Monroe Bailey

As printed in 1905

MONROE BAILEY.

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He first married a Miss Thompson, by whom he had eight children>; and of his union with.Maria Haggard were born two sons: Monroe, subject of this sketch; and Charles, now a resident of St. Louis, Mo., where he is employed in the street railway\' service as a motormaii. Maria Haggard Bailey was born in Kentucky, coming as a small child to Illinois with her parents, who. settling in Hancock county devoted their lives to the work of the farm, and both died there. She herself died in Hancock county, her demise occurring when our sui)jeet was but two years of age. She was a member of the Baptist church.. She and her husband are buried in Hancock county.

HIOGR.II'HK.U. Rf.l lEW l-'or his formal cdiicatidii Mr. Hailcy is indebted to the public schools of iiis native ])lace and to the Carthage, Ill., high school. His practical training, however, was received on his father's farm, and he lias been engaged in farming all his life. He remained in Illinois until he was twenty-two years of age, coming to Iowa in 1882 and locating near Denmark in Lee county, where he resided for four years, and then removing to Des Moines county, in the vicinity of Danxille. In that section he rented successively two farms, each for five years, and at the expiration of the ten year period rented the present farm, which he has occupied contimH)Usly since, devoting his etTitrts to stock-raising and general farming. He buys anil feeds cattle and hogs for the market on a large scale, and has enjoyed excellent success with this branch of his work.

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He died at his home in Adrian. 111., aged seventy-five years, and was buried in Chicago. His widow died Dec. 28, i8(j8, in Chicago, being then eighty years of age. She was born in Derry, H.. and removed to Michigan at the age of eighteen years, locating at.Xdrian, where she continued to reside until her marriage. She was the mother of seven children, five of whom are still living, and of these Mrs. Bailey is the youngest.

To Mr. and Mrs. I'bailey have been born five sons, as follows: Kent R.. born near Denmark. Lee county, assists in the work of the farm; Charles E., born in Lee county, also assists his father: Ward L.. born in Lee county: ( )rin R.. born in DanxiJle township. Des.Moines county: and Illaine E.. born in Danville township). Des Moines county..\11 were educated in the schools of Danville, and have received excellent advantages in the way of thorough school training.

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As printed in Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.