William Avery

He was a captain in the Black Hawk war; his fine old homestead, "Long Hollow," was a hospitable resting place for the weary traveler and a land mark for the pioneer ; the first school in that vicinity was opened in his house, and he was for years school director and assessor ; he secured the establishment of a post office that still bears his name and served for many years as postmaster; he owned a farm of a thousand acres and carried on mining extensively. He was an ideal citizen.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 348, 567-8

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A pioneer settler in northwestern Illinois, and a soldier in the Black Hawk war of 1832.