Here is Peter Bailey's biography from Dr. Jay's book. I already had it
typed up for my Ancestry tree.
Peter BAILEY, a onetime member of the township advisory board of Noble
township and for many years regarded as one of the most substantial farmers
and landowners of that township, who died at his pleasant farm home there in
the fall of 1920, and where his widow is still living, left a good memory at
his passing, and it is but fitting that there should be carried here in the
definite history of the county in which all his life was spent a modest
tribute to that memory. Mr. BAILEY was born on a pioneer farm in Pike
township, this county, March 21. 1854, and was a son of James and Abigail
(COOK) BAILEY, who were among the early settlers of that township. Reared on
the home farm in Noble township, Peter BAILEY received his schooling in the
neighborhood schools and remained at home until his marriage, when he rented
a tract of land from his father-in-law and began operations in his own
behalf. Three years later he bought a "forty" in Noble township, a part of
the place on which his widow Is now living, and established his home there.
When Mr. BAILEY took possession of this place it was uncleared and
unimproved. He put up a two-room plank house which served as a dwelling
house until he found his affairs prospering and he then erected the present
commodious residence and made other improvements in keeping with the same
until he came to have one of the best farm plants in that part of the
county. Mr. BAILEY gradually increased his land holdings until he became the
owner of 505 acres in this county, and in 1911 made an apportionment of this
land to his children, giving to each a "forty," and thus reducing his
personal holdings to the present tract of 145 acres surrounding the old home
place. On that farm he spent his last days. his death occurring on November
2, 1920. Peter BAILEY was twice married, and by his first- wife, who was
Rebecca EHRHART, daughter of Timothy EHRHART, and who died on December 28,
1895, was the father of six children, Jesse J., who died in infancy;
Charles, James T., William C., John P. and Mary O., the latter of whom
married Harley CASTER, a Bearcreek township farmer, and has one child, a
daughter, Nadine. Charles BAILEY, who is farming in Bearcreek township,
married Laura ANDERSON and has had five children, four of whom, Ralph, Anna,
Ethel and Paul, are living. James T. BAILEY, who is farming in Adams county,
this state, married Dessie LUDY and has four children, Nora, Guy, Blaine and
Alice. William C. BAILEY, who is farming in Noble township, married Ethel
MOREHOUSE and has three children, Ruth, Lois and Wayne. John P. BAILEY, who
is farming in Bearcreek township, married Lydia SHERMAN and has two
children, Orvil and Helen. On December 20, 1896, Peter BAILEY married Mrs.
Mary (YEAGER) KNAB, widow of Lewis KNAB. and to this union two children were
born. Philo and Deeta, the latter of whom married Clarence STONER and is at
home with her mother. Philo BAILEY, who is now farming in Wayne and Noble
townships, married Minnie WALLACE and has one child, a daughter, Geraldine.
By her union with Lewis KNAB, Mrs. BAILEY has three daughters, Sarah, Emma
and Anna, the latter of whom married Russell GREAF, a Wayne township farmer,
and has one child, a son, Roger. Sarah KNAB married James H. BAILEY, a Wayne
township farmer, and has six children, Erma, Kenneth, Orlie, Mabel, Lewis
and Virginia. Emma KNAB married Isaac MYERS, a Noble township farmer, and
has five children. Ward, Leo, Cleo, Darwin and Floyd. Mrs. BAILEY is a
member of the Christian church at Salamonia, of which Mr. BAILEY formerly
was a trustee. He was a Democrat and had rendered public service as a member
of the township advisory board. Mrs. BAILEY has a pleasant home on rural
mail route No. 6 out of Portland, and she and her family have ever taken an
interested and helpful part in the community's general social activities.
ANDERSON, BAILEY, CASTER, COOK, EHRHART, GREAF, KNAB, LUDY, MOREHOUSE,
MYERS, SHERMAN, STONER, WALLACE, YEAGER IN, Adams Co., Jay Co. SOURCE:
Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing
Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.400-401. Transcribed by Eloine Chesnut.
Judy
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Subject: Re: [INJAY] Biographies
In a message dated 11/15/2009 11:12:34 PM Mountain Standard Time,
jamyers_(a)bellsouth.net writes:
Are you planning to use the biographies from Dr. Jay's History of Jay
County?
Because I live in Montana, I only plan to use those submitted by others,
and also from the book I own by Lewis 1881
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