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Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2444, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Elizabeth Keep Avery
Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2444, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Elizabeth Keep Avery

American, 1851 - 1910
BiographyElizabeth “Lizzie” Porter Keep Avery (1851-1910) was born in Warren, Connecticut to Rev. John Robinson Keep (1810-1884) and Rebecca Porter Keep (1818-1893). She had three siblings: Robert Porter Keep (1844-1904), William A. Keep (1847-1867), and Mary Keep (1849-1874).

Lizzie P. Keep married Dr. George W. Avery (1836-1893) in 1884, she was his second wife. They lived in Farmington and Hartford. They had three children: Mary Elizabeth Avery (1885-1962), Alice Porter Avery (1887-1966), and Melanie Avery (1891-1955).

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