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Pioneer - BAILEY, Alfred
Biographical Sketches of
Early Settlers of Wellington County
Information from: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario.
Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906
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BAILEY, Alfred
, b. New York State, 1851. He was the youngest son
of time late George Bailey, a Yorkshire man who left his native
country for the United States about 1849. He had m. Maria Corker,
of Sheffield, and on the voyage over, which took seven weeks,
three of their children died. He set. in New York State,
but his British tendencies would not permit him to remain, so he
migrated about 1852 to Nichol Tp. in County Wellington, and
about 1854 to West Garafraxa, where he set. on lot 7, con. 7,
and lived there until his death in 1862. His widow survived him
13 years, and the old homestead is now owned by Mrs. Martha Bailey.
Alfred Bailey, the subject of this sketch, was about four years old when his father came to Canada. He remembers well the year of scarcity following the close of the Russian war. As a young man, and for some years after his marriage, he followed the occupation of framing, and has erected a large number of the fine barns to be seen in the Township of West Garafraxa, some built as far back as 1875, and others as recently as 1903. Mr. Bailey purchased in 1884 the homestead of 100 acres, lot 27, con. 6. In 1901 he purchased an additional 100 acres, and recently has purchased and given to his son Ferrier 100 acres immediately opposite. All of this land is in a high state of cultivation, and the best methods of agriculture, notably tiling and draining, have been applied. The whole proparty is valued and assessed higher than any in the township, and is considered one of its best farms. For the past four years, 1902 to 1906, Mr. Bailey has represented the township in the Council which has so well served the interests of the ratepayers that the members have been elected by acclamation for the past three years. In politics Mr. Bailey has always been a consistent Conservative, and has invariably supported the platform of that party. In religion he is a Methodist. William Bailey, a brother, b. in Eng., set, in Kenilworth, Arthur Tp., is the oldest of the family. He m. Jane Dulmage. The other members of the Bailey family were: George, Charles, Benjamin, Joseph and Annie. Mr. Alfred Bailey in 1877 m. Martha Ferrier (d.). Issue: Ferrier, Mrs. James Cardy, W. Garafraxa; Mrs. Walter Carlow, Luther; Elizabeth, Mary and Charles E. In 1882 he m. Jane Wheeler, his second wife. Issue: Alfred and George. From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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