Advertisement

Cyrus Stevens Avery

Advertisement

Cyrus Stevens Avery

Birth
Stevensville, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
2 Jul 1963 (aged 91)
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec (6) L-75 # 9
Memorial ID
View Source
"The Father of Route 66"

He was a Tulsa business man who was a major promoter of the construction of Route 66. Son of Alexander James and Ruie Stevens Avery. Avery Drive in Tulsa was named for him. Rose Hill Cemetery is on Admiral Pl, a former segment Route 66.

**********

(Groton Avery Clan, p.1419-20): He married Essie McClelland on Dec 23,1897 at Liberty,MO.


"The Father of Route 66"

He was a Tulsa business man who was a major promoter of the construction of Route 66. Son of Alexander James and Ruie Stevens Avery. Avery Drive in Tulsa was named for him. Rose Hill Cemetery is on Admiral Pl, a former segment Route 66.

**********

(Groton Avery Clan, p.1419-20): He married Essie McClelland on Dec 23,1897 at Liberty,MO.




Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement