S. R. BAILEY, Warren County, Ohio
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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 27 November 2004

Sources:
The History of Warren County Ohio
Part V. Biographical Sketches
Turtlecreek Township
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)
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S. R. BAILEY, P. O. Lebanon, was born in Limestone Co., Ala., Dec. 29, 1847. He was son of Samuel and Nancy Bailey. While yet a child, his father died. His mother was married to her second husband. In 1863, S. R. Bailey emigrated to Northern Ohio. Here he began his career without a dollar. His knowledge of books was scanty indeed, but to be thoroughly educated was then the height of his ambition. During the fall of 1865, he managed to save $50, which he invested in Government Bonds. In the meantime he found employment in a factory in the city of Sandusky. There he remained about, two years, during which he managed to save a few hundred dollars. In 1867, he lent as much of his money as he could spare to a wealthy farmer

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in Erie County, and entered the University of Wilberforce, Greene Co., Ohio. There he remained about seven years, and graduated in the class of 1874. In the fall of the same year, he went to Jackson, Miss., and engaged to teach a country school in Hinds County. Having taught four months, he went to the city of Yazoo, Miss., and opened a notion store early in the spring of 1875, but the lawless state of affairs made it unfavorable for his business. At the beginning of 1876. he closed out and returned to Ohio. Arriving at Xenia on January 10, he was informed of an opening in the town of Lebanon. Ohio, for a teacher. Accordingly, he made application, and was employed as Principal in the department of the Union School for the education of the colored youth, which position he still holds. On June 22, 1880, he married Mary Stamps, of Blue Lick Springs, Kentucky, daughter of Chanie Stamps, to whose sole care and protection Mary and her brother. Albert Stamps, were committed; and on the 20th of November, 1881, she was taken by the hand of death from her only two children, Mary and Albert. On the 16th of April, there was born from the marriage of S. R. Bailey with Mary, a girl child, who is named Alberta Allen Bailey.

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