Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

ABRAHAM BAILEY, Philadelphia; was born in Virginia, April 13, 
1825; son of Robert and Charlotte (Snyder) Bailey, native of 
Virginia; he, a farmer by occupation, died in 1847, aged about 
forty-nine years; she died in 1881, aged about eighty years. 
Subject, the eldest of a family of ten children, received a common 
school education, and began the business of life as a farmer. In 
1857 he came to Illinois, and settled in this county, where he has 
since been engaged in farming, and where he now owns a farm of 150 
acres of choice farming land. In Virginia, Oct. 1, 1849, he 
married Sarah, daughter of Joel and Mildred Snyder, and a native 
of that State; born Aug. 10, 1830, who has borne him ten children, 
of whom eight are living, viz.: Mary, wife of Charles L. Bailey, 
Martha, wife of Wm. S. Little, now in California, David, a farmer, 
Fanny, Ada and Charles, at home, George and Frank. Mr. Bailey is 
now serving his third term as Justice of the Peace; is also a 
Township Trustee; he is a Democrat, and a member of the Christian 
Church.

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