BAILEY'S OF BERKELEY COUNTY

Bailey Family History

August 1,2006

Forrest Dean Bailey Davis, California pa„e 2 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Berkeley County was one of the first settled areas of the State of West Virginia. Many Quakers and Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, along with English and Dutch, became residents in the early 1700's. They were followed by Germans who built many of the still existing farm complexes. The County has a wealth of historic, architecturally important buildings dating from the 1740's into the 20th century. Many of these buildings, including several districts and villages, have been researched and placed on the National Register of Historic Places,

Berkeley County was formed from Frederick County, Virginia, in 1772 and named for Lord Norbome Berkeley. The County seat was established in the colonial village of Martinsburg, named for Thomas Bryan Martin, Lord Fairfax's nephew, and was incorporated in 1778. The arrival of the B&O Rail­ road in the 1840's provided Martinsburg and Berkeley County a substantial im­ provement in transportation and acted as an economic generator for the area.

During the Civil War (or War Between the States), Martinsburg and Berkeley County, still a part of Virginia, experienced conflict and much destruction. Many families had divided allegiances. In June 1861 Stonewall Jackson destroyed the railroad cars at the Martinsburg B&O Railroad complex and commandeered the engines, dragging them through Winchester to Strasburg. The roundhouse and machine shops were completely stripped.

The first major conflict in the area occurred on July 2, 1861, when the North's General Robert Patterson crossed the Potomac River at Williamsport and defeat­ ed the South's General Joseph E. Johnston and General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. On October 18 and 19, 1862, the Martinsburg B&O Railroad complex and roundhouse were burned.

In 1820, Morgan County was formed from portions of Berkeley County. The town of Berkeley Springs was selected as the County Seat. The Oakland (Sleepy Creek) area settled by the Bailey family was originally in Frederick County, Commonwealth of Virginia, then in Berkeley County, Virginia, later in Morgan County, Virginia, and finally (since November 1863), in Morgan County, West Virginia. Page 3 Bailey's of Berkeley County

After November 1863, Berkeley County became a part of the new State of West Virginia. The State of West Virginia supported the North, resulting in many problems that divided family and friends.

The Pennsylvania Railroad entered the area in 1872. The Pennsylvania, along with the B&O, gave the area an excellent transportation base. In early times, a major source of the area's income came from selling flour produced by the area's water-powered mills to the Alexandria and Baltimore markets.

The first written record (that we know of at this time) of Baileys in Berkeley County is a deed recorded May 9, 1752 in Frederick County indicating that John Bailey of Augusta County is an assignee. The next record is the March 8, 1753 land survey notation that Jno. Bayley is a chain man on a survey team.

A land survey dated June 25, 1754 again indicates that John Bayly is a chain man on the survey crew.

Family lore passed down says that Jonathan (John, Sr.) Bailey emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland in about 1730. Other family members say that Jonathan Bailey emigrated from Ireland. Some family reports say that Jonathan came to America as an indentured servant at 12 years of age, which would place his birth year at 1718.

Mclntire family research indicates that a certain William Bailey was in Cecil County, Maryland as of March 12, 1734. This family narrative ties this same William Bailey to a deed dated August 15, 1768 for 380 acres of land on the Middle South Fork of Sleepy Creek in Frederick County, Virginia. Was this William Bailey the father of John Bailey, or was he perhaps a brother of John Bailey? Page 4 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Recorded deeds and patents in Martinsburg, the county seat of Berkeley County, indicate the following early Bailey land acquisitions in the Sleepy Creek area of Frederick and Berkeley Counties:

John Bailey Colony of Virginia Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia South Fork Sleepy Creek 23 December 1769 200 acres

William Bailey Colony of Virginia Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia South Fork Sleepy Creek 27 December 1769 400 acres

William Bailey Colony of Virginia Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia South Fork Sleepy Creek 17 February 1777 200 acres

Silas Bailey Commonwealth of Virginia (Lord Fairfax died in 1781) South Fork Sleepy Creek 23 September 1789 390 acres

John Bailey Commonwealth of Virginia South side Third Hill 30 May 1794 120 acres

Total 1,310 acres After examination of deeds and other documents, one could reach the following conclusions: Either William Bailey or John Bailey, Sr. (or Jonathan) immigrated from Scot­ land, or Ireland, about 1730. He may have immigrated to Philadelphia, traveled to central Pennsylvania, then to Maryland and finally to the Oakland (Sleepy Creek) area of Frederick County, Commonwealth of Virginia (later Berkeley County, Virginia, and now Morgan County, West Virginia). Page 5 Bailey's of Berkeley County

John Bailey, Sr. was married to Nancy (also known as Ann, her surname is not known to us). They patented 200 acres in the Sleepy Creek area of Berkeley County (now referred to as the Oakland community) on December 23, 1769. This 200-acre farm is referred to in several deeds of contiguous property. Their sons are (or may be):

John Bailey, Jr. and his wife "Jenny". John Bailey, Jr. may be the purchaser of the 120-acre parcel on Sleepy Creek, alluded to above, as of May 30, 1794.

William Bailey and his wife Elizabeth. William Bailey would appear to be the purchaser of the two patents referred to above in 1769 and 1777.

William and John Bailey are listed as being in the 1st Battalion, Captain Biggs's and Captain Springer's Company's of the Revolutionary army.

Silas Bailey, owner of the 390-acre farm referred to above. Silas Bailey is alluded to as a chain-man in a December 1768 registered survey.

Andrew Bailey is reported to have been a chain-man in a registered 1778 survey.

John Bailey, Jr. and his wife "Jenny" may have had the following sons:

John Bailey, III, owned land in Berkeley County in 1779. He married Elizabeth Long in 1785. Christian Streit was the minister.

Basil Bailey, bom April 26, 1762 in Prince George Parish, Rock Creek, Frederick County, Maryland, and died March 6, 1794.

Thomas Bailey, bom circa 1765, married Micha Catlett. Died in May, 1849 with a will (copy included herein) written as of May 9, 1843. Thus, Thomas Bailey is the first "Bailey" family member that we know as our ancestor, with a relatively-high level of confidence.

Joel Bailey bom April 25, 1767, married Rachael Moore (bom July 10, 1769) on May 3, 1788. John Montgomery was the minister at their marriage.

Thomas Bailey left a will naming his wife and children as heirs. Thomas married Micha (the spelling in the Thomas Bailey will) Catlett. Micha is reported to be the daughter of William Catlett and Ursula Bailey. Page 6 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Their children are:

William Bailey, bom September 8, 1795 in Berkeley County, Virginia. He married Drucilla Bohrer on April 7, 1818 in Berkeley County. He died April 13, 1864 near Clarks Hill, in Clinton County, Indiana.

Elizabeth Bailey, bom in 1797 in Virginia, married George Unger December 20, 1817 in Berkeley County, died in 1860.

Bazil Bailey, bom in 1801. He married Sarah Shocky (bom in 1805). He died April 9, 1872 and is buried in Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

Jonathan Bailey is reported to have left Ohio with the Mormons. John Bailey is mentioned as one of the Thomas Bailey sons in the Thomas Bailey will that is dated May 9, 1843, when many of the family live in Indiana. We need more information on Jonathan Bailey and would like to know what happened to him in later life.

Hannah Bailey, bom June 30, 1809, married Adam Bohrer (nephew of Drucilla Bohrer Bailey) in Berkeley County. Died June 22, 1887. Buried with Adam in the Bohrer I cemetery on Timber Ridge, Paul Largent farm, Oakland (Sleepy Creek) Morgan County, West Virginia.

Nancy Bailey, bom in 1811 in Berkeley County, married Henry Keedy (the spelling from the Thomas Bailey will) January 26, 1829 in Berkeley County.

Silas Bailey, bom October 11, 1814, married Sarah Trotter January 1, 1835, died at Cleveland, Ohio. Please refer to his son's (Henry E. Bailey) story later in this narrative.

Samuel Bailey may have been bom in 1816 (per 1850 Clinton County Census). Samuel Bailey is not mentioned as a son in the 1843 Thomas Bailey will.

William Bailey's move from Virginia to Indiana is related by Marjorie Paul. Marjorie O. Paul of Lafayette, Indiana, who in one letter describes herself as a family historian, provided some of our knowledge of the Bailey family history. She wrote that Thomas Bailey was the son of Jonathan Bailey, who is reported to have emigrated from Scotland to Virginia in about 1750. Thomas Bailey, who was married to Michah Catlett, had several children including William Bailey who was bom in 1795. William Bailey (married to Drusilla Bohrer) is the father of Fill Pendleton Bailey, who is the father of Owen C. Bailey. Page 7 Bailey's of Berkeley County

The most accurate Bailey history is from Ida Bailey Gable, reported by Mar­ jorie Paul to have been written about 1920. Ida Bailey Gable sets out the following chronology: The most complete information on the Wm. Bailey and his children is given for Silas, youngest son of Thomas and Micah (Catlett) Bailey. Silas was bom in Morgan County Virginia on October 11, 1814 [Silas was actually bom in Berkeley County, Vir­ ginia, since Morgan County was not created until 1820]. Silas married Mary Trotter, daughter of William and Barbara (Dick) Trotter (who was bom November 8, 1809 in Hampshire Coun­ ty, Virginia). The marriage took place January 1, 1835 in Virginia.

