Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 2nd ed., 1885
Livingston Co.

J.M. PAVY is a native of Kenton County, Ky., and a son of Peter H. and
Lucy (Bobbitt) Pavy.  The Pavy family were of Scotch descent, and among
the earliest pioneers of Kenton County.  Peter H. Pavy, subject's father,
was a mechanic, worked at cabinet-making near the town of Independence,
and died there about the year 1836.  Lucy Bobbitt Pavy was born in 
Virginia, and died in 1836, a short time after her husband.  Our subject
is the youngest of a family consisting of the following children: Alfred
(deceased), Anna M. (deceased), Eliza J., Mary G., Rebecca W. and Frances
M.  By a previous marriage, Peter Pavy had one child: Nancy, wife of 
Henry Marshall.  Subject's parents died when he was about three years of
age, and from that time until fourteen years of age, he made his home at
various places, working during the summer and attending the common schools
a few months during the winter.  At the age of fourteen he secured 
employment at a tobacco factory at Covington, Ky., where he remained two
years, a portion of which time was spent on a farm in the vicinity of the
city.  In 1856 he went to Adams County, Missouri, where he found 
employment as a farm laborer, and later attended the college at Canton, in
the same county, several sessions.  From Missouri, Mr. Pavy returned to
his native county and in 1858 came to Livingston County, locating at
Carrsville, where he engaged with his brother-in-law, Joseph Bridges, in
the tobacco business, with whom he worked a short time.  In July, 1858,
he became a student in the commercial department of the Louisville 
University, from which he graduated in the fall of the same year.  After
graduation he returned to Carrsville, and engaged as clerk with John Ward,
with whom he rermained the greater part of the year, after which he
commenced working at the carpenter's trade, following that vocation until
1860.  In the latter year he commenced farming near the village, and later
formed a partnership with I.T. Creekly in the plastering and bricklaying
business, which he continued one year.  He next opened a shoe shop, which
was conducted until 18876, when he engaged in merchandising, which he 
still continues.  He handles a miscellaneous assortment of goods, valued
at $4,000, and is doing a good business.  Mr. Pavy was appointed 
postmaster at Carrsville in 1876 and held the position until 1881.  He has
been successful in his various business ventures, and at the present time
carries on farming, carpentering, trading, shipping, etc., in connection
with merchandising.  Mr. Pavy was married September 6, 1860, to Mary E.,
daughter of Thomas P. Jones of Livingston County.  Mr. Pavy votes the
Democratic ticket.

Pavy Bobbitt Marshall Bridges Ward Creely Jones
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Kenton-KY VA Adams-MO

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