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Born 1830, Washington county
From The Biographical record of Clinton County, Iowa .. (1901)
O. C. BAILEY.
Among the retired farmers who are now living in Delmar, Iowa, is numbered the worthy subject of this sketch. He is a native of New York, born in Washington county, July 11, 1830, and is a son of Howard and Polly (Cutter) Bailey. The family name originated in England, and from that country three brothers came to America in the Mayflower. They settled in Boston, Massachusetts, and all participated in the Revolutionary war. One of these was the paternal great-grandfather of our subject. Howard Bailey, our subject's father, was born in ar Boston, but spent the greater part of his life in Washington county, New York, where he died in 1878. There he married Lolly Cutter, a native of that county, who, after his death came west and made her home
As printed in The Biographical record of Clinton County, Iowa .. (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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