They came to Ohio to William Bailey's (his older brother) in the fall of 1838 driving an ox team on what was called The National Pike, helping William do his harvesting. They then came to William Bailey Indiana in the fall of 1839 spending the 1895—1864 first winter in Laramie Township, Tippe­ canoe County - they moved to a log house on the Shocky place [does this refer to Mary Shockey, sister of William and Silas Bailey?] on March 15, 1840. William Bailey moved from Virginia to Ross County, Ohio, near Chillicothe in 1827, living there until 1839 when they moved to Clinton County, Indiana. At this point, Marjorie Paul adds - "Laramie Township, Tippecanoe County was within 15 or 20 miles of Manson, Indiana, where William Bailey settled. I don't know where the Shocky place was, but imagine it was in the community of Manson". Page 8 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Further, Ida Gable's history says "Jonathon Bailey was bom in Scotland of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Do not know date of his coming to America, or the date of his birth which is supposed to have been about 1750 or a few years later". William and Drucilla Bohrer Bailey had the following children: Fill Pendleton Bailey, bom April 10, 1823 in Berkeley County. He married Hagar (Susan) Johnston December 5, 1843 in Clinton County, Indiana, just east of the community of Clarks Hill (which is just over the County line in Tippecanoe County). Hagar died October 12, 1887 in Clarks Hill, Indiana. Hagar Johnston's family can be traced to 1508 in Basel, Switzerland. Fill Pendleton married Deborah McCain in 1890, after Hagar's death. Bell Jane Bailey, bom in 1821, married Amaziah Gillfillen, bom in 1816. Bell Jane and Amaziah are listed in the 1850 U.S. Census as living with their six children, and Samuel Bailey (age 34), in Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana. Samuel Bailey, bom December 21, 1825 in Sleepy Creek, Morgan County, Virginia, married Evaline A. Hinton May 27, 1851 in Clinton County, Indiana. Died July 24, 1895, Clinton County, Indiana. Tighlman Bailey, bom June 4, 1828 in Ross County, Ohio, married Clara Ella Ely June 18, 1856 in Clinton County, Indiana. Died March 30, 1897 in Clinton County, Indiana. Rosanna Bailey, bom July 16, 1835, married Thomas Gillfillen in 1853 in Clinton County, Indiana, died September 21, 1919 in Clinton County, Indiana. After the death of Thomas Gillfillen, Rosanna married Henry Stinson. Sarah Ann Bailey, bom in 1833, died December 1, 1854 in Clinton County, Indiana. Page 9 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Silas Bailey, bom March 10, 1838 in Ross County, Ohio, married Elizabeth Deford December 23, 1859 in Clinton County, Indiana. Died May 21, 1919 in Clinton County, Indiana.

Caroline Bailey is not listed in the 1850 U.S. Census for Clinton County.

Fill Pendleton Bailey is referred to in History of Clinton County, Perry Township, Page 799 as follows:

F. P. Bailey, farmer, Section 29, 10, 28, 7, and 34, Perry Town­ ship, was bom in Morgan County, Virginia, April 10, 1823, and when he was five years of age the family moved to Ross County, Ohio, fifteen miles from Chillicothe, where they lived 13 years on rented land. In 1839 they moved to this county, where Mr. Bailey has since resided.

His father, William Bailey, was bom in Morgan County, Virgin­ ia, August (sic.) 8, 1795, where he was reared and married to Drusilla Bore (sic). He died April 13, 1864 on the old home­ stead, universally loved and respected by all who knew him. His death cast a gloom over the whole neighborhood. He held the office of Justice of the Peace four years, and was never sued in his life. The mother of F. P. was also bom in Morgan County, February 17, 1797, and died January 29, 1859, in the hope of blessed immortality.

Both parents are buried in Shiloh Church Cemetery. Their children were — Jane, wife of Amaziah Gilifilling, bom August 8, 1820, in Morgan County, now living in Polk County, Iowa, twelve miles southwest of Des Moines, Iowa; F. P., the subject of this sketch; Samuel; Tighlman; Caroline, wife of Andrew McBride, who is now deceased; Sarah A.; Rose; Ann, who first married Thomas Gilifilling, and after his death, married Henry Stinson; and Silas, {bom} December 5, 1843, Page 10 Bailey's of Berkeley County

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Silas Bailey home in Indiana. William's home is to the right. Mr. Bailey married Hagar Johnston, daughter of Enoch and Catherine (Shobe) Johnston who was bom in Ross County, Ohio, November 8, 1825. Her parents were natives of Virginia, where they were reared and married, and then moved to Ross County. They came to this county after Hagar was grown. The father died in this county, and the mother in Tippecanoe County; both are buried in Laramie Township. Mrs. Bailey died April 13, 1880, and is buried in Shiloh Church Cemetery. Eleven children were bom to Fill Pendleton and Hagar Johnston. Bailey, viz — Nancy J., bom December 8, 1844, married Rash Myers; William M., bom October 15, 1846, died December 5, 1883; Charlotte C, bom April 2, 1849; Drusilla S., bom June 4, 1851, and died October 8, 1866; Tilman H., bom June 5, 1853, and died February 20, 1878; Burr, bom September 11, 1855; Noah J. [John], bom July 28, 1857; Zed, bom June 5, 1859, died August 8, Page 12 Bailey's of Berkeley County

following, and is buried in Tippecanoe County; Marceline, bom March 31, 1862, and died August 4, 1884; Fannie B., bom November 25, 1866, and died April 13, 1886; and Owen C, bom July 7, 1870. Thomas Bailey, the grandfather of F. R, was a son of an Irishman, who came to America with his family, and settled in Morgan County, Virginia, where he died. His grandfather Bore (sic) was of German descent. Mr. Bailey owns 361 acres of land in Perry Township and 160 acres in Sumner County, Kansas. After his marriage he rented land for several years, and then purchased the land he had rented. He served as county commissioner two terms and has been township trustee three years. He was once elected justice of the peace, but did not qualify. In politics he is a Democrat, as was his father also.

FAMILY OF JOHN BAILEY, SR. AND ANN

John Bailey, Sr. and Ann (surname not known) had the following children: John Bailey, Jr., bom 1730, married to Jenny William Bailey married to Elizabeth Silas Bailey Andrew Bailey We need more information on the descendants of William, Silas, and Andrew, John Bailey, Jr. and Jenny had the following children: Basil Bailey, bom April 26, 1762 in Prince George Parish, Rock Creek, Frederick County, Commonwealth of Virginia. Page 13 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Thomas Bailey, bom about 1765, married Micha Catlett.

Joel Bailey, bom April 25, 1767, married Rachael Moore May 3, 1788.

John Bailey, III, married Elizabeth Long in 1785. Christian Streit is recorded as being the minister.

Elizabeth Bailey, married Joseph Stanley March 1, 1793 in Berkeley County, Virginia.

Bazil, Basil, Bassil, Bazzil, (perhaps named after Basel, Switzerland?) Bailey was bom in 1798 (Donahoe Bailey Chronology) or 1801 (1850 Census). He was the son of Thomas Bailey and Micha Catlett Bailey. Bazil Bailey married Sarah Shocky. He died April 9, 1872 in Clinton County, Indiana. The Bazil referred to by Donahoe may have been the son of Basil Bailey who was the son of John Bailey, Jr., and brother of Thomas Bailey and John Bailey, III.

The 1850 Census for Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana lists Bazzil (sic) Bailey, 49, and Sarah (Shocky) Bailey, 45. Bazzil is listed as a "farmer". In addition to Bazzil and Sarah, three children are listed as living in the same household. They are Catherine Groves, 15, Mary A. Penrod, 12, and Sarah Penrod, 7. Are Catherine, Mary and Sarah children of Sarah Shocky Bailey by an earlier marriage?

Tighlman Bailey, son of William and Drucilla (Bohrer) Bailey is des­ cribed in a Historical Sketch set out in 1895 as follows:

Tighlman Bailey — Prominent among the well-know citizens of Clinton County is Tighlman Bailey, who was bom in Ross County, Ohio, on the fourth day of June 1828. He is descended from Scotch-Irish ancestry on the father's side and maternally is of German lineage. From the best information obtainable, it appears that the family settled originally in Virginia before the war of the Revolution and in that state the subject's parental great-grandfather became a planter of large means. Thomas Bailey, grandfather of the subject, was bom in Berkeley County, Virginia, where he lived and died, and where, like his Page 14 Bailey's of Berkeley County

ancestors before him, he became a wealthy planter. He married in his native state Rebecca Williamson (sic), and had a family of eight children, namely: William, Elizabeth, Bazel, Mary, Nancy, Samuel, Hannah, and Silas. He [probably referring to his son, William Bailey, who was bom in 1795] was a patriot in the war of 1812, enlisting at the age of eighteen and was present at the bombardment of Fort McHenry near Baltimore.

William Bailey, father of the subject, was bom August (sic) 8, 1795 in Morgan County, [he was, of course, bom in Berkeley County as Morgan County was not created until later] Virginia, and there married Drusilla Bohrer, daughter of Adam and Barbara Bohrer, both parents of German descent, the father having been bom upon the ocean, [see Bohrer family sheets - this "bom upon the ocean" does not appear to be correct], William Bailey was by occupation a miller. He lived in his native state until 1825, at which time he emigrated to Ross County, Ohio, where he followed agricultural pursuits until his removal to Clinton County, Indiana, about the year of 1839. On coming to Clinton County, Mr. Bailey settled in Perry Township, where he purchased eighty acres of land, to which he made additions from time to time until he became the pos­ sessor of over 380 acres. He died April 13, 1864. Mrs. Bailey departed this life in the month of January, 1850. The following are the names of their children - Belle Jane, Fill Pendleton, Samuel, Tighlman, Caroline, Sarah, Rose, and Silas. Tighlman accompanied his parents to Clinton County, Indiana, when eleven years of age, and easily recalls many incidents of the journey, which was made to the new country in the middle of a bitterly-cold winter. The father preceded the family and prepared, for their reception, a small log cabin, in size about sixteen by eighteen feet. In this primitive dwelling, surrounded by deep forests, in which numerous wild animals found shel­ ter, life in the backwoods commenced in earnest. Page 15 Bailey's of Berkeley County

The early life of Mr. Bailey was one of unceasing activity and he found much to do in assisting his father in clearing the farm, in consequence of which his educational advantages were somewhat limited. On the fifteenth of June 1856, he was united in marriage with Clara Ely, daughter of John and Hagar (Shobe) Ely. Mrs. Bailey's parents came to Indiana from Fayette County, Ohio, in 1837, and the father was for a number of years a teacher in the schools of Montgomery County. He was a man of fine intellectual attainments, served as justice of the peace and in other official positions, and is remembered as a very earnest member of the Methodist Church. He died in March 1845, and his wife was laid to rest on the fifth day of December, 1847. The Ely's came originally from England and the Shobe family is of German extraction. After his marriage, Mr. Bailey began the pursuit of agriculture on a farm of 100 acres in Perry Township, and later, he added to his original place until he now owns 150 acres, and is recog­ nized as one of the most successful farmers in the community where he resides. In 1867 he identified himself with the Methodist Protestant church, and in 1870 he yielded to a desire of long standing and entered the ministry, in the active work of which he has been successfully engaged ever since. For a period of ten years he had regular charge, including four different circuits, and through his instrumentality over six hundred persons were converted and added to the church. Mr. Bailey has a military record of which he feels deservedly proud, and few soldiers had a more thrilling experience than he in fighting for their country during the last rebellion. On the fourteenth of August 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Eighty- sixth Indiana Infantry, and saw his first active service in Ken- Page 16 Bailey's of Berkeley County

tucky while under the command of Gen. Buell. He participated in the bloody battles of Perryville and Stone River, in the later of which he was captured by the enemy and sent to the famous Libby prison at Richmond. After an incarceration of about one month he was exchanged, and, rejoining his command in Ten­ nessee, took part in the battle of Chickamauga, where he nar­ rowly escaped death a number of times on that hotly contested field. He was in the battle of Missionary Ridge and all the leading battles of the Atlanta campaign, where for a number of weeks his command was constantly exposed to the fire of the enemy. He had many narrow escapes at Bussard's Roost and Kenesaw Mountain and other engagements.

