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WILLIAM WARREN BAILEYWILLIAM WARREN BAILEY, the owner of more than a half section of fertile farming land within Haddon township, all in one body, is an extensive stock raiser and farmer. He is a native of Sullivan county, Indiana, born near Carlisle, February 2, 1850, a son of Salathiel Jackson and Mary (Gogin) Bailey. The father was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, about 1818, and died in Haddon township, Sullivan county, Indiana, in 1863. The mother was born near Carlisle. The maternal grandfather, William Gobin, was a native of Kentucky, and among the early settlers of Haddon township, this county. He always followed farming and also operated a tan-yard at Carlisle. He was a very successful business man and highly respected in his community, and had a family, including two sons. Politically he was a Democrat of the old type. Salathiel Bailey, the father of William W., of this notice, came to Haddon township when fifteen years of age, and later married and began farming. He owned a farm of eighty acres at the date of his death. He, too, was a supporter of the Democratic party, and in church connection, both he and his wife were members of the Christian church. Their children were as follows: Frances, deceased; Finley, deceased; Ardillia, deceased; Margaret, wife of John Nesbit, of Haddon township, Sullivan county; William Warren, of this biography; Hammett, deceased. William W. Bailey was reared on a farm and began to work for himself independently at the age of seventeen years. He began by working for others by the month, but when twenty years of age he farmed for himself in Haddon township upon a ten-acre tract, to which he had fallen heir. He has continued in agricultural pursuits to the present time. In 1894 he purchased his present farm, consisting of three hundred and forty acres of choice land, upon which he carries on both grain and stock farming. He raises about two carloads of hogs annually, besides some cattle. He has been a stock drover for over thirty years, and has shipped from all along the line, including Oaktown, in Knox county, and Carlisle, Sullivan, Dugger, Riverton, etc., buying and shipping, both hogs and cattle. He is a large stockholder in the Peoples State Bank of Sullivan and is a thoroughly up-to-date agriculturist and competent business man. Mr. Bailey has been married thrice, first in 1871, to Elizabeth Snyder, born in Sullivan county, Cass township, and who died in 1877. The issue by this union was: Frenchie Eugene, deceased; one who died in infancy; and Grace, wife of Harry Mason, residing in Gill township. For his second wife Mr. Bailey married Jennie Creager, also a native of Sullivan county, who died a few years subsequent to her marriage to Mr. Bailey, leaving two children: Oma, who was born June, 1889, a graduate of Carlisle high school with the class of 1908; Dessie E., born July 3, 1891, now in high school. For his third wife Mr. Bailey married Emma Walker, a native of Haddon township, Sullivan county. The issue by this marriage is one daughter, Helen Pauline. Mr. Bailey's daughters are members of the Christian church and his present wife belongs to the Baptist church. VOLUME II. PAGE 149 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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