was the daughter of Harrison and Mary (Purdy) Thornton, the former of whom was born in Marion county, Kentucky, and died in Elville, this state. He followed the trade of shoemaker, voted the democratic ticket and belonged to the Christian church. His wife was born, lived and died in Marion county. Anthony A. Avritt was educated in the public schools of Owensboro and then went to work in the planning mill of J. B. Griffin & Company, where he was employed ten years, after which he was for six years in J. N. Gradys planning mill. In 1904 he engaged in the general repair of bicycles, guns, etc., in which he has continued to the present time, with the exception of the years 1907 to 1909, when he was connected with the Roots Dry Goods Company, at Terre Haute, Indiana. By close and painstaking attention to his business, he has been rewarded with gratifying success and is regarded as a reliable and dependable man in whatever he undertakes to do. Mr. Avritt has been married twice. On April 3, 1903, near Whitesville, Kentucky, he wedded Miss Annie Berry, who was born in 1881, and died in Whitesville in 1904. She was the daughter of the late J. M. Berry, of that place. To this union were born a daughter, Maggie Hale, who is now deceased. On October 10 1910, in Rockport, Indiana, Mr. Avritt married Miss Katie Johnson, who was born November 8, 1881, daughter of the late Benjamin Johnson, of Owensboro, a carpenter and builder and a highly respected resident of this city. Mrs. Avritt received her education in the Owensboro public schools and is an active member of the Third Baptist church. Mr. Avritt is a stanch supporter of the democratic party and is a member of the First Christian church, to which he gives generous support. Personally he is a kindly and genial gentleman, courteous and accommodating, and has a host of warm friends throughout the community. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren Sandi's Website: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html