Background
Avery, Coleman was born on February 22, 1880 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of William Ledyard and Johanna (Ummethun) Avery.
Avery, Coleman was born on February 22, 1880 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of William Ledyard and Johanna (Ummethun) Avery.
He was educated in the public schools of the city and graduated in 1902 from the University of Cincinnati, and in 1905 from the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
He was appointed as a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court in 1920. Avery was admitted to the bar in 1905, and first held public office in 1909, when Hamilton County prosecutor Henry T. Hunt appointed him an assistant prosecutor. In 1912, he was named assistant city solicitor for Cincinnati.
In 1914, he ran unsuccessfully for Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas judge.
Beginning in 1915, Avery had a private practice, and taught at the Cincinnati Law School from 1916 to 1918. He was also a special district attorney for war work for the United States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1917 to 1919.
He also served as a major in the Second Battalion, Cincinnati Home Guards. In 1919, Avery returned to private practice.
June 10, 1920, Stanley West. Merrell resigned from the Ohio Supreme Court, and Ohio Governor James M. Cox appointed Avery to the court that same day.
He lost the November election that year to finish the last two years of the term to Ohio Adjutant General Benson West. Hough. His term ended December 7, 1920. Following electoral defeat, Avery returned to Cincinnati.
He returned to private practice, and lectured at the Young Men’s Christian Association School of Law of Cincinnati night classes.
Avery married Elinor Coates Baer of Baltimore, Maryland in 1904. She had five children, and died May 22, 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina from tuberculosis.
Avery married Sarah Loving, of Lynchburg, Virginia in 1934. During the Great Depression, Avery"s failing investments in real estate, and uncollected fees of $35,000, put financial stress on his family.
He was hospitalized for depression, drank heavily, and had a heart attack.
A private service was held for Avery"s family on March 16, 1938, with burial later that day at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Member Legal Advisory Board, et cetera, World War.
Married Elinor Coates Baer, June 7, 1904 (died 1929). Married second, Sara L. Loving, May 23, 1934. Children: John Coleman, Ledyard, Elinor Louise, Mary Frances, Elizabeth Coates.
