Henry Pewe was born in Holstein, Germany on February 2, 1883. He came to America with his parents - Hinrick and Anna Margareta (Junge) Pewe - from his native Germany when he was a baby and settled at Holstein, Iowa where they farmed.

In 1899, the Pewe brothers, including Bill Pewe, bought out a homesteader's rights in McHenry Township. In 1900 they came to McHenry and settled on this farm section 22 - township 147-62.

Bill Pewe died in the flu epidemic in 1919.

Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 78B