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Strong, Mrs., was a daughter of Hannibal taverner Jesse H. Pavey. According to “Villagers” (99), she settled in Peoria, Illinois. In 1869 Clemens wrote his sister after a lecture there: “One of Mrs. Pavey’s daughters (she married a doctor & is living in an Illinois town & has sons larger than I am,) was in the audience at Peoria. Had a long talk with her. She came many miles to be there” (SLC to Pamela A. Moffett, 14 Jan 69, NPV, in MTBus, 103).
