Pavey, Henry bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 861, Pleasant Township
Henry Pavey, hardware merchant, Ipava, is a native of the English Isle and was born Feb. 15, 1820. He followed the occupation of farming until he was 27 years of age when he learned the carpenter’s trade, and which he followed at intervals until 1865, when he embarked in the hardware business at Ipava. For a time he was engaged in the manufacture of steam engines. He was united in marriage with Mary Tratt, who was also born in England. They have a family of 2 children: Sarah A. and Alice M.