On account of sickness brought on by exposure, he was com­ pelled to leave the ranks, and at intervals was treated in the hospitals at Marietta, Chattanooga, Nashville and Jefferson- ville.

After spending a short time at home on furlough, Mr. Bailey rejoined his regiment at Pulaski, Tennessee, in season to take part in a number of battles, including Jonesboro, Franklin and Nashville, in the latter of which he was for two days engaged in the hottest part of the fight. In the spring of 1865 he ac­ companied his command to Richmond to aid Grant, but at Jonesboro was ordered back and then returned to Nashville a short time thereafter, where on the twelfth day of June of the same year, he was honorably discharged from the service. He was a survivor of the war, 359,528 Union soldiers lost their lives that the Nation might endure.

It will thus be seen that Mr. Bailey's military experience was in every way an honorable one, and, during his period of three years service he never shrank from nor hesitated to perform any duty, however dangerous. In civil life, Mr. Bailey has a record that entitles him to the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, and against his character as an upright and courteous Christian gentleman no breech of suspicion has ever Page 17 been uttered. Politically he is a prohibitionist. Silas Bailey, the youngest son of Thomas Bailey and Micha Catlett Bailey was bom October 11, 1814 in Berkeley County, Virginia. He married Sarah Trotter January 12, 1835 in Virginia.

Sarah was bom November 8, 1809. She is the daughter of William Trotter and Barbara Dick. Silas died in October 1852 in Cleveland, Ohio, while return­ ing from an attempt to travel to the California gold fields, intending to travel the route by sea. Sarah died in 1871. Their children are: Malinda Jane Bailey, bom December 10, 1835. Nun Bailey was bom January 29, 1837 in the Sleepy Creek area of Berkeley County, Virginia. He married Matilda Ely April 1, 1869 in Indiana, and died June 21, 1923 in Clinton County, Indiana. William Thomas Bailey, bom July 14, 1838, married Harriet Rogers in 1868. Silas Bailey Dorothy Bailey, bom March 19, 1840, married William 1838-1917 Stonebraker in 1867. Barbara Micha Bailey, bom 1843, died 1851. John Bailey, bom November 14, 1845, married Alice Shocky September 1877. Henry E. Bailey, bom November 27, 1847. Henry's story is included below as part of this narrative. NOTE: The 1850 Census for Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana, lists: Silas, 35 farmer Sarah, 32 Malinda J. 14 Ann, 13 William T. 11 Page 18 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Dorothy, 10 Barbara M. 8 John 4 Henry C. 2

Why Nun Bailey, age 13, is not listed remains a mystery.

A 1913 Historical Sketch of Nun Bailey is quoted as follows:

It is with a degree of satisfaction that the biographer has an opportunity at this juncture to write the following biograph­ ical memoir of the pioneer farmer and well-known citizen whose name appears above (BAILEY, Nun), who has been for many decades active in the affairs of Clinton County. The readers of this book, especially the younger generation, will doubtless gain inspiration from perusing these para­ graphs to lead more industrious, kindlier and worthier lives, seeing what the life of Mr. Bailey has accomplished, not only individually, but for the locality as well, affecting all with whom he has come into contact in an uplifting manner. He came with his parents to this section of the state in pio­ neer times and he assisted in bringing about the transfor­ mation of the locality in the wild condition in which it was found at the time of his arrival to its later day progress and improvement.

Nun Bailey, who has spent the major portion of his life in Perry Township, he being now seventy-six years of age, was bom on the old Bailey homestead in Virginia in 1837. He is a son of Silas Bailey, and a grandson of Thomas Bailey, a soldier in the war of 1812, in which war, William Bailey, a son of the latter, also fought. Thomas Bailey was a son of Jonathan Bailey, a horse trader and dealer in old Virginia in the Colonial period and he bought and sold horses for the soldiers in the Revolutionary war. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He got hold of a good deal of contin­ ental money, but by reason of its depreciation he lost most Page 19 Bailey's of Berkeley County

of his fortune. However, the government later redeemed this scrip or continental money. Silas Bailey married Sarah Trotter, a native of Virginia and a daughter of William Trotter, also a native of that state. Silas Bailey and family removed to Ross County, Ohio in 1838, thence to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in 1839, and soon thereafter came on to Clinton County where they established their permanent home in Jackson Township. Seven (sic) children were bom to Silas Bailey and wife: Melinda Jane Nun William Thomas, a soldier in the Civil War, Dorothy Barbara Micah John, and Henry E. William Trotter, maternal grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Silas Bailey, mentioned above, started for the California gold fields, intending to go by water, in 1852, but died of cholera at Cleveland, Ohio, and there he was buried. He left a widow and six children. The mother died at the age of sixty-three. The father of our subject was an ex­ ceptionally-large man physically, being six feet and six inches in height. Our subject had an uncle Trotter who was over six feet and seven inches tall. He came of a sturdy race on both sides of the house. Nun Bailey was reared on the home farm where he found plenty of hard work to do when a boy. He received a meager education in a log cabin school of the primitive type, the cabin being furnished with slab seats, sod floor, greased paper for window panes, and a large stove in one end. He was married on April 1, 1869 to Matilda Ely, who was bom in Montgomery Page 20 Bailey's of Berkeley County

County, Indiana, and there reared to womanhood, receiving a good common school education. She was a daughter of John Ely and wife, both natives of Ohio, established the family home in Montgomery County where they spent the rest of their lives on a farm.

Mr. Bailey is owner of a valuable farm of one hundred and fifty-three acres which he has kept well-improved and well- cultivated, and which has retained its original fertility under his skillful management. He carries on general and mixed farming and stock raising. He has a comfortable home and such outbuildings and improved farming implements as his needs require. His family consists of five children:

Laura, now living in this County,

Guy, living in North Dakota,

Jonah B., owns a good seventy-acre farm in Perry Township,

Jessie C, lives in Colfax, and

Bertha, married to Floyd Frederick The death of the mother of the above named children occurred on March 30, 1899. She was a good Christian woman, kind and neighborly, and raised her children well, proving to be a faithful helpmeet to her husband during their married career of forty years. She was optimistic, always seeing the silver lining in the dark clouds that overcast life's skies for everyone. She was a worthy member of the Christian Church, to which Mr. Bailey also belongs. He is a staunch advocate of the church and school work and has encouraged both all his life. He has always been noted for his kindness, steady habits and spirit of helpfulness. His home is known far and near as a place of old- time hospitality. Page 21 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Henry E. Bailey's Story

We are fortunate to have a carefully prepared 12-page typewritten letter written by Henry E. Bailey, son of Silas Bailey and brother of Nun Bailey, written in 1931, at the age of 84, to his nephew Thomas H. Bailey. Of particular interest is Henry's report of his father's (Silas Bailey) aborted attempt to travel to the California gold fields and his unfortunate demise at Cleveland during the trip. The contents of this letter are set out below with the correction of some very minor typographical errors. The infor­ mation set out in brackets is inserted by the transcriber in an effort to clarify the narrative. The knowledge we possess of the ancestry of our race of the Bailey people extends no farther back than to our great-grand father Jonathan Bailey. He was said to be of Scotch-Irish descent. But whether he was bom in the highlands of Scotland, in North Ireland, or in the Colony of Virginia we know not. He was a "horse trader in the Revolutionary War", that is, he bought, and sold horses to the "American Army" during that war. In this way he accumulated a large amount of what was know at that time as continental paper money. History will give you a very good account of this money, so we need not enlarge our story relative to the value of said money, other than to say that his grand-children made use of some of his accumulation for book marks or thumb papers, as we used to call them. As to Mrs. Jonathan Bailey, our great grandmother, the writer of this sketch knows absolutely nothing at all. Mother never men­ tioned her name in my presence. Whether mother ever knew anything of, or about her or not, is a question that cannot be answered by myself. It is probable that she passed on before her grandchildren were old enough to remember anything about her. Now remember that this last remark is just simply a conjec­ ture, it is a very difficult matter to write a family sketch in the absence of written records, or first hand information. In the task before us we have no written records and very scanty first hand knowledge. This is due, no doubt to the fact that the old race of Baileys were a people that never said much about the saying or Page 22 Bailey's of Berkeley County

doing of their ancestry or themselves. To our great grandfather, and great grandmother, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Bailey, two children were bom, both boys. One of these boys, as I have oft heard mother say, left home at an early age and was never heard of afterwards. Whether they had other children than the one above-mentioned, and the one about to be mentioned, I never heard mother say. Of course, you will readily recognize the fact that great-grandfather and great- grandmother Bailey were mother's grandparents by marriage. The other boy, Thomas, remained in Virginia and married a Miss Moica Catlett. We will now speak of them as grandfather and grandmother Bailey. All the knowledge I have of grandmother Bailey (nee Chattel) family is that relating to herself, she was the wife of Thomas Bailey as above stated. They became the parents of quite a numerous family consisting of four boys and four girls. The emigration fever seems never to have disturbed them. They lived and reared their family, and passed away in their old "Virginia Home". They were a well-to-do people as "well-to-do" meant in their day and time. Their boys were William, Basil, Samuel, and Silas. Their girls were Hannah, Nancy, Mary, and Elizabeth. They, of course with one exception, were our uncles and aunts, and will be spoken of as uncles and aunts. I can give no dates as to birth and marriage (except the one), nor the birth and marriage of their children. Uncle William married a Miss Drusilla Bohrer, and emigrated to Ross County, Ohio, thence to Clinton County, Indiana, where they lived the remainder of their lives. Their children were Phil P. Bailey [Fill Pendleton Bailey] his wife was Miss Hagar Johnson [Johnston]. Samuel Bailey married a Miss Hinton. Tillman [Tighlman] Bailey married Miss Cera [Clara] Ely and Silas Bailey married a daughter of Mrs. Deford. Page 23 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Their girls were Jane, her married name Mrs. Amazia [Amaziah] Gilfillin. Rose, who also married a Thomas Gilfillin and after his decease she married Henry Stinson, another of their girls [Caroline] was married to Andrew McBride. Her married life was brief, a year possibly, a little more. She passed away before I was old enough to know anything about them. Their other daughter [Sarah Ann] died in her young womanhood days [at age 21 on December 1, 1854].

