SOME NOTES ON THE BAILEY FAMILY OF
GRANVILLE, BARCLAY AND BERNICE
….leading to
Kenneth Lynn Bailey, who married GLADYS MAUDE McCARTY
by David Bailey
April 2006
HENRY MURRAY BAILEY was the adopted son of Rodolphus D. Bailey and Annette Marvin, born 12 Jul 1873 in or near Granville Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, died 12 May 1941 in Bernice, Cherry Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, buried in the cemetery in Monroeton, Bradford County; married, 25 Oct 1893, Delphine “Della” Powers, daughter of Henry Samuel Powers and Ellen Tyler Sloat of Leroy, Bradford County, in or near Leroy, 25 Aug 1878, died in Johnson City, Broome County, New York, 5 Sep 1951. Buried in the Monroeton cemetery.
Henry was
adopted at an early age by the Rodolphus Bailey
family of Granville,
RODOLPHUS AND ANNETTE (MARVIN) BAILEY
Henry grew up with at least three step-sisters, possibly a fourth. In the Federal Census of 1880 we find:
Bailey, Rodolphus WM 45 farmer
Annette WF wife keeping house
Vanday WF 16 daughter housework
Mattie D. WF 14 daughter at school
Henry M. WF 7 adopted son at school
Phebe WF 2 daughter
Earlier family papers list Ovanda (who would be Vanday), Mattie (later Mrs. Solomon Lindley) and Marion, who was the eldest but left home before 1880. We do not know who Marion married, but know she was alive as of 1920, when she sent “Brother Henry” a postcard of her house in Troy, a house which remains standing to this day:
Rodolphus Bailey grew up in Leroy,
Henry
Bailey probably grew up on the farm in Granville. After finishing whatever
school was available, he set out on his own to land a job with the Greenwood
Tannery which was based in Greenwood (now Powell), just west of Monroeton in
Bradford County. Prior to his marriage, and possibly for a time thereafter, he
worked at an outpost of the tannery at Foot of Plane in nearby
Though now
a relatively unpopulated area with little in the way of large industry or
trade, this data from Bradsby’s History of
- 458 tanning vats
- 13 coolers, each 8 feet deep and 8 foot diameter
- 16 leaches that hold 16 tons of ground bark each
- 100 men working in the tannery
- 50 men working full time in the woods
- 3 cars of leather shipped each week
- their supply of hides is the African
- they make only sole leather
- 12,000 tons of bark used each year
- 25,000 hides tanned each year
Before 1910, but after 1900 (Census Reports), the family moved to Bernice (now part of Mildred) in Sullivan County, where Henry took a job working for the Connell Mining Company. He worked a laborer in the mines until 1920 when he suffered leg injuries in a cave-in which would incapacitate Henry for the rest of his life. He stayed on at Connell as a night watchman. The Bernice house in which they lived is one of the few which remain standing, being next door to that occupied by Paul Striney and his wife.
HENRY AND DELPHINE (POWERS) BAILEY
THE BAILEY HOUSE IN BERNICE (C.1920)
……….AND IN 1990
Delphine “Della’ Powers was the youngest in a family of
eight. Her father, Henry Samuel Powers was born 20 Sep 1836, died 6 Dec 1915;
married, 24 Aug 1861, Ellen Tyler Sloat, born in
Black Walnut, Pennsylvania, 30 Mar 1836. As of the 1880 Census, the family was
living in LeRoy,
HENRY SAMUEL POWERS AND ELLEN TYLER SLOAT
It is interesting to note that the 1910 Census indicates that not only was the Henry Bailey family living and working in Bernice, but so was Della’s sister, Ide May and her family. Ide May ran one of the local boarding houses and her husband, Elmer Champlin, worked in the mines.
After
Henry’s death in 1941, Della stayed on for a time in Bernice, later moving to
Henry and Della Powers had three sons; Lester (1894-1957), Carl (1898-1972), and Kenneth, who married GLADYS MAUD McCARTY.
It is worth observing here that Carl Bailey married Beatrice Jane Black, the daughter of Professor Moses R. Black, superintendent of the Sullivan County Schools, and his wife, Ada Shaffer.
PROFESSOR MOSES
R. BLACK AND PUPILS
(date unknown)
KENNETH LYNN BAILEY, was the third child of Henry
Bailey and Delphine Powers. He was born in Bernice,
They soon
moved to
THE CREW AT
THE PIONEER FACTORY
(KENNETH BAILEY AT
CENTER, WHITE SHIRT)
Following
Gladys’ death in 1965, Kenneth went to live with his son, Ken Jr.’s family, first in North Chili,
Information on Gladys Maud McCarty is found at The McCarty Heritage, Part Two.
KENNETH LYNN AND GLADYS MAUD (McCARTY) BAILEY
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