Peter Matthias CARVEY

                   Death of a Pioneer- Macy Monitor
Saturday night death claimed for his own oneof our oldest and best known
citizens, Peter M. Carvey at the advanced age ofseventy-five years,
eleven months and twelve days.  Death was caused by a complication of
troubles incident to old age, Oct. 24, 1907.
The Subject of this sketch was born in Genisee County, New York, November
5th, 1832.  He was brought by his father to the farm on which he died
when but a child of five years, where he lived throughout his life.
When the elder Carvey located here the country the country was a
primitive forest and like all pioneers, who livedin this section had to
clear a place in the forest for his log cabin, whichhe erected on the
old Indian trail which ran from the northeast to southwestfrom the
little village three miles north-east of his cabin home.  When Mr. Carvey
was but of eight years of age his father died leaving a widowed mother
and four children to struggle for an existence in a new country.
At an earlyage Mr. Carvey acquired those studious habits and knowledge
of the bible which made him a power  for good in the church of his choice
and in the community at large.  For the past year Mr. Carvey has been
working hard to complete his book on "How to Read and Understand the
Bible," the task being almost completed at the time of his death.
He identified himself with the Christian connection when he was a young
man.  Afterward uniting with the Christian Church of which he was a
charter member, having served as an elder of the church since 1873, until
the time of his death.  Although afflicted for several years, which
prevented him from attending church, he remained faithful to the last,
saying that everything was all right with him and that he was ready and
willing to go.  During his sickness he often spoke of that beautiful hymn
which he used to sing years ago. "Oh Bear Me Away On Your Snowy Wings to
my Immortal Home".
In 1873 Mr Carvey made with his own hands the brick which entered into
the construction of the Christian Church.
On March 18, 1862, he was unitedin marriage to Miss Mary M King, to
which this union five children where born, two of them dying in infancy.
The living being John W., Sylvester A, andNina Hatch, who are left to
mourn the loss of a true and kind christian husband and father.
Funeral Services were conducted at the Christian Church, Mondayby Rev C
H Devoe of Peru. Interment on the Odd Fellow's Cemetary, Macy, Miami Co.,
Indiana.