This completes Uncle Bill's family, that is what we kids always called him.

Another son of grandfather Thomas and grandmother Moica Bailey was Basis [Bassil]. His wife's maiden name was Miss Sarah Shockey [Shocky]. They had one son and gave him the name of Basil. I never knew his first wife's maiden name. After her death he remarried another lady, and that is the sum of my knowledge relative to young Basil as I moved to Missouri a short time after­ ward.

Samuel Bailey, who lived and died a bachelor. The last one of their boys to be enumerated is, or was Silas, he was our father and as a matter of course, your grandfather, the notice of whom, though brief, will be given later.

Some of our people seem to have considerable amusement about the way I spelled Uncle Basil's name. We always called him Uncle Bazzle as though his name was spelled that way. But the correct way of spelling his name is: Bas-il, (not B-asil) accent on the first syllable an "a" as in "at" and "i" as "it", and "s", is sounded as Z in zest, do you get me?

Now, let us rum to grandfather Thomas and grandmother Moica's girls. Aunt Hannah was married to Adam Bohrer, they never came west. I never knew anything about their family. We occasionally heard from them till the Civil War came on and after that, nothing. Aunt Nancy's husband's name was Henry Keedy. They were married in Virginia as were all the rest of grandfather and grand- Page 24 Bailey's of Berkeley County

mother's children. They moved to Indiana and located in Clinton County where they resided ever after. Their children were as follows: Joseph, he lived to a ripe old age and died as he had always lived, a bachelor. Trotter Keedy, married a Miss Hanna Appleby. Uriah Keedy who died in his young manhood. Their girls were Jane, who became the wife of William Michaels and Rachel was married to Moss Whiteinger. Aunt Elizabeth married a Mr. Uing. They came to Indiana and located in Carroll County, as to their children, I never saw but one of them, and I do not remember his name. Of course there were several children in their family, but how many I do not know. Their only remaining daughter, Mary, married George Shockey [Shocky]. They moved to Louisville, Kentucky. Where she died.

After Aunty Mary's decease, Uncle George married another woman by the name of Mary, and us kids always called her Aunt Mary, just as if she was our real aunt. After his second marriage Uncle George moved to Indiana and located in Clinton County. In his first mar­ riage three children were bom to them, two girls and a son, his girls remained in Louisville, one of them married a Mr. Brown, what ever became of the other I never knew. Samuel came with his father to Indiana and married a lady by the name of Perrod, who his second wife was, I never knew. To Uncle George's second marriage three children were bom, Kate who married Henry Harshman. Emma, whose husband was a Mr. Groce, or Gross, and Robert, still single the last I knew of him.

This brings us to our mother's side of the house, which will now claim our attention. Our grandfather was a William Trotter. He had one, or more brothers, probably more but who their ancestry was and from whence they sprang has never been revealed to me. But, I do not think that they were like Topsy in "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Just growed". At any rate our first knowledge of him was that he resided in Virginia, his wife was a Miss Barbara Dick. But as to who the Dicks were beyond grandmother Trotter (nee Dick) is unknown to me. They, like our great-grandfather and grandfather Bailey, knew something about their ancestry, but what ever they Page 25 Bailey's of Berkeley County

knew, they were a great success in keeping it to themselves. [Which makes sense since they signed their name with a mark, indicating an inability to write!].

But so far as we know anything about them, they were Virginians. To grandfather and grandfather Trotter, nine children were bom. Sarah was the oldest child of their family, whose sketch will be given with that of Silas Bailey. The other two girls were Mary, who married a man by the name of Trotter* presumably a cousin. They had five children, as follows Charles, Jackson, William, Wilson, and Rebecca. I have lost all trace of them. The other girl, Rebecca, never married. Their boys were Nathan, who went to Ohio, he there married a Miss Louise Fola. The writer knows nothing relative to their family. To Hiram, whose first wife was a Miss Stotler, three children were bom to them, Peter married a Miss Yeager, an Indiana girl. Catherine, death claimed her while she was yet single.

Mary, who married Andrew McBride, was a widower and son-in- law of Uncle Bill Bailey.

After his first wife's death* Uncle Hiram married a Miss Haming. This was also a Virginia wedding To this marriage seven children were bom, as follows: Nathan, who married a Miss Merrill; Elisabeth, who married Captain J. B. Lester; Virginia, who married David Inskip; John, who married a Miss Funston; Albert; married, but I do not know who his wife was; Barbara, whose husband was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Teets; and lastly, Jane, who married Oscar Mulvain. After Uncle Hiram's second marriage, they moved to Indiana and from there to Illinois.

John Trotter lived a Bachelor until about fifty years of age, and then married a Miss Elizabeth Teets a daughter of the old gentleman and lady mentioned above, two children were bom to them, a girl and a boy. The girl lived in Champaign City, so I was told. I never had any knowledge of their son. Jackson Trotter was a bachelor all his life. William married Miss Matilda Branch. I was told that one of their sons lived in Monticello. I did not get to see him when I was Page 26 Bailey's of Berkeley County

in that town 14 years ago this past summer. I know nothing more about their family. Eligah Trotter married a Miss Alice Sweitzer, their children I never knew anything about them. After Aunt Alice died. Uncle Eligah remarried, and that is all I know about them. This may seem to you, a long tedious narration, but it is necessary to give you some idea, though it seems to me a very brief one, as to who and where our people sprang. From now to the close of this sketch we shall speak of our father and mother and their children and grandchildren as far as we have any knowledge of them. Now sit up and take notice! Silas Bailey, our father, was a son of Thomas and Moica Bailey, and a grandson of Jonathan Bailey. He was bom in Morgan County Virginia [actually Berkeley County, as Morgan County was not formed until 1820!] October 11, 1814. Sarah Bailey, our Mother, who was a daughter of William and Barbara Trotter, was bom in Hampshire [County], Virginia, November 9, 1808. They were married on New Years Day, 1835. A little more than three and a half years of their early married life was completed in their native State. Three of their children were bom there, namely, Malindy Jane, Nun, and William Thomas. Virginia, at that time as we all know, was a slave state. There was very little opportunity for folks, who were in moderate circumstances, and desirous to get ahead and have something laid by for a rainy day, to get much of a start in their native home. So, they concluded to go "West" as it was called in that day by people who had the "emigrant fever". Baby William Thomas was just nine weeks old, he was bom July 4, 1838. When they loaded their material wealth into a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen and were off for the West.

I have often heard mother tell about crossing the Blue Ridge Moun­ tains. She carried baby Thomas in her arms and walked over the mountains while father walked and drove the ox team. After crossing Blue Ridge they headed for Russ [Ross] County, Ohio. Uncle Bill Bailey had located in that County some time previously. Page 27 Bailey's of Berkeley County

They made their home in Ross County for about a year, father working on the National Turn Pike road that was then being built through that section of Ohio. He also worked in harvest for his brother. Not being quite satisfied with the outlook in Ross County, Ohio, they again concluded to try their fortune further west. Father had disposed of the ox team, and placed in their stead a span of horses loaded up their personal effects, then mother, the three Virginia kids and himself, hopped into the wagon and they were off again, this time, of course, for Indiana, where they arrived safely and in due season. They located in Tippecanoe County on Laramie Creek near the Clinton Court [county] line. This was in the autumn of 1839. In the spring of 1840 they moved over into Clinton County to the Shockey [Shocky] farm. This move was made in the month of March, and in a very short time after their removal to this farm, a little girl put in her appearance for bed and board, and they gave her the name of Dorothy. Her birth date was March 19, 1840.

Father was a farmer and a laborer and lived on rented farms. But at any rate their remaining three children were bom in Clinton County. The first of the three to be mentioned was Barbara Moica. Brother Nun seems to be in doubt as to the year in which she was bom. She (sic.) says it was either 1842 or 1843. It must have been the year 1842, for I distinctly remember hearing mother say that she was nine years old when the "Pale Horse and His Rider" called and took her away. She was laid to rest in the burying ground at Shiloh Church, Clinton County, in the autumn of 1851. Brother Thomas told me when visiting him in the summer of 1916 that we had lost all trace of her grave. John was bom November 14, 1845 and Henry E., November 27, 1847. My first recollection of home life was on the Burr Braden farm. How long we had lived there when Barbara Moica was called away I know not. My recollection of her is very indistinct. But certain it is that none of us three last mentioned kids were bom on that farm. In January 1875, brother Nun and I were attending a lawsuit in Page 28 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Frankfort. The weather was extremely cold and it was after night fall on our return to his home. As we were plodding along, we passed a farm house. Brother Nun said to me: "Henry, here is the place where you were bom." I asked him no questions as to who owned the place when father and mother lived there. But, my impression is that they moved directly from this farm to the Braden farm. The discovery of gold in California in 1848 in Captain Sutter's mill race, fired up the ambition of many people to become gold diggers. To go to that El Dorado and acquire a fortune, then come home and live in luxury and retirement the rest of their lives was the great theme that occupied their minds. So father and one of his nephews, Tillman [Tighleman] Bailey, and Jefferson Trotter, one of father's cousins by marriage, concluded to make the trip to California and try their luck in the gold fields.

Jefferson Trotter was a son of Matthew Trotter. Mathew Trotter was a brother of mother's father. In other words, he was a brother of our grandfather and of course mother's Uncle. His wife was Elizabeth Keedy, a sister of Henry Keedy and their children were full cousins of mother and cousins to father by marriage. Do you get me?

