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Samuel J. Avery

Short Name: Samuel J. Avery
Full Name: Avery, Samuel J., 1828-1908
Birth Year: 1828
Death Year: 1908

Avery, Samuel J. (fl.1885). A physician who later studied Christian Science with Mary Baker Eddy in 1884. He lived in Chicago, 1884-1886.

--Joan E. Wilson, DNAH Archives

Born 1828 in Brandon, Vermont; died in Chicago, 1908. 1864 graduate of Rush Medical College. Source: "Avery, Samuel J." People References, Mary Baker Eddy Papers. (https://mbepapers.org/">https://mbepapers.org/)


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