Pavy - Griffith

John David Pavy, 1846-1922, born and died in Jefferson Co., IN. He was the son of Absalom Pavy and wife Elizabeth Danner who were married 1845 in Jefferson Co., IN. John David Pavy was a private in Co. A 120th Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers, Civil War. Prisoner of War records show that he was captured at Calhoune, GA in August 1864 and paroled at Savannah, GA in November 1864. John David Pavy was a carpenter, farmer, and Justice of Peace in Switzerland Co., IN.

Jane Antonet Griffith, 1853-1913, born and died Switzerland Co., IN. She was the daughter of William Jackson Griffith and wife Lavina Long. John David Pavy and Jane Antonet Pavy were married 1871 in Switzerland Co., IN. Both are now buried in the Vevay Cemetery, Vevay, IN. They had eleven children. One daughter Arabelle, 1886-1891, is buried at Zion Chapel Cemetery, Switzerland Co., IN. Date of picture: unknown.

Pavy - Zearing Photo.
Home of Tressie Pavy and her husband Francis Zearing at 915 West Main St., Madison, IN. circa 1920.
   
left to right:
Paul Lee Smith (boy in rocker)
Standing behind rocker - boy's mother, Elsie Pavy Smith
Tressie Pavy Zearing
Lou Ella Tilley
Eva Pavy Schiphorst, w/o Herman Schiphorst of Madison, IN.
Grover Smith, father of boy in rocker
Fred Tilley in swing with Francis Zearing
(identity of other people unknown)

For more information and pictures on the Pavy - Griffith families, see: Switzerland County Photo Album