Isaac Pavey
Isaac Pavey, farmer, Memphis. The nativity of the original Pavey family is unknown. Among the earliest settlers on Lee's Creek, in Highland County, was Isaac Pavey, the grandfather of this subject. He was from Kentucky, and was a preacher of the Methodist Church and a farmer. He was born in Maryland. His children were Charles, Elizabeth, William, Nancy Peggy, Sally, John and Thomas. Charles married Lucinda Bocock, Elizabeth married John Barger, Nancy married Warner Mann, Peggy married Thomas Andrew, Sally married Isaac McKay, John married Betsey West, and Thomas married Sally Johnson.
William, the second son of the family, and father of our subject, married Anna Johnson, daughter of William and Jane (Dowden) Johnson, of Fayette County. He died in 1862, his wife in 1851. They were parents of Jane, Isaac, William, Mary, George, John, Henry, Sophia, Elizabeth, James and Eliza. By a second marriage, to Mrs. Jerdina Kirby, (Johnson,) he was the father of three sons and one daughter : Charles, Thomas A., Keturah and Gilbert A,
Isaac, our subject, was born in Green Township, near the Clinton County line, March 15, 1831. He was brought up to hard work. His education was of the ordinary kind. On the 18th day of August, 1852, he was married to Margaret E., daughter of Jacob and Susan (Heller) Heidwohl; they were of Dutch descent, and natives of Virginia. They came to this state about the year 1837. Mrs. Pavey was born in Jeiferson County, Virginia, April 25, 1834. She is the only surviving member of the family. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Pavey, the following named children have been born: Alice Jane, born May 13, 1855, married Robert Todhunter, October, 1879. Elmira A., born May 3, 1858, married Cornelius McCoy, November 12, 1880. Junius, born March 4, 1861 ; Darius, born February 14, 1862 ; William II., born April 6, 1863, died August 1, 1864 : Charles Edward, born January 16, 1868, died September 29, 1875 ; Elva, born December 26, 1869, died October 6, 1875 ; John F., born April 11, 1872, died July 31, 1872.
Mr. Pavey lived a short time in Hardin County, this state, and located where he now lives, in the year 1867. He owns and cultivates nearly four hundred acres of choice land near Lee's Creek, and twelve miles from Washington. Mrs. Pavey has been connected with the Methodist Church since 1850.
Our subject is an ardent Republican, and an energetic farmer. His brothers, James and Henry, served in the Union army during the late war. The last named was for a time a prisoner of war.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County