The California Trip. So everything being ready, on Monday morn­ ing, September 27, 1852, they started on the trip, little thinking of the sad ending that awaited them. Travel in those days was difficult and slow compared with travel in these days of get-up-go. So we will not dwell on the many twists and turns they had to make to reach New York City where they intended to take shipping to San Francisco, California. But on their arrival in New York City, Jeffer­ son Trotter, on seeing the great ocean on which they were to sail, suddenly got cold feet and declared that he was at the end of his journey, and that he was going home to Indiana. Here was a dilemma! What was to be done? Father wanted to go on, Jefferson refused to go any further. Tillman [Tighleman] acted as arbiter, and his counsel with father prevailed. The conclusion Page 29 Bailey's of Berkeley County

was that they should return home. Tillman remarked to father "Uncle Si, we will go back with Jeff now, and at some future time, you and I will make the trip to the "land of gold". To this father assented, and the homeward journey began. They reached Buffalo, New York, and took shipping for Cleveland, Ohio. While they were crossing the Lake, father was stricken with a very severe illness. No medical aid could be had until they landed in Cleveland the next evening. He was removed from the boat and placed in a little one- horse wagon where he died before aid could reach him. He was taken to the morgue and prepared for interment, and from thence to the cemetery, and laid to rest in the Potter's fields. Thus ended the ill-fated "California Expedition". A sad ending for mother, and us children.

But she proved equal to the emergency. It was easier to feed a family in those days than it was to clothe them. For the simple reason that most of the food stuff was produced on the farm. But, even then it took leadership to manage, to plan, and get results. The two older boys of the family were an immense help to mother because they were old enough to work and had the natural native ability to carry out that which she planed for them to do. Of course the girls, Jane and Dorothy, were a great help but girls cannot fill the place of boys when one is placed in circumstance like our mother had to face. Well, what about the clothing? just this: The wool was dipt from the sheeps, back washed and dried, then taken to a carding machine where it was carded into rolls about 15 or 18 inches in length, and about the thickness of your finger. Then it was brought home and made in yam on the spinning wheel by hand, and after this, it was woven into garment cloth on a loom and the loom was propelled by [foot] power. Then came the cutting and fitting and last but not least, the sewing, which was all done by hand with thimble and needle. She kept us together, nursed and cared for us when we were sick, and hungry we never went, and we were sufficiently clothed to protect us from the rigors of wintry weather. Page 30 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Her plans may not always have been the best nor the wisest, yet when we come to consider that she never turned a cold shoulder to her children, that she made for them a home, fed, clothed and sheltered them and not a single one of her children were ever found "begging bread or asking alms". And we, her children, were deeply indebted to her for what she did for us.

Mother and family continued their residence on the Braidence [Brafford] farm until March, after the Bailey-Cloyd wedding.

In the month of March 1854, they moved to Tippecanoe County. A log cabin and a four, or five-acre tract of land that had been cleared off, was the home for about 18 months. But, they had to go so far to get land to cultivate that it made farming very inconvenient. They then rented a farm of a Mr. Ilgenfritz and moved out on the prairie where they lived from the autumn of 1855 to the autumn of 1859. They then rented another farm owned by John Cloyd and moved onto it, where they lived till the family was broken up, or rather I should have said dissolved by the marriages of the older members. In the meantime, Thomas and John had bought a tract of prairie land in Champaign County, Illinois, and had moved out there. And shortly after Nun's marriage, mother went to Illinois and made her home with Thomas.

She had been an invalid for some time before she went to Illinois. She died at Thomas's home in the autumn of 1871. She was buried in the cemetery a short distance from Shiloh Church. Father and mother Bailey's children were: Malindy Jane, who was bom in Virginia December 10, 1835. She was just a wee bit of a girl when they emigrated to Indiana, grew to womanhood and became the bride of John Cloyd of Tippecanoe County, a widower with five children who had lost his wife by death some two or more years before his marriage with sister Jane. I never knew the exact time of his first wife's demise. They became acquainted at Abner Deharts in Tippecanoe County. Mrs. Abner Dehart was a daughter of Mathew and Elizabeth Trotter, mother's own uncle and aunt, and a Page 31 Bailey's of Berkeley County

sister of Jefferson Trotter elsewhere mentioned in this manuscript. So you see that she was a full cousin of mother's. Dehart was a large farmer, as far as farming was carried on in those days. Mrs. Dehart asked mother to let Jane come to her place and assist her in carrying on her household work. Mother gave her consent, and Jane became a helper with the housework in the Dehart home. While working for Mrs. Dehart, she formed the acquaintance of John Cloyd. Now notice that this was in the summer 1853, immediately following the death of father in 1852. This acquaintance ripened into a love affair that terminated in a wedding that occurred at mother Bailey's home on January the 10 1854, while she lived on the Braden farm in Clinton County, Indiana.

Brother Nun gave me the date of the wedding. He was pretty sure that he was right, and I think so myself. I recorded birth, wedding, and death dates for mother in the family bible. After her death, the bible passed into brother Jehu's [John's] hands, and after his death, it by some means or other got lost or destroyed. This, I regretted very much, but it cannot be helped now so will have to do the next best thing and that is to preserve every item of information that we do possess relative to the family history.

John and Jane's children were Jesse, whose death occurred when he was bordering on young manhood. Henry, died while he was yet a babe. Ritchie, still living, and whose bride was Miss Alice Fiddler. Thomas, still a bachelor, so far as I know. Ellen married, but I do not know her married name. Esther, married name, Walsh, G. M. Walsh. Martha and Annie, both single. Nun, also bom in Virginia, January 29, 1837, married Matilda Ely in the Spring of 69, or if it suits better, to say 1869. This wedding occurred at the home of Tillman Bailey in Clinton County, Indiana. Matilda Ely, who be­ came Mrs. Nun Bailey, was a sister of Mrs. Tillman Bailey. I cannot give the dates on which they passed away. Their children were: Laura, single, Charles, died in his baby days. Guy, still a bachelor, Jonah whose bride was Miss Harslman. His life was cut short by an accident. Jesse, whose bride was Miss Conrad, and Bertha, her husbands name is Fredrick. Page 32 Bailey's of Berkeley County

William Thomas, bom in Virginia July the 4 1838, married Miss Hattie Rogers in November, or December 1868. I have no record of the wedding date, they were married at mother's home in Tippe­ canoe County, Indiana. Their children were John and Sara, both died quite young. Thomas Henry, whose bride was Miss then Mary Ellen, her husband a Mr. Bradlaw, and lastly Hiram, I never knew his wife's maiden name, neither do I know when he passed away. Dorothy, bom March 19, 1840, her husband's name, William Stonebraker, married at mother Bailey's in the winter of 1867 or 1868, it was probably in November, or December, 1867. But, if I am wrong, this can be corrected. Their children were Laura, who always remained single, died Ollie her married name Thompson, Eva, first husband's name Bebot, after his death remarried, but I never knew who the party was. One of their children in babyhood, a little boy, but his name is gone from me. Jesse married but I never knew his wife's maiden name, and lastly their son that is in the ministry. I do not remember his given name. He married a Miss Sparks. Now, whatever errors you find in this last, or omissions correct by under-lining. You are with the folks and can get the information easily. Barbara Moica, bom in 1842, died in her little girlhood days. Jehu [John], bom November 14, 1845. His wife's maiden name was Miss Alice Shocky. Their children were Myrtle, presently married name Jenkins, her former husband I have never heard his name. One of their children died in his baby days, and lastly William Jr. a bachelor. Henry E., the seventh and youngest child of Silas and Sarah Bailey, was bom November 27, 1847, he married Miss Elizabeth Hain on April 16, 1871. Their son, Robert H. Bailey, was bom December 26, 1871, he died August 29, 1928. His first marriage was to Miss Nellie Spoones on January, I think it was the fourth, 1897. But, I am not to be sure as to the date the 4th of the month, but the year Page 33 Bailey's of Berkeley County

and month are absolutely correct, after her death, he again em­ barked in the matrimonial lists which culminated as above stated. This completes my story of our family so far as I have been able to gather the little scraps of knowledge about that which has been embodied in this manuscript. Now Thomas H., this is for you and your family as a keepsake. But please allow all our folks the privilege and pleasure of scanning its contents and making a copy from it for themselves, if they desire to do so, and where they find omissions in this manuscript that I could not supply for want of information, to supply such information if they have the knowledge and wish to do so. I would further suggest that the heads of families take up the subject and keep it going so that the oncoming generations of the family can get a tangible idea as to who they are, and from whence they sprang. As ever, your Uncle Henry E. Bailey, now commencing his 84th year. Farewell to all, both great and small.

Returning to the Bailey Family

And so, after gratefully transcribing the above narrative by Henry E. (for what?) Bailey we will return to the children of Thomas and Micha (Moica) Bailey.

Hannah Bailey, youngest daughter of Thomas Bailey and Micah (Moica) Catlett Bailey was bom June 30, 1809 in the Sleepy Creek community of Berkeley County. Hannah died June 22, 1887. She married Adam Bohrer November 29, 1830 in Sleepy Creek. Adam Bohrer was bom February 10, 1802 and died March 20, 1872. Adam is the son of Issac Bohrer, Sr. and Elizabeth Dick. Issac Bohrer was bom in 1758 and died in 1848. Issac is the brother of Dmcilla Bohrer (wife of William Bailey). Dmcilla was bom February 17, 1797 in Virginia and died January 29, 1859 in Indiana. Drucilla Bohrer Bailey is therefore the aunt of Adam Bohrer, husband of Hannah Bailey. Page 34 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Adam and Hannah Bailey Bohrer are buried in the Bohrer I Cemetery on Timber Ridge, near Sleepy Creek, Oakland, on the Paul Largent farm in what is now Morgan County, West Virginia. Issac and Drucilla's father was John Adam Bohrer who was bom in 1736 and died March 28, 1831. Their mother was Lucinda, who died in 1826. John Adam Bohrer's father was Abraham Bohrer, who was bom in 1699 in Germany and died in 1759 in Frederick County, Maryland. His wife was Anna. Adam and Hannah Bailey Bohrer had twelve children:

Thomas Bohrer, bom in 1831, married Sarah Dehaven

Elizabeth Bohrer, bom in 1833, married Dawson

Ann (Nancy) Bohrer, bom 1835, married Peter Shockey

Mary Bohrer, bom 1839

Elijah Bohrer, bom 1837, married Elizabeth J. Hovermale (1837-1917)

George Bohrer, bom 1841, married Susan Feamow

Issac Bohrer, bom October 11, 1841, died September 11, 1898, married Henrietta Gertrude Statler

Grace Bohrer, bom 1843

Samuel Bohrer, bom October 28, 1844, died June 6, 1899, married Eliza Hoyle

Rebecca Bohrer, bom 1847, married Hovermale

Adam Bohrer, bom 1848, died 1924, married Lucy A. Barker (1856-1922),

and;

Calvin Hunter Bohrer, bom November 24, 1850 (his mother, Hannah, was 41), died November 15,1929. Hunter never married. He is reported to have lived on the Bailey/Bohrer family farm until his death in 1929. Page 35 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Silas Bailey, son of William Bailey, and brother of Fill Pendleton Bailey, was bom in Ross County, Ohio March 10, 1838. He married Elizabeth Deford December 23, 1859. Silas died May 21, 1919 in Clinton County, Indiana. Elizabeth Deford was bom January 28, 1841 and died November 19, 1912. She is the daughter of Joseph and Susan Deford. They had the following children, all of whom were bom in Clinton County, Indiana:

Sarah Elizabeth Bailey, bom December 30, 1860, died January 26, 1891.

