Chittenden County AUBERY, James Madison Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. Dodge. Burlington, Ullery, 1912, p 103 James Madison AUBERY, business man, Los Angeles [Los Angeles County, California], was born in Burlington [Chittenden County, Vermont] on 01 January 1843, son of Albert and Almira (BLISH) AUBERY. He was educated in the public schools, select school, and Burlington Academy. On leaving Burlington Academy [James Madison AUBERY] was employed in the general merchandise store of H. L. MOORE and George L. WARNER, at Burlington [Chittenden County, Vermont]. In 1866 [James Madison AUBERY] married [Miss?] Frances COOK of Milwaukee [Milwaukee County], Wisconsin. They [James Madison and Frances AUBERY] have three children: (1) James, who married [Miss] Paulina C. FULLER, daughter of the late Chief Justice Melville W. FULLER; (2) Fantine, Mrs. D. H. MILLER; and (3) Lelia Vanderbilt, Mrs. Frank PETTEE. In October 1863 he [James Madison AUBERY] went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where in February 1864 he enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Immediately after its organization, he was detailed as regimental clerk; promoted to Sergeant Major, Quartermaster Sergeant; commissioned Lieutenant in Company G; during part of his service was acting quartermaster and adjutant; was with the regiment during its whole service; took part in the battles of Cold Harbor, the Petersburg Campaign, and Appomattox Court House; was mustered out at the close of the war, after which he attended a commercial college, graduated, and was employed as a teacher; afterwards, with Adjutant Benjamin D. ATWELL, established a commercial college at Portage [Columbia County], Wisconsin, and Sparta [Monroe County], Wisconsin. Returning to Milwaukee in 1869, he [James Madison AUBERY] was employed by the People's and Merchants' Despatch, a fast freight line; was soon promoted to cashier; this being soon after merged into the Merchants' Despatch Transportation Company, he became agent for the company at Milwaukee; manager of the same at Chicago [Cook County, Illinois], 1877, holding the position until 1893, when he resigned to take the management of a packing house; returned to Milwaukee in 1900. Compiled and published a history of the Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, which gives in detail the awful story of a regiment whose percentage in killed and wounded according to enrollment was only exceeded by 14 regiments in the whole Federal army. In 1903 [James Madison AUBERY] went to San Francisco, California; was for some time in the mining regions writing for eastern papers; settled at Los Angeles, October 1903; manager of a hotel five years; since then in railway and automobile appliances. Now compiling a narrative of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg with special reference to the Thirty-sixth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, of which Col. Frank HASKELL, a former Vermonter, was commander. A Republican; in 1896 connected with the national Republican headquarters at Chicago; is ex-president of Press Council National Union, and in 1898 was senate deputy. A Unitarian. Was secretary of the library association, Milwaukee; past grand Milwaukee Lodge No. 2, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; past high priest Wisconsin Encampment No. 1; past grand Daughters of Rebekah; past commander Patriarchs Militant; member of Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment of Wisconsin, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; member of Masonic fraternity, Chapter, Knights Templar, Consistory, and Mystic Shrine; George H. Thomas Post No. 5, Grand Army if the Republic, Chicago, and represented that post as a delegate to Gen. GRANT's funeral in 1885; vice president two years of the Sons of Vermont in Chicago; member of Stanton Post No. 55, G. A. R., Los Angeles; honorary member Lincoln Memorial University, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, and member of Sons of Vermont, Los Angeles, California. Submitted by Cathy Kubly