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1880 E.D. 43, Jackson, West Virginia
Benrus AYRES Self M M W 31 VA
Occ: Lawyer Fa: OH Mo: VA
Manerva J. AYRES Wife F M W 28 VA
Andrew J. AYRES Son M S W 5 WV
Minnie L. AYRES Dau F S W 3 WV
Hardesty's History of Jackson County
Ravenswood District
BUENOS AYRES - an attorney-at-law and justice of the peace in Jackson C. H., Jackson county, West Virginia, became a resident in this county in 1859 in which year his parents, Jeremiah and Eleanor M. (Campell) Ayres, came to Jackson county. His birth was in Ritchie county, then part of Virginia, and the date was April 30, 1848. In Roane county West Virginia, June 18, 1874, Buenos Ayres became the husband of Minerva J. Chancey, and the children born of their wedlock are three, all living with them. A. J., the oldest, was born July 14, 1875; Minnie L., December 10, 1876; Nora F., September 18, 1881. Minerva J., wife of Mr. Ayres, was born in Roane county, June 15, 1851, a daughter of Andrew B. and Mary (Stew art) Chancey. During the war between the States, one brother of Mr. Ayres served the cause of the Confederacy as a member of the 17th Virginia Cavalry. Among the public offices filled by Buenos Ayres at the solicitation of his fellow-citizens may be mentioned that of county superintendent of the free schools, which he satisfactorily filled from 1875 to 1877; and member of the board of education, 1877-79 -these offices held in Roane county, this State, during his residence there. Since practicing in Jackson county, he has been elected justice of the peace, also commissioner of circuit court, entering on the duties of this office January 1, 1881. His postoffice address is Jackson C. H., Jackson county, West Virginia.
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