Cynthia Salla Bailey, bom August 10,1862, died January 11,1890.

Serena Ella Bailey, bom March 28, 1866.

Pearlie May Bailey, bom October 26, 1867.

William J. Bailey, bom November 5, 1869, died 1879.

Ennis T. Bailey, bom October 24, 1871, died February 22, 1879.

Ollie Jane Bailey, bom July 22, 1875, died 1940.

Grover Cleveland Bailey, bom November 10, 1884, married Nola Belle Keys December 18,1905. He died August 1980 in Frankfort, Indiana.

Grover Cleveland Bailey's biography is included in the Clinton County 1913 Biographies as follows: Although yet a young man, [Grover was 29 at the time of this writing] Grover Cleveland Bailey, owner of Maple Heights farm, in Perry Township, Clinton, County, has proven himself to be capable of successfully carrying on a general farming and stock-raising business with the best of his fellow tillers of the soil in this locality, for in the first place he is a persistent work­ er, is always doing something, and in the second place he is a thinking man, laying his plans well, carefully considering every phase of his business. His methods of farming and his strong nature would give promise of large success in the future in his chosen vocation. Page 36 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Mr. Bailey is descended from one of our highly-honored pio­ neer families and he was bom on the old homestead in Perry Township on November 10, 1884, the son of Silas Bailey and Elizabeth Deford. Here he grew to manhood and was taught the valuable lesson of general farming that has stood him so well in hand after he took up the serious problem of life for himself. He received a good common school education in the schools of his neighborhood. On December 18, 1905, he married Nola Belle Keyes, also a representative of one of our excellent old families, she being a daughter of Stephen Keyes and wife.

To our subject and wife four children were bom, namely:

Dorothy Lucile

Mary Elizabeth

Grace Louise, and

Mildred Druzilla Mary Elizabeth died at the age of five months and eighteen days. Mr. Bailey's farm of fifty-five acres, although small, is one of the best and most productive in the country, and it is always in ship shape and produces a very comfortable annual income. He has a modem eight-room house, well-fumished and standing by a maple grove. His wife is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. Both our subject and wife are highly respected by all who know them and have a plethora of friends throughout the county. Silas Bailey, mentioned above, is one of our well-to-do farmers and public-spirited citizens and an honored veteran of the great Civil War. He was bom in Ross County, Ohio, March 10, 1838, was a son of William Bailey [who was the son of Thomas and Micah Catlett Bailey], a native of Virginia, in which state the Baileys have resided since the old Colonial days. The family is of Scotch-Irish descent. This family has proven themselves to be stanch American citizens and have always been ready to fight in our wars and uphold the law. Page 37 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Silas Bailey enlisted in the Eighty-sixth Indiana Volunteers Infantry in 1862 and served for three years in a faithful and praiseworthy manner, taking part in a number of important campaigns and hard- fought battles and skirmishes, never showing the white feather in any of them. He served under General Rosecrans, fighting under the great commander at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and others, also served for a time under General Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign, and was in the memorable march to the sea.

Silas Bailey married in 1859 Elizabeth Deford, who was bom in Indiana and who died at the old Bailey homestead in this county, November 19, 1912. To this union were bom eleven children, of which only five are living: Sarah, Ollie, Effie, Pearl and Grover. Silas Bailey is the owner of two hundred and seventy-two acres of productive, well-improved and desirable land in Clinton County, and has for many years carried on most successfully general farm­ ing and stock raising on a large scale. He has an attractive home, and, large, good bams.

The Baileys are loyal Democrats in their political affiliation.

Returning to our narrative, Fill Pendleton Bailey, son of William Bailey, and Hagar Johnston Bailey had the following children, all of whom were bom in Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana:

Nancy Jane Bailey, bom December 8, 1844, married Rash Mines (or Myers).

William Martin Bailey, bom October 15, 1846, married Ophelia Russilo. William died December 5, 1883.

Catherine Bailey, bom in 1849.

Danzilla Bailey, bom in 1852.

Tighlman H. Bailey, bom in 1854.

Thomas Burr Bailey, bom in 1855, married Lenore Blenkenstaff August 16, 1877 in Clinton County. Page 38 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Noah John Bailey (John Bailey), bom July 28, 1857, died May 21, 1934 in Clinton County, Indiana. He is buried at the Pioneer Cemetery, Clarks Hill.

Zed Bailey, bom 1860.

Marseline Bailey, bom 1862.

Fannie B. Bailey, bom January 26, 1867, died April 13, 1886.

Owen C. Bailey, bom July 7, 1870, married Hattie L. Bell November 12, 1891 in Clinton County, Indiana. Died March 31, 1931 in San Francisco. Owen and Hattie are buried together in the Union Cemetery, Clinton County, Indiana. Owen C. Bailey was bom on his parent's farm east of Clarks Hill. When he married Hattie Bell, his father (Fill Pendleton Bailey) gave him 40 acres, formerly part of his parent's farm. He farmed, and later owned a saloon in Clarks Hill. He moved to California to join his son Forrest in 1927. He worked as an attendant at Napa State Hos- ^^^ pital (mental hospital) and as an orderly at the Veteran's Hospital in Palo Alto. He died in 1931 of prostate cancer at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. r Owen C. Bailey and Hattie L. Bell had the following children, all of whom were bom in Clinton County, Indiana: Hattie Bell Bailey and Owen c. Bailey Forrest Harry Bailey (named for his mother's twin brother, Harry Bell), bom December 10, 1895, married Lois Adelaide Myers December 15, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois. Died October 17, 1970 in Davis, California. Forrest and Lois are buried in the Alamo Cemetery, Alamo, California. Forrest served in the United States Army in World War I. Page 39 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Wilbur Bailey, bom October 26, 1904, married Maybelle Shepard February 25, 1943, buried in Lincoln, Nebraska. Wilbur was a high-school teacher in Alton, Illinois. He volunteered and served in the United States Army Air Corps in England in World War II.

Hortense Ann Bailey, bom 1907, married Edward Brewer. One adopted daughter, Janice. Forrest Harry Bailey was bom on his parent's 40-acre farm east of Clarks Hill. He attend­ ed grade school in Clarks Hill and high school in Frankfort, Indiana, perhaps living with his aunt Cora, the widow of Rev. Tighlman Bailey, after graduating from high school with exceptionally-good Owen C. Bailey 1870-1931 marks. He grew tomatoes on his father's farm in the summer. He also taught grade school in alternate years at Fickle Station, Indiana, in order to earn money to attend college. He attended the University of Chicago for three years. His education was interrupted by service in the Artillery Corps of the U.S. Army during World War I. He married in 1919 and moved to California. He had been working for Western Electric in Chicago and achieved a transfer to Oak- Page 40 Bailey's of Berkeley County

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Parts of Townships 20 and 21 Nor Hi Range 2 West •«•!,, 2n-a P. M". Scale 2, inc/trs to one- Mife Page 41 Bailey's of Berkeley County land. Forrest and Lois first lived in a rooming house in Berkeley, but soon moved to a tank house in Saranap, near Walnut Creek. Lois taught first grade in Danville, taking the diesel-driven train from Saranap to Danville each day. Forrest took the Sacramento Northern electric railway to the Oakland pier, then the ferry to San Francisco and the streetcar up Market Street to the University of California's Hastings School of Law then lo­ cated in the Arthur Brown-designed San Francisco City Hall. He gradu­ ated from law school, number one in his class, in 1925. Forrest had been working in the law offices of S. J. Hutchinson while attending law school. Upon graduation he went to work in the Hutchinson law firm full time. Forrest Harry Bailey and Lois Adelaide Myers had the following children:

Lorene Bailey, bom 1929 in Oakland, died in 1933.

Forrest Dean Bailey, bom March 11, 1931 in Oakland, married Muriel Elizabeth Stover June 20, 1953 in Walnut Creek.

Janet Lois Bailey, bom April 6, 1934 in Oakland, married James Bryce. Forrest started a law practice in Walnut Creek, California on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in 1925. He soon expanded his practice so as to be full time in Walnut Creek. He was the only attorney in the southern part of Contra Costa County until after World War II. He retired from the practice of the law in 1960 at age 65. In addition to his law practice, he served concurrently as a California State Municipal Court Judge for the City of Walnut Creek. Both Forrest and Lois were active in the Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church. Lois was a Sunday School teacher and superintendent of the Sunday School. Forrest was a deacon, elder, and trustee of the church at various times. He also served on several pastor-seeking committees.

