[64-34.2] COLEMAN AVERY, } Feb. 22, 1880; s William Ledyard and Johanna (Ummethun- Buddemeyer) Avery [64-25.10]; m June 7, 1904, ELINOR COATES BAER, b Dec. 15, 1882; dau George Hildt and Rebecca (Charron) Baer. Attorney atlaw; North Bend Rd., College Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio. (1921.)
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Coleman Avery was graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1902, with the degree of A. B. He also received the degree of LL.B. from the Cincinnati Law School in 1905. He was a member of the Executive Committee of ‘‘The Honest Elections Committee” of Cincinnati in 1902. On Jan. 1, 1909, Mr. Avery became assistant prosecuting attorney of Hamilton County, serving in that capacity until 1911. While in that office he took a prominent part in prosecutions for bribery and perjury, the result of a movement to cleanse the city and state of political bosses. From 1911 until 1914, he was a member and First Sergeant of Troop C, First Ohio Cavalry. He served as lecturer on Criminal Law and Municipal Corporations in the Y.M.C. A. night school from 1911 to 1916, and for a time was Professor of Law on the faculty of the Law School at Cincinnati. He also served as special Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio for war work in 1918, and was appointed by the Governor of Ohio as Judge of the Supreme Court of that state in June, 1920, serving till Dec., 1920. Coleman Avery has always allied himself with all progressive movements for clean politics, and holds many positions of honor and trust.