The Bailey Families of Linn County, Iowa

STEPHEN C. BAILEY, engaged in mercantile pursuit? at Viola and also a farmer carrying on his vocation on section-1, Brown Township, is a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Probosco) Bailey, natives of Virginia. The parents after marriage had a residence of some years in Virginia, when they removed to Belmont County, Ohio, thence to Morgan County, that State, and there labored until death. Eleven children were born to them, named, Elizabeth. Catherine, Jesse, William, Rebecca, Ellen, David, James, Stephen C, Benjamin, and one who died in infancy.

Stephen C. Bailey was born in Belmont County, Ohio, on the 6th day of August, 1 rs27. He was reared a farmer's boy and continued to labor at that vocation until twenty-one years of his life had passed. lie then followed boating on the Ohio River, and after three years of this kind of employment he worked at various occupations for two years longer. We next hear of him at Malta, Ohio, where for two years he was running a livery business, where he acted in the capacity of mine host," in the same place for another year, lie then-old out and in the fall of 1 s.'iT, we find he has crossed the Lather of Waters and taken up his above in Brown Township, this county. There, on section 1 1. he purchased eighty acres of land and for seven years was engaged in its cultivation, when he sold it and went to Jones County. Purchasing a farm of eighty acres there he lived on it for about ten years, when he sold it, returned to Brown Township, and bought 1 45 acres on section 14, which constitutes the farm on which he is living at the present time. In 1880 he rented his farm and embarked in the Lumber business at Viola, which after three years he disposed of.

In the fall of L885 Mr. Bailey bought the stock of merchandise owned by L. II. Larson. of Viola, and has since been engaged in the mercantile business at that place, lie keeps a general stock of merchandise, and by fair and honest dealing has built up a good trade. His landed interest in the county amounts to 155 acres, and is all under an advanced state of cultivation and valuable.

Our subject was married in Morgan County, Ohio, to Miss Eliza Laker, daughter of Martin and Nancy (Thompson) Laker, natives of Virginia. Her parents settled in Morgan County, Ohio, where the father died. They had seven children and Mrs. Bailey of this notice is the second in order of birth. Morgan County. Ohio, is her native place, and June 12, 1827, the date of her birth. Of her union with our subject four children — Clara.1., Nancy E.. Delana S. ami John M. — have been born. Clara is the wife of J. L. Sherwood and they are living in Viola; Nancy E. married C. S. Shanklin, of Springville, and whose biography appears in this work; Delana S. and John M. are living in Viola. Our subject is a member of the Spring ville Lodge, A. E.

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This well-known retired farmer residing in W'hitter, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, on the 21st of March, 1829, a son of

James and Sarah Bailey. The father, who was a' native of the Old Dominion, was married in North Carolina, and at an early day went to Ohio, traveling in a one-horse cart, accompanied hy his wife and two chil- <:iren. Thev were among the pioneers of Belmont comity.

The subject of this sketch was reared in the county of his nativity, and when a young man went to Morgan county, Ohio, where he married Rhoda Patten, a native of that county and a daughter of John Patton, one of its first settlers. Like Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Bailey was engaged in split ng rails the first year after his removal to Morgan county and then engaged in farming, owning at different times three farms in that county. Selling his property there in 1867, he came to Linn county, Iowa, and for three years engaged in farming on rented land. At the end of that time he purchased eighty acres in IMarion township and built thereon a good house. After paying for his property he bought eighty acres more, and still later purchased a tract of forty acres, making a good farm of two hundred acres, to the improvement and cultivation of which he devoted his energies until 1895, when he sold that place and bought forty acres at Whittier. He has since disposed of all of this at a good profit with the exception of nine acres which he retains for his home, and is now erecting thereon a very pleasant and convenient residence.

Mr. Bailey lost his first wife in 1880. By that union he had three children: John H., a farmer of Marion township; Alice, wife of J. E. Kreidler, a hardware merchant of PTillerton, Nance county, Nebraska; and Lydia J., wife of Sidney Benjamin, a farmer of Xance county, Nebraska. On the 21st of

March, 1882, Mr. Bailey was again married in Linn county, Iowa, his second union being with Miss Rachel Engle, a native of Guernsey county; Ohio, but whose early life was principally passed in Linn county, Iowa. Mr. Bailey cast his first presidential vote for Zachary Taylor, but has been a stanch supporter of the Republican party since its organization. He is a strong temperance man and a belief'er in the principles of prohibition, but not wishing to lose his vote he has never affiliated with that party which is so far in the minority. Both he and his wife are members of the Friends church of Whittier, and are people of prominence in the community where they reside. Mr. Bailey has been a member of the school Ijoard and has also filled the office of road supervisor. Having started out in life for himself with no capital, he deserves great credit for the success that he has achieved, having by his own labor and enterprise accumulated a comfortable competence, which now enables him to spend his declining years in ease and quiet, free from the cares and responsibilities of business life.

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FRED W. BAILEY, M. D.

Prominent among the representatives of professional interests in Cedar Rapids is Dr. Fred W. Bailey, who is now specializing on diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, in which connection he has won distinguished honors and gratifying success. He is yet a young man, his birth having occurred in Iowa City, Iowa, August. 26, 1878. His father, M. II. Bailey, was a native of England and in the year 1861 became a resident of Iowa City, where he continued to make his home until called to his final rest in 1909. He married Anna "Wickham, who was also a native of England and died in 1897.

Dr. Bailey pursued his early education in the public schools of Iowa City, being graduated from the high school with the class of 1897. He then matriculated in the Iowa State University and completed the liberal arts course with the class of 1901, at which time the Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred upon him. He next entered the Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, Maryland, where he devoted a year to the study of physiology, after which he became instructor in physiology in the Iowa State University. At the same time he continued his preparation for the medical profession as a student in the medical department of that institution, winning the Master of Science degree in 1903 and the M. D. degree in 1905. In his studies he had prepared for the department of practice which he has made his specialty and following his graduation was elected assistant professor of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He entered upon practice. in Iowa City as a partner of Dr. L. W. Dean, with whom he was associated until September 15, 1907, when he came to Cedar Rapids. He was already known to some extent by reputation in this city and was not long in building up a good practice, in which he has been very successful, limiting his efforts to the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. His close and discriminating study along these lines has gained him marked ability, which is attested in the excellent results that attend his practice. He is now retained as oculist by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company at this point and in 1910 was appointed a member of the staff of St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. While in tlu> University he was physical director of the gymnasium of the Young Men's Christian Association and he belongs to the County,.State and American Medical Associations.

In 1906 Dr. Bailey was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Wilkinson, a native of England and a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rushworth) Wilkinson, who were born in Durham, England, and came to the United States with their family when Mrs. Bailey was seventeen years of age. She was graduated in 1899 from St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in Chicago and was superintendent of the training school for nurses in Iowa City from 1904 until 1907. By her marriage she has become the mother of one daughter, [name withheld], who was born April 27, 1907.

Both Dr. and Mrs. Bailey have made many friends during their residence in Cedar Rapids and their home is noted for its warm-hearted hospitality. The Doctor belongs to the Phi Rho Sigma and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, college fraternities. While in school he was the leader of the College Glee Club and still takes an active interest in musical circles, being a singer of marked ability. Socially he is a member of the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Courteous, genial and approachable in manner, he easily wins friends, and gains high regard through his personal worth as well as his professional ability.

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