Muriel Elizabeth Stover Bailey, wife of Forrest Dean Bailey, and daughter of Conrad Samuel Stover and Florence Mahaffy Stover was bom August 11, 1929 in Harrah, Yakima County, Washington. Conrad Samuel Stover Page 42 Bailey's of Berkeley County was the youngest child of Robert Phillip Stover and Alice Elizabeth Wilcox Stover. The following family biography is copied from the book referenced in the footnote:

STOVER BROTHERS The Stover brothers are among the most prominent ranchers of the southern part of the Yakima valley. They have extensive holdings and are actively and successfully engaged in the cultivation of lands from which they derive a most substantial annual income. They are sons of Phillip Robert Stover, now deceased, who was bom in Green County, Ohio, May 15, 1845, a son of John and Nancy (Dill) Stover, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. John Stover was a cooper by trade and owned and carried on a shop in Ohio. At the time of the Civil war he responded to the country's call for troops and joined the army, his death occurring at Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the progress of the war. His son, Phillip Robert Stover, also learned the cooper's trade, and he too, put aside business cares after the outbreak of hostilities between the north and the south. He joined the One Hundred and Fifty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was on active duty until the nation's starry banner had been planted in the capital of the southern confederacy. Resuming work at his trade, he conducted a cooper's shop at Palestine, Ohio, where he was also employed in a sawmill. He likewise devoted four years to railroad engineering and did various other things, such as selling lightening rods and sewing machines. He also conducted a real estate business but finally turned his attention to farming, securing a tract of land near Greenville, Ohio, which he continued to cultivate for many years or until 1904, when he disposed of that property and removed to the northwest, making Yakima County his destination.

Here he and his sons purchased 60 acres of land six miles southeast of Sunnyside, which at that time was all covered with sagebrush. A well was dug to a depth of 240 feet and a substantial house was erected. The work of development and improvement on the farm was carried forward

1. History of Yakima County, 1919 Page 43 Bailey's of Berkeley County year after year and the father was actively identified with ranching inter­ ests to the time of his death, which occurred on the 19th of September, 1916. His loss was deeply deplored, for he had become firmly estab­ lished as a leading, valued and highly respected citizen of the com­ munity. On the 18th of January, 1870, Phillip R. Stover was united in marriage to Miss Alice E. Wilcox, who was bom in Darke County, Ohio, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Ketring) Wilcox, who were also natives of the Buckeye state, where they were connected with farming interests and where they made their home until called to their final rest. In his political views Phillip Robert Stover was a Republican but was not ambitious to hold office, although ever loyal to the best interests of the community in which he lived, his loyalty being manifest in active support of all measures for the general good. Both he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church and their sterling worth of char­ acter endeared them to all with whom they came in contact. They had a family of nine children, of whom the first bom, James, died at the age of five years, while the youngest child died in infancy. Victor A., the second son, was bom in Darke County, Ohio, July 14, 1872, and acquired a public school education, after which he engaged in farming for a time with his father. Later he rented land in the east and ultimately came to Yakima County with his father, after which he purchased land in this section of the state. He now has 36 acres devoted to general farming, and upon the place he has built a good home and all necessary buildings for the shelter of grain and stock. His farm is well improved according to modem ideas and he is progressive in all that he undertakes. He was married March 16, 1900, to Miss May Shook of Darke County, Ohio, who passed away on the 13 of September, 1917. They were the parents of three children: Eamest, Herbert and Virginia, but the last named died at the age of three years. Victor A. Stover attends the Brethren church, in the work of which he takes an active and helpful interest. In politics he main­ tains an independent course. He has served on the school board and he was among those who established the first telephone system in this section. He has ever stood for progress and improvement in community affairs and his activity and enterprise have placed him in the front rank Page 44 Bailey's of Berkeley County among leading citizens. The third of the family, Marcus Stover, died at the age of eleven months. The only daughter, Retta Virginia, was bom on the 10 of October, 1876, and is now the wife of the Rev. L. S. Bauman, an evangelist of the Brethren church now residing in California.

William S. Stover, bom in Darke county, Ohio, May 8, 1879, obtained a public school education and was the first of the family to come to Yakima county, where he arrived in the fall of 1902, at which time he took up a homestead near Bickleton, Washington, where his sister, Mrs. Bauman, also secured a homestead. He has since devoted his attention to the im­ provement of farms and other work in connection with the development of the valley. In 1903 he purchased 20 acres of land in the district in which the Stover brothers all now reside and where the father built his first house. William S. Stover has since purchased 40 acres additional and throughout the intervening period has resided in this district. He now has 50 acres of land here and has built thereon a nice home and added other modem improvements. He has also purchased 40 acres nearby and is successfully engaged in general farming. He spent one year in Alaska in a geological survey. Like the others of the family he maintains an indepen­ dent attitude in relation to political affairs, and his religious faith is that of the Brethren church.

Garfield R. Stover, associated with his brothers in business affairs, was bom in Adams county, Indiana, March 24, 1881, the family living in that locality for a period of six years. He, too, is indebted to public schools for his educational privileges and he also enjoyed the benefit of a commercial course in the A. D. Wilt Business College at Dayton, Ohio. In the spring of 1903 he arrived in Yakima County, joining his brother William, and he also took up a homestead in Horse Heaven, near Bickleton. He purchased his first 20 acres of land in connection with his brother William. His place is improved with a fine residence and the characteristic spirit of enterprise of the Stover family is manifest in all that he does. He married Blanche Hartman, a native of North Dakota, and they became the parents of two children, Jasper Garfield and Gerald Dean. In politics Garfield R. Stover is independent in his political views, nor has he ever been an office seeker. He has served, however, as a drainage commissioner of District No. 9 for two years and helped organize the district. He is interested in everything Page 45 Bailey's of Berkeley County that pertains to the public welfare and cooperates heartily in all move­ ments for the general good.

Phillip Stover, the seventh member of the family, was bom in Indiana, February 13, 1884, and obtained a public school education, while later he was graduated on the completion of a course in the law in the Willamette University at Salem, Oregon. He practiced his profession for a short time in that state and later at Surmyside, Washington, while subsequently he spent five years in Alaska with a geological surveying party. In 1911 he went to the Philippines and for six years was connected with the United States Constabulary Force with the rank of first lieutenant. He became a captain in the Officers' Reserve Corps in 1918. He is now assistant super­ intendent of the penal farm at San Ramon, Zamboanga, Mindanao, P. I. Conrad Stover, bom in Indiana, April 15, 1886, completed a high school course and also a civil engineering course in Ohio. He, too, went to Alaska, where he remained for three years and later was connected with the United States Reclamation Service on the geological survey of the Yakima Valley. He is now at Hoquiam, Washington, where he is engaged in shipbuilding work. He married Florence Mahaffy, a daughter of Pro­ fessor Mahaffy, superintendent of schools at Surmyside, and they have one child, Robert. The three sons, Victor A., William S., and Garfield R. Stover, have adjoin­ ing homes. They have 100 acres of land adjoining and 80 acres near by, together with the 480 acres of the homestead in Hoarse Heaven, which is rented. They likewise lease 60 acres near the home farm and they are among the most prominent and progressive agriculturists of their section of the state. They have beautiful homes, splendid bams and all modem improvements upon the place. They are successful and well-known ranchers and what they have undertaken has been accomplished. The boys have graded and seeded over 400 acres of land for others. They had but little when they came to Yakima County and are now numbered among the most successful residents of the valley. They raise hay and com, also have splendid orchards and are successfully carrying on business as raisers of livestock. They are actuated by a spirit of progress that produces splendid results, and their course has contributed much to the develop­ ment and up-building of the district in which they make their home, while Page 46 Bailey's of Berkeley County splendid results, and their course has contributed much to the develop­ ment and up-building of the district in which they make their home, while at the same time their labors have greatly enhanced their individual fortunes. All who know them speak of them in terms of high regard, for they are reliable citizens, progressive business men and thoroughly straightforward in every relation of life.

Returning to the Bailey Family Hattie L. Bell, wife of Owen C. Bailey, and mother of Forrest Harry Bailey was bom in Indiana in 1870 and died shortly after childbirth in 1907. Hattie and her twin brother Harry were the youngest children of Joseph and Sarah J. McKenzie Bell. The other children were: Thomas Bell, who died in 1911, Rebecca Bell, Mary Bell, who was deceased in 1913, the next child died in infancy, John (Jack) W Bell, who married Anna Miller in 1895, and Essie Bell. The Clinton County biography of John W Bell reads as follows: The up-building of the soil is a time-consuming process. A change in farming methods will not work an immediate benefit to the soil. Run-out land can not be renovated in a day. The de­ pletion of soil fertility was a slow process, extending through years, and it is to be no more expected that the land can be restored to its original condition in a year than that the indi­ vidual whose system has deteriorated through abnormal ex­ cesses extending over a period of years, can be built up and made as good as new by a few doses of medicine. Among the farmers of Washington township, Clinton County, who not only understand the proper methods of building up worn-out soil, but also of how to keep the soil virgin and from becoming thin through years of cropping is John W Bell, who has lived in this vicinity all his life and has made careful and long study of local conditions. He was bom in the township and county, June 26, 1863, during wartime. He is a son of Joseph Bell, now deceased, who for many years was a leading citizen here, having come to this locality in 1837 from Virgin­ ia, being of an old family of that state, noted for its hospitality Page 47 Bailey's of Berkeley County

and honesty, industry and courage. He is of Scotch descent, from sturdy Highland people. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Thomas Bell, who was bom in Virginia. When twenty-eight years old Joseph Bell married Sarah McKinzie, daughter of John McKinzie. To Joseph Bell and wife eight children were bom, an equal number of sons and daughters, namely: Thomas, who died in 1911. Rebeccca, Joseph, Mary (deceased), the next child died in infancy), John W of this sketch, Essie, Harry and Hattie [Hattie L. Bell, wife of Owen C. Bailey, and mother of Forrest Harry Bailey], twins, the last named is deceased [Hattie died in childbirth in 1907]. Joseph Bell devoted his life to general farming, owning a valuable place of one hundred and ninety acres. Politically, he was a Democrat. His widow is living at the old homestead, being now eighty-five years of age. She has proven to be a most worthy helpmeet and mother. John W Bell was reared on the old home place and there he worked as a boy during the summer months, and in the winter­ time he attended the common schools in the neighborhood. He attended the University of Valparaiso, Indiana, after which he taught school for a period of five years, and was very succ­ essful. He was married in 1895 to Anna Miller, who was bom, reared and educated in the township. She is a daughter of John H. Miller. Mr. Bell is the owner of a finely-improved and productive farm of one hundred and five acres, on which stands a good home, bam and outbuildings. He keeps a good grade of livestock.

