History of Posey County Indiana, The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago,
1886. Reprinted by Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, IN 1967
[Caldwell Co]

BENJAMIN M. BAILEY was born in Posey County, Ind., February 22, 1832.  He
is a son of John A. and Cynthia (Stallings) Bailey, and is of English
descent.  His father was born at Princeton, Ky., in 1806, and his mother
in Posey County, Ind., in 1808.  The subject of this sketch spent his 
boyhood on the farm, and in attendance at the common schools.  In 1854
he went to California and worked in the mines one and a half years, 
on a farm the same length of time, and was then engaged in the stock
business three years.  In 1860 he returned to Indiana, and on the
breaking out of the war enlisted in Company A, Ninety-first Indiana
Volunteer Infantry for three years or during the war.  He was present at
the battles of Atlanta, Marietta, Pine Mountain, Nashville, and other
places.  He was wounded at Pine Mountain, and was honorably discharged,
as orderly sergeant, in July, 1865.  Since that this time he has been
engaged in farming.  In 1871 he purchased his present farm, and now owns
220 acres of fine land well improved.  Mr. Bailey is a self-made man,
having risen from nothing to a comfortable competency.  He is a man of
superior judgment, was a good soldier, and is a leading citizen.  He
is a representative of one of the early pioneer families of the county,
and is a Republican in politics.  He was married December 28, 1865, to
Miss Susan Stallings, daughter of William and Mary A. Stallings.  Mr.
and Mrs. Bailey have three children: John W., born in 1867; William L.,
born in 1869, and Franklin, born in 1879.

Bailey Stallings
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Posey-IN CA GA TN

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