Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Reavey, John 1838 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

JOHN REAVEY. A considerable proportion of the citizens of Arbela Township,
Tuscola County, are of foreign birth, but are proving themselves thorough
Americans by adoption by their interest and help in upbuilding our American
institutions. Among this number is John Reavey, who was born in Ireland in 1838,
and whose parents, John, Sr., and Mary (Lou) Reavey, were both of Irish birth,
and made their home in their native Isle. To them were granted three sons and
three daughters, whom they brought up on their farm in Ireland.

  Our subject was reared in his native home, and remained there till he reached
the age of twenty-two, at which time he was married to Ann Eliza Pedlow, who is
also of Irish birth. The five children of this couple are Thomas J., Robert P.,
Isabella, Eliza A. and Benjamin. Soon after marriage this couple emigrated to
New Zealand, where they followed farming for ten years, and then returned to
Ireland. In 1871 they came to Michigan, and here they made their home upon the
farm where they still reside. The first purchase was forty acres of land, and
later Mr. Reavey added to it until he now has eighty acres. He has cleared the
land and built excellent barns and has one of the finest homes in the township,
where he carries on a general farming business.

  The religious body with which Mr. and Mrs, Reavey are connected is the
Methodist Church. Our subject is a Republican in his political convictions and
preferences, and his reputation and standing among his neighbors is such as to
have raised him to a number of local offices. He received a fair education in
Ireland, and has given to his children excellent opportunities, so that most of
them have fitted themselves to be successful teachers.

  Thomas J. Reavey, the eldest son of our subject, is Principal of the schools
at Mayville, this State, and a graduate of the Business College of Detroit. He
also took a course of study at the Agricultural College at Lansing. Robert P.,
the next son, is a graduate of Tuscola High School and the Principal at Gage
town, this State. Isabel is a graduate of the Vassar High School, and is
teaching in Arbela Township, and Eliza is also teaching in the township. She
prepared herself for her profession at Millington and Vassar High Schools.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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