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Welcome To Sullivan County, Indiana
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WILLIAM PHILLIPS BAILEYWILLIAM PHILLIPS BAILEY, a Civil war veteran and a prosperous farmer of Turman township, Sullivan county, was born near New Bedford, Massachusetts, on the 19th of June, 1847. His birthplace was on the home farm of his parents, Oliver and Lillis (Phillips) Bailey. His father, who was born in Rhode Island in 1808, died near Big Springs, Turman township, in the year 1863. The widow, born in New York state in 1808, survived her husband until 1887, when she died on the farm now the homestead of William P. Bailey. In 1855 the parternal family removed from Massachusetts to Warren county, Ohio, where the father continued his farming until 1861, when he migrated again, locating in Turman township during the month of August of the year named. The homestead was first near Big Springs, where the father died within two years of thus locating his family in what was then the far west. The deceased was a Republican, and served in the Mexican war, and both parents were members of the Christian church. The following children were born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Bailey: John, who is now a resident of Merom; William, of this sketch; Oliver Irvin, who lives in Oklahoma, and Elizabeth, now deceased. The above named were all born in Massachusetts. William Bailey had received but a district school education when, at the age of seventeen, he did his part in the support of the Union by enlisting in the Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, becoming a member of Company F on the 9th of November, 1864. After serving one year, during which he participated in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee, and other engagements in the campaigns of the southwest, he was honorably discharged at Victoria, Texas. Mr. Bailey in now drawing a pension for injuries received while in the faithful discharge of his soldierly duties. While away at the front the farm in Turman township was purchased by his mother, and at the conclusion of the war he located thereon to assist in its cultivation and management. His settlement on the property which he now owns dates from January, 1866, and a few years thereafter he purchased it from his mother and the heirs. It was here that the mother passed away in 1887, at the venerable age of nearly eighy years. The fine homestead owned som many years by Mr. Bailey consists of one hundred and ninety acres of valuable land, devoted both to grain farming and the raising of stock, the latter feature of his business being confined to hogs. Like many other old soldiers, Mr. Bailey has always voted for the Republican party. In September, 1889, he wedded Miss Elizabeth Colvin, a native of Wheatland, Knox county, born February 28, 1860, a daughter of William and Elsie (Adams) Colvin, natives of Merom. Both of her parents died when she was quite young. Mrs. Bailey is a member of the Methodist church and a most worthy representative of an honored pioneer family of Turman township. VOLUME II. PAGE 373 A history of Sullivan County, Indiana, closing of the first century's history of the county, and showing the growth of its people, institutions, industries and wealth THOMAS J. WOLFE EDITOR ILLUSTRATED THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK CHICAGO 1909 |
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