He has served his township in a very acceptable way as tmstee for four years, being elected on the Democratic ticket. Page 48 Bailey's of Berkeley County

The ancestors of Hagar (Susan) Johnston, wife of Fill Pendleton Bailey, are:

Father Enoch Johnston Bom: About 1795, Petersburg Hardy County, Virginia Married: January 11, 1820 Died: 1850, Clinton County, Indiana

Mother Catherine Shobe Bom: 1799, Petersburg, Hardy County Died: 1849, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Catherine Shobe's ancestors are:

Father Martin Shobe Bom: 1767, Hardy County, Virginia Married: Died: 1849, Ross County, Ohio

Mother Susannah Lancisco Bom: 1770, Hampshire County, Virginia Died: November 1812, Virginia

Martin Shobe's ancestors are:

Father Martin Shaub

Mother Elizabeth Heyer

Usannah Lancisco's ancestors are:

Father Henry Lancisco Bom: About 1744, Grant County, Virginia Married: About 1766, Grant County, Virginia Died: 1799, Virginia Mother Clara Shobe Bom: 1748, Virginia Died: February 24, 1833, Ross County, Ohio Page 49 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Clara Shobe's ancestors are:

Father Jacob Shaub Bom: September 9, 1714, Wittenburg, Bassel, Switzerland Married: January 3, 1742/43 Tulpochen County, Pennsylvania Died: March 10,1772, Hampshire County, Virginia

Mother Anna Barbara Heyer Bom: about 1724 Died: 1774, Hampshire County, Virginia

The parents of Jacob Shaub are:

Father Jacob Shaub Bom: About 1690, Switzerland Married: about 1710, Wittensburg, Bassel, Switzerland Died: Wittensburg

Mother Barbara Wuetz Bom: about 1690, Wittensburg

The ancestors of Jacob Shaub are:

Father Jacob Shaub Bom: 1648, Bubendorf, Bassel, Switzerland Married: July 8, 1673, Bubendorf Died: Bubendorf

Mother Susanna Buser Bom: July 29, 1655, Ruemlimgen, Bassel, Switzerland Died: March 13, 1714/1

The parents of Barbara Wurtz are:

Father (unnamed) Wurtz Bom: About 1661, Wittenburg, Bassel, Switzerland Married: about 1685 Died: before 1732 Page 50 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Mother Elizabeth Schoeler Bom: 1665, Zunzgen, Bassel, Switzerland Died:

The parents of Jacob Schaub are:

Father Sebastian Schaub Bom: 1608, Bubendorf, Gasel, Switzerland Married: June 20, 1637, Bubendorf, Bassel, Switzerland Died: in Switzerland

Mother Anna Elgin Bom: 1616, Lauefelfingen, Bassel, Switzerland Died: in Switzerland

The parents of Susanna Buser are:

Father Johann Jacob Buser Bom: September 19, 1630, Ruemlingen, Bassel, Switzerland Married: September 27, 1653, Ruenlingen Died: Ruenlingen

Mother Barbara Gysin Bom: about 1631, Lauefelfingen, Bassel, Switzerland

The parents of Johann Jacob Buser are:

Father Jacob Buser Bom: January 25, 1589/90, Ruemlingen, Bassel, Switzerland Married: May 8, 1621, Ruemlingen Died: September 19, 1660, Ruemlingen

Mother Anna Gysin Bom: Died: Page 51 Bailey's of Berkeley County

The parents of Jakob Buser are:

Father Mathis Buser Bom: about 1565, Ruemlingen, Bassel, Switzerland Married: June 7, 1585, Ruemlingen Died:

Mother Barbel Eglin Bom:

The parents of Mathis Buser are:

Father Hans Buser Bom: About 1538, Ruemlingen Married: April 23, 1564 Died:

Mother Anna Goettschin Bom: Died:

The parents of Sebastian Schaub are:

Father Jacob Schaub Bom: 1576, Bubendorf, Bassel, Switzerland Married: about 1600 Died:

Mother Barbara Jennings Bom: 1580, Bubendorf, Bassel, Switzerland

The parents of Anna Barbara Heyer are

Father Leonard Heyer Bom: January 15, 1694/95, Benden, Basseland, Switzerland Married: April 19,1723, Benden Died: about 1772, Hampshire County, Virginia

Mother Clara Grace Luetzler Bom: Benden, Basseland, Switzerland Died: Hampshire County, Virginia Page 52 Bailey's of Berkeley County

The parents of Leonard Heyer are:

Father Anton Heyer Bom: 1662, Benden, Bassel, Switzerland Married: December 15, 1690, Benden Died:

Mother Anna Elizabeth Ruflin Bom: about 1669, Benden

The parents of Anton Heyer are:

Father Hans Heyer Bom: 1634, Benden, Basseland, Switzerland Married: Died:

Mother Margreth Loew Bom: about 1640, Benden, Basseland Died:

The parents of Hans Heyer are:

Father Anton Heyer Bom: April 30, 1588, Benden, Basseland Married: Died: Mother Anna Rybinger Bom: about 1597, Benden

The parents of Anton Heyer are:

Father Hans Heyer Bom: Married: Died:

Mother Margreth Muspach Bom: Died: Page 53 Bailey's of Berkeley County

The parents of Margreth Loew are:

Father Anton Loew Bom: About 1618, Benden, Bassel, Switzerland Married: Died:

Mother Chrischona Muspach Bom: about 1618, Benden, Bassel, Switzerland Died:

MYSTERY The 1850 Census for Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana lists Henry Bailey, 60, as living in Household 109 with Nathaniel Heaton, 41, Salena Heaton, 41, and their six children: Edward R, 18, Thomas C. 16, Margaret, 14, Rachael, 10, Elizabeth, 7, and Sarah A., 5. If Henry Bailey is 60 in 1850, he would have been bom in 1790. Is he another son of Thomas and Micah Bailey, or is he otherwise related? Is Henry, 60, the father of Salena Heaton, 41? Bailey's of Berkeley County Page 54

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THOMAS BAILEY

I Thomas Bailey of Morgan County and State of Virginia do hereby make my last will and testament, in manner and form following that is to say. 1st that after the payment of my debts and funeral expenses, I give to my wife Micha Bailey all my estate both real and personal for and during her natural life or widowhood and after her decease, I desire that all my estate both real and personal be immediately sold, and all the monies arising from such sale I give the same to my children hereinafter mentioned equally to be divided among them, and to be enjoyed by them forever. I give my sons and daughters, namely, William Bailey, John Bailey, Bazil Bailey and Silas Bailey; Elizabeth linger, Nancy Keedy and Hannah Bohrer to them and their heirs forever & Mary Shockey and to her son Peter McCoy to him and to his heirs forever. And lastly, I do here by constitute and appoint my son- in-law Adam Bohrer Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other or former wills and testaments by me heretofore made.

In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal this 9th day of May in the year 1843.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by Thomas Bailey as and for his last will and testament, Thomas Bailey in the presence and hearing of us who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses

O. F. Heironimus. Agustus Bohrer. Jacob Bailey.

Morgan County Court May Term 1849. The last will and testament of Thomas Bailey dec d. was presented in court and proved by the Oath of Agustus Bohrer, and ordered for further proof. A copy Tests

Isaiah Busk C.M.C.

Transcribed from a copy of the original hand-written document by Forrest Dean Bailey February 25, 2002 at Davis California. Page 55 Bailey's of Berkeley County

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF FILL P. BAILEY

Be it remembered that on the 23rd day of October 1897 there was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Clinton Circuit Court an instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Fill P. Bailey reading in the words and figures following to suit.

Last Will and Testament of Fill P. Bailey.

Be it known that I, Fill P. Bailey of Clinton County, Indiana being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and in good health do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all wills heretofore made by me.

Item first It is my will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be first paid.

Item second It is my desire to provide liberally, in keeping with my estate, for the support and maintenance of my wife, Deborah A. Bailey, I therefore give, devise and bequeath to her out of my personal estate to be paid as soon after my decease as convenient. The sum of One Thousand and five hundred Dollars which sum she is to accept in full of her interest in my estate.

Item third The residue of my estate I devise and bequeath to my children, and the descendents of such as are dead, per Sterpes, to be paid to them as soon after my death as may be convenient.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this fourth day of August 1891

s/ Fill P. Bailey

Signed and executed by the above named Fill P. Bailey as his last Will and Testa­ ment, in our presence and signed by us as witnesses thereto in his presence this fourth day of August 1891

Witnesses: James V. Kent Robert W. Irwin

Transcribed from a Photostat of the original hand-written will on record at the Clmton County, Indiana Recorder's office by Forrest Dean Bailey, Davis, California, June 16,2003. Bailey's of Berkeley County Page 56

Certificate No. 3307

The United States of America.

To all to whom these presents shall come. Greetings. Whereas William Bailey of Ross County, Ohio, has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States a certificate of the register of the Land Office at Crawfordsville whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said William Bailey according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820, entitled "an Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands" for the North West Quarter of the North West Quarter of Section 28 in Township twenty one North of Range two West in the district of lands subject to sale at Crawfordsville, Indiana, containing forty acres, according to the official plat of the survey of said lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General. Which said tract of land has been purchased by the said William Bailey, Now, know ye that the United States of America in consideration of the provisions and in conformity with the several acts of congress in each case made and provided have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant onto the said William Bailey and to his heirs the said tract above described. To have and to hold the same together with all the rights/privileges immunities and appurtenances of whatsoever nature thereunto belonging unto the said William Bailey and to his heirs and assignees forever.

In Testimony whereof Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America have caused these letters to be made patent and the seal of the General land office to be hereunto affixed.

Given under my hand at the City of Washington the tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred forty and of the indeferance of the United States the sixty fifth

By the president Martin Van Buren By Mr. Vantnisen, Secy

Recorded Vol. 7, page 255 for Tos. S. Wilson Acting Recorder of the General Land Office

Act interim

A true copy Recorded Nov. 27, 1844

T. D. Armstrong R.C.C. Page 57 Bailey's of Berkeley County

Original Bailey family land holding in the Oakland area of Morgan County, West Virginia. Now the Paul Largent farm. Photo taken Summer, 2003

Overview of the Oakland area and Sleepy Creek Bailey's of Berkeley County Page 58

Clinton County Courthouse, Frankfort, Indian. Fill P. Bailey's name is im­ printed on the comerstone and listed as a County Commissoner.