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Born 1836
From History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881), A portrait and biographical record of Portage and Summit counties, Ohio (1898)
GEORGE W. BAILEY, farming and dairying; P. 0. Cuyahoga Falls; was born Feb. 11, 1836, in Stow Township; he is a son of Warren Bailey, who was born in Middletown, Conn., Sept. 26, 1796; the father was a ship-joiner by trade, which business he steadily followed until he came to Ohio. While at Middletown, he married Saily- Thayer, who was born Sept. 3, 1798, the marriage date being Sept. 18, 1821. From this union the following family was the issue, viz.: Mary, born Oct. 16, 1822, died July 27, 1847; Lamira, born May 14, 1825, died Aug. 2, 1860; John C, born Jan. 2, 1828; Hannah M., born March 31, 1830, died June 5, 1868; George W., born Feb. 11, 1836; and Francis M., born Oct. 16, 1838, died March 11, 1868. Being a poor man, Mr. Bailey concluded to come West to Ohio to better his own circumstances and give his children opportunities to build homes for themselves; in 1832, they came to Stow Township, Summit (then Portage) Co., Ohio, via the ocean to New York;
thence to Buffalo by canal; thence to Cleveland by Lake Erie; and thence to Old Portage by canal. For the first few years after his arrival, Mr. Bailey worked at his trade in Cleveland, and also at the carpenter's trade during the fall season at home. He arrived in the fall of 1832, and that winter lived with Nelson Sears, the next spring purchasing his homestead, and continued to reside there. Mr. Bailey died March 1, 1867, aged 70 years; his death was caused by jumping from a buggy while his horse was running away, I'resulting in so serious a fracture of his limb as to necessitate its amputation, which operation he did not survive, and died June 2, 1873, aged 75 years. Of this family only two — John C. and George W. — are living; the former married Mary Cartwright, is a farmer and fruit-grower, and lives in Tennessee. George W. was married March 25, 1867, to Elizabeth Brown, of Herkimer Co., N. Y., and by her had three children — Millie M., born April 6, 1869, died June 20,
1869; Bertha E., born Oct. G, 1870, and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Bailey was born in New York July 1, 1843. Mr. Bailey enlisted, Aug. 12, 1862, in Co. C, 115th (3. V. I., and was assigned to the Twentieth Corps; he was discharged July 5, 1865. He is a Democrat in his political views, and is liberal in his religious views. He owns 154 acres of good land, and is a self-reliant, intelligent gentleman.
As printed in History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
EORGE WARREN BAILEY, one of the soldiers of the Civil war and head of an excellent family, was born February II, 1836, in Stowe township, Summit county, Ohio, a son of Warren and Sallie (Thayer) Bailey, and Stowe township is still his home. He received a common-school education and was reared a farmer. He enlisted at Stowe, Ohio, August 12, 1862, in Capt. A. Means' company. One Hundred and Fifteenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, Col. Thomas C. Boon, for three years, or during the war. He was promoted to be corporal June I, 1865, for meritorious conduct, and honorably discharged at Cleveland, Ohio, July 5, 1865. He was a faithful soldier and prompt to do his duty, had but little sickness, and served mostly in Tennessee on guard duty, or on detailed duty with surveying parties. Mr. Bailey married, March 25, 1867, at Salisbury, N. Y., Elizabeth Brown, who was born July I, 1843, a daughter of Gilbert and Parmelia Ann (Satterly) Brown. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bailey settled on Mr. Bailey's present homestead. To Mr. and Mrs. Bailey were born Miller, who died when three months old, and Bertha E. Bertha E. was born October 6, 1870, in Stowe township, and married Albert F. Welker, who is train dispatcher with the A. B. C. railroad. They have one child — Helen, born April 2, 1896. Mr. Bailey first bought 102 acres of land, and by thrift and industry added to it until he now owns 172 acres, making a fine farm, on which he has built a substantial residence. Mr. Bailey is a j member of the G. A. R., Eadie post, at Cuyahoga Falls. In politics he is a democrat. He is an honored citizen and has served as township trustee and as a member of the school board. He is also president of the Agricultural society of Summit county, was president of the Farmers' institute, and was master of Pomona grange. Mr. Bailey had always j been an active and energetic man, but was [ stricken with paralysis in 1893 and has since been completeU disabled. His wife, who was a most estimable lady in all respects, died September 26, 1892.
Elizabeth (Browny Bailey, wife of subject, traces her ancestry back to the family of John Brown, from Stephentown, Rensselaer county,
As printed in A portrait and biographical record of Portage and Summit counties, Ohio (1898). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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