George Washington Bailey
1832 - 1912 (80 years)-
Name George Washington Bailey Birth 8 Apr 1832 Fountain County, IN 
Gender Male Death 14 Oct 1912 OR - May have died at Grants Pass, Josephine, OR
Burial Applegate, Jackson, OR - George Washington Bailey
BIRTH 8 Apr 1832
Fountain County, Indiana, USA
DEATH 14 Oct 1912 (aged 80)
Josephine County, Oregon, USA
BURIAL
Missouri Flat Cemetery
Applegate, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
Person ID I8386 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 5 Jun 2021
Father John "Henry" Bailey, Sr., b. 11 May 1795, Granville County, NC d. 21 Apr 1894, Salem, Marion, OR (Age 98 years) Mother Sarah Susannah "Sally" Drollinger, b. 1795, Guilford County, NC d. 1875, Salem, Marion, OR (Age 80 years) Family ID F979 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Talitha Jane Norman, b. 12 Apr 1838, Wabash, Wabash, IN d. 6 Nov 1921, Grants Pass, Josephine, OR (Age 83 years) Marriage 22 Apr 1855 Albia, Monroe, IA Children 1. John Robinson Bailey, b. 12 Jan 1858, Albia, Monroe, IA d. 6 Nov 1940, Grants Pass, Josephine, OR (Age 82 years)2. William Silas Bailey, b. 17 Dec 1859, Albia, Monroe, IA d. 7 Feb 1937, Josephine County, OR (Age 77 years)3. Alice Malinda Bailey, b. 26 Sep 1861, Albia, Monroe, IA d. 13 Jul 1899, Jackson County, OR (Age 37 years)4. George Norman Bailey, b. 30 Oct 1863, Albia, Monroe, IA d. 3 May 1950, Butte County, CA (Age 86 years)5. Seceliah Ann "Celia" Bailey, b. 21 Mar 1866, Jacksonville, Jackson, OR d. 12 Nov 1921, Josephine County, OR (Age 55 years)6. Theresa Jane "Jenny" Bailey, b. 6 Apr 1868, Foots Creek, Jackson, OR d. 6 Oct 1949, Clackamas County, OR (Age 81 years)7. Henry Franklin Bailey, b. 8 Aug 1870, Foots Creek, OR d. 30 Jul 1961 (Age 90 years)8. Elmer Alexander Bailey, b. 18 Jan 1878, Draper, Jackson, OR d. 29 Jun 1896, Foots Creek, Jackson, OR (Age 18 years)9. Elmira Ann "Myra" Bailey, b. 18 Jan 1873, Foots Creek, Jackson, OR d. Feb 1960, Cottage Grove, Lane, OR (Age 87 years)10. Delphenia Lorrella "Della" Bailey, b. 23 Aug 1875, Foots Creek, Jackson, OR d. 16 Dec 1949, Grants Pass, Josephine, OR (Age 74 years)11. Alfred Leslie Bailey, b. 7 May 1878, Draper, Jackson, OR d. 21 Feb 1957, Jackson County, OR (Age 78 years)12. Lola Jeanette Bailey, b. 6 Mar 1880, Foots Creek, Jackson, OR d. 15 Dec 1970, Medford, Jackson, OR (Age 90 years)Family ID F3606 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2016
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Event Map 
Birth - 8 Apr 1832 - Fountain County, IN 
Marriage - 22 Apr 1855 - Albia, Monroe, IA 
Death - 14 Oct 1912 - OR = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - George's father; John, and uncle, Henry, had gone to California in 1850 to seek their luck in finding gold. In 1852, George and his nephew, Billy Bonebrake, went West to join his father and uncle. They finally reached Trinidad, Humboldt Co., Calif. They heard about gold being found in Southern Oregon. They joined a supply train, going over the Siskiyous into the Illinois Valley. They struck gold in the Bolan Lake area near today's Cave Junction.
John and uncle Henry had worked as longshoremen on the California coast and helped build the trail from Crescent City, Calif. to the Illinois Valley, Josephine Co., Oregon. Eventually, the Baileys headed back to the coast and took passage home via around the Horn, to New York City and back to Ohio where their families were then living.
George married Talitha Jane Norman 1855 in Monroe Co., Iowa.
In 1864, George and his family head West for Oregon. They traveled alone for most of the journey but towards the end they joined the Pierce wagon train. Reaching Southern Oregon, George was disappointed to discover that his claims had been "jumped" and the area mined out. He spent two years in Jacksonville, then homesteaded on Foots Creek, ranching and mining there. Bailey Gulch commemorates his residence in that valley.
1900 U.S. Census for Murphy, Josephine Co., OR finds George and Talitha. At this time, there are 10 children living. He is listed as a gold miner. They are living near their son George who is also a gold miner. They are also near son William S. Bailey and his family; he's a farmer.
*After Rosa's death, Les lived in the Illinois Valley. Their son Yvone was a commercial fisherman along the Pacific Coast, from Alaska to Calif. until he retired. Their daughter Theda, m. Jess Davis, living in Calif.
Note: George's sister Sarah Berner and two of her children died in a prairie fire in Nebraska in 1893. They are buried in the Parks Cemetery, Dundy Co., Nebraska. (Sally Jane Bailey Berner)
- George's father; John, and uncle, Henry, had gone to California in 1850 to seek their luck in finding gold. In 1852, George and his nephew, Billy Bonebrake, went West to join his father and uncle. They finally reached Trinidad, Humboldt Co., Calif. They heard about gold being found in Southern Oregon. They joined a supply train, going over the Siskiyous into the Illinois Valley. They struck gold in the Bolan Lake area near today's Cave Junction.