1882 History of Linn County, Missouri

 

BIOGRAPHY (S)

 

BAILEY

                                                                                                                           

 

GEORGE W.                                                                         Benton Township, page 757

 

    Prominent among the rising young men of Linn county is Mr. George W. Bailey, son of J. G. and Mary Bailey.  George was born near New Boston, Linn county, Missouri, May 9, 1855, on the farm which his father settled on in 1847, and where the old gentleman yet resides, a well-to-do and highly respected farmer.  George W., from his childhood, was noted as being an attentive and careful student, and of late years has devote considerable time to the study of law and politics.  August 15, 1879, he founded the Brookfield Advertiser, which paper he continued the publication of until June 21, 1881, when he accepted the position of general agent and traveling correspondent for the Commercial Advertiser, of Detroit, Michigan, a position which he holds at the present writing.

   

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WILLIAM LORENZO                                                                          Grantsville Twp., page 849

 

     Mr. Bailey was born in Louisiana, on the twenty-ninth of September, 1816.  He is the eldest son of Peter and Anna (Stanfer) Bailey, of a family of five children, four sons and one daughter.  The father was a native of Fairfax county, Virginia, born July 7, 1785, and died August 30, 1835, in Washington county, Ohio.  William’s mother was a native of Germany, and came to America in her girlhood.

     When William was about fourteen years old, his father, having lost his wife, moved to Washington county, Ohio, taking the subject of this sketch with him.  There the father died in 1835, and the son began working at the shoemaker’s trade during the winter and farming during the summer.  On the third day of May, 1840, he was married to Maria Bailey, a lady who was born in Washington county, Ohio, December 22, 1820.

     Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have had ten children, named, in order of birth, as follows: Jane A., Julia, Seth H., Peter, Sarah L., William L., Albert, Margaret P., Daniel, and John.  After his marriage, Mr. Bailey gave his undivided attention to farming in Washington county, Ohio, till April, 1866, when he moved to Linn county, this State, where he purchased a farm in Grantsville township.  Here he has ever since resided.  Mr. Bailey is a strong advocate of education, and keeps his family supplied with choice literature.

    

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