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- Descendants of John "Jim" Henry B. Bailey
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'Oregon Statesman', April 22, 1894 obituary for John Bailey - Extensive Bio: in 'Oregon Statesman', April 2, 1893, page 3.
Again in the year 1864, (The first time they came was 1852) George Washington Bailey, with his wife and four children and his 'Father and Mother' crossed the plains from 'Iowa' to 'Oregon'. George and Talitha resided there until they passed away as did John Henry 'Bill' and Sarah 'Sally' Drollinger Bailey, George's parents.....
John Henry Bailey, his wife, Sarah 'Sally' Drollinger Bailey and 5 out of 8 of their children moved to Oregon. He was 70 years old at that time.
The Bailey family had orginally come from North Carolina. They were 'Dutch'. Mrs. Bailey had never learned to speak English.
John Henry Bailey was living with his daughter, Nancy J. Stevens in the "1880" Census for Sumner, Coos Co., OR. He was 85 years old. A story written about "Gilbert and Catherine Epperson, Pioneers' says he lived to be 104 years old!! There is a copy of this story at the Sandy, Oregon Historical Museum.
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BAILEY, John B.
b. 11 May 1795
d. 21 Apr 1894
OLD 178-04 <http://www.oregonpioneers.com/marion/old178.htm>"NEARLY A CENTURY--John B. Bailey the Oldest Man in Salem--Something of His Career--Will Be A Hundred Years Old in Two Years More--An old man with whitened beard and dimmed eyes seated in a rocking chair and bending forward with his head upon his cane to catch the warmth of the flickering blaze in an ancient looking fireplace formed a picture that greeted a Statesman reporter yesterday when he was ushered into the home of W.H. Cross in North Salem to see the oldest man in the county, and perhaps the oldest in the state--Grandpa John B. Bailey, who is rapidly approaching the ninety-eighth anniversary of his birthday.
He was born on the eleventh day of May, 1795, near Granville, N.C., twelve years after the close of the revolution and while Washington was serving his second term as president of the United States. He continued to live there sometime, and on the 11th of May 1824--in the year of John Quincy Adam's election to the presidency, Lafayette's memorable visit to America, and before Henry Clay and Daniel Webster reached the height of their fame--he married Miss Sarah Trullinger, near Greensboro, Gilford county. She was born in the same year as her husband and died at the age of 80 in Marshfield, Oregon.
Ungrateful Children--There he raised a family of nine children, one of whom died at the age of 20 years. Nancy Catherine and Elizabeth are also dead. His surviving children are: John and George age 63 and 61 years respectively, who are thought to be residents of southern Oregon; Henry, aged 70, of Red Oak, Iowa; Mrs. Sarah Bruner, of Kansas, aged 55; and Mrs. Matilda J. Cross, of this city, aged 51 years. The old man's children, with the exception of the latter, have become lost in the affairs of the world and do not even know where he is or care whether he is alive or dead.
About 1832 he moved with his family from North Carolina to Orange county, Indiana, and later to Fountaine county, which was about the time the source of the Mississippi river was discovered and the first horse cars were run on the streets of New York city.
In the year 1842 Grandpa Bailey, becoming dissatisfied with the Hoosier state and longing for life in the wilds of Missouri, emigrated there and became one of the pioneers of Dallas county where he remained three years. His next move was to Monroe county, Iowa, where he lived with his family about twenty years.
Restlessness again overcame him and he started across the plains with an ox team for this state, arriving here in '64, when he was 69 years old. Roseburg was his first location and from there he went to Oregon City--the anti-chamber of the state. After two years spent there Grandpa Bailey betook himself and wife to Lancaster, in the vicinity of Harrisburg. They were too old to live alone by that time and soon left there to go to Marshfield, Coos county, to live with their son. After a residence of ten years there, during which Grandma Bailey died, the old man came to Salem in 1875 to make his home with his daughter, Matilda.
A Pleasant Home--He has lived there ever since, surrounded by loving ones who make his life as pleasant as possible. He spends most of his waking hours in front of the fireplace in the sitting room wandering in a world of fancies. He has a fondness for visitors and can enjoy a joke with as much zest as anyone. He likes to talk of his great age and nothing pleases him better than to be told he looks quite young for one of his age,
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: John Baly
[John Baily]
[John Henry 'Bill' Bailey]
[John Bailey]
Age: 56
Birth Year: abt 1794
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: District 13, Monroe, Iowa, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 360
Household Members:
Name Age
John Baly 56
Sarah Baly 56 North Carolina
John Baly 21 North Carolina
George Baly 19 Indiana
Sarah Baly 13 Indiana
Matilda Baly 13 Indiana
Susannah Baly 9 Iowa
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John Bailey
Age: 65
Birth Year: abt 1795
Gender: Male
Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Guilford, Monroe, Iowa
Post Office: Stacyville
Family Number: 1390
Occupation: Farmer
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
John Bailey 65
Sarah Bailey 65 North Carolina; Occupation: Domestic work
Susan Bailey 18 Missouri
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: John Bailey
Age in 1870: 75
Birth Year: abt 1795
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Lancaster, Lane, Oregon
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lancaster
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
John Bailey 75
Sarah Bailey 75 North Carolina
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: John B. Bailey
[John Bannister Bailey Sr]
Age: 85
Birth Date: Abt 1795
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1880: Sumner, Coos, Oregon, USA
Dwelling Number: 306
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Father
[Father in law]
Marital Status: Widower
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members Age Relationship
Russel Stevens 57 Self (Head)
Nancy J. Stevens 59 Wife
John B. Bailey 85 Father
Frank L. Stevens 6 Son
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1795 - 1894 (98 years)
