Levi Smith Aven was the son of Chesley Aven (born ca. 1812. died ca. 1868)and Mary Smith (born ca. 1818). Chesley was the son of Amos Aven (born ca. 1781) and Matilda Rogers (born ca. 1782).
Levi Smith Aven married Catherine Diggs, daugther of Benjamin and Catherine Diggs.
The 1900 Yalobusha County Mississippi census states that Levi and Catherine had 6 children, 5 of which I have record of:
1. Mary Catherine, born 1862. Married A.G. Bounds
2. Margaret, born ca. 1864
3. Helen, born ca. 1866. Married D.W. Murphree
4. John Winston, born May 1871. Married Louella Payne.
Died 1958. Burried Chapel Hill Cemetery in Calhoun
County, Mississippi.
5. Leila, born Oct. 16, 1876. Died Sept. 5, 1898. Burried
Chapel Hill Cemetery, Calhoun County, Mississippi