May KING (c. 1872- )

1 May KING¹ (c. 1872- ) [11816]. Born c. 1872, PA.¹

2 Martin Van Buren KING^1,2,3,4,5,6 (1826- ) [11815]. Born Apr 1826, NY.^1,2,3,4 Marr Vesta Clarissa BAILEY c. 1866.² Buried Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, PA.⁶

From the Biography of Martin King from the History of Tioga County, PA, 1883.

"MART KING, son of George W., was born in Washington county, N.Y., in 1825, and in 1845 came to Mansfield, where he worked at blacksmithing two years and carpentering five years. In 1852 he went on the railroad, remaining until 1858. He then engaged in the produce trade until 1869, when he built a factory and went to manufacturing bedsteads. His factory which was a model one and first class-class in every particular, was burned, with all its splendid and costly machinery, December 24th 1870. It was rebuilt in the spring of 1871, and has since been devoted to the manufacturer of bedsteads and extension tables as a specialty, with a general line of furniture made from our native timber. It is probably the largest wood-making establishment in the county, employing a large number of men, and turning out thousands of dollars worth of furniture every year. There is run in connection with it a large steam laundry and Mr. King has at times nearly 40 persons on his payroll. He is a self-made man, having once been at the bottom round of the ladder, aid is now among our very first businessmen. He is president of the Smythe Park Association, and has been largely instrumental in making the Tioga county agricultural, mechanical, and industrial fair, which is annually held in the park, such a great success.".

4 George W. KING⁵ ( - ) [11821].

3 Vesta Clarissa BAILEY^1,2,3,4,6,7 (1846-1912) [7777]. Born 16 Oct 1846, Mansfield, PA.^1,2,3,4,6,7 Died 12 Apr 1912, Mansfield, PA.^6,7 Buried Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, PA.⁶

6 Benjamin Morris BAILEY^8,9,10 (1816-1876) [6389]. Born 17 Dec 1816, Charleston, Tioga Co., PA.^9,11,12 Marr Clarissa JOHNSON bef 1838.¹³ Marr Helen P. RICHARDS 3 Apr 1855, Mansfield, Richmond Twp., Tioga Co., PA.¹⁰ Died 13 May 1876, Elmira, NY.^11,12 Buried Prospect Cemetery, Richmond Twp., Tioga, PA.¹¹

From the Wellsboro Gazette, May 18, 1976.

"DIED -- Benjamin M. Bailey died at Elmira, N.Y., on the 13th inst. He was a half brother of John W. Bailey, Esq.., of Wellsboro. He was born in Charleston, Tioga County, December 17th, 1816, and was nearly sixty years of age at the time of his death. He was taken to Mansfield for burial. The funeral was attended from the residence of his son-in-law, Mart King, Esq., on Monday. Rev. Wm. Marshall officiated. He leaves a widow three daughters and three sons.".

12 Roswell BAILEY^14,15,16,17 (1782-1840) [3528]. Born 24 Dec 1782, VT or MA.^14,15 Marr Lucinda CLARK 1805, Mill Creek, Tioga, PA.¹⁴ Marr Julia Ann ROCKWELL 4 Jan 1824, Charleston, PA.^14,15,16 Died 24 Oct 1840, Dartt Settlement, Charleston Twp., Tioga, PA.^14,15

Both of these sketches come from History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1897.

"Roswell Bailey, a native of Vermont, came into the county about 1802 and located in Tioga township. About 1810 he removed to what is now known as the Dartt settlement, in Charleston township, and there became a pioneer settler. Here he engaged in farming and lumbering until his death. The tombstone over his grave in the Dartt settlement cemetery bears the following inscription: Rozel Bailey, Killed by the upsetting of his wagon, Oct. 24, 1840.

At the time of his death he was engaged in hauling heavy castings for his sawmill. The team ran away, while going down hill, upsetting the wagon and crushing him under its load. His sister, Betsey, came into the county with him and in 1812 became the wife of John Lawrence. On February 11, 1891, being then a resident of Mansfield, she celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of her birth, and lived nearly a year longer."

"Roswell Bailey was born in Vermont, December 25, 1782, came to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, about the year 1802 and located in Tioga township. In 1810 he removed to Dartt settlement, in Charleston township, where he cleared and improved a farm and died October 24, 1840. In 1805 Mr. Bailey married Lucinda Clark, of which union six children grew to maturity named as follows: Clark W., Robert B., Roswell W., Mary A., Benjamin M., And Justis B. Mrs Bailey died in the early twenties and in 1923 he married Julia A. Rockwell, who became the mother of six children: John W., Rockwell S., George W., Julia A., Ellen M., and Caroline."

From the Lycoming Gazette.

August 28, 1833 - "From the Tioga Phenix - TIOGA COUNTY CONVENTION.
At a meeting of the delegates of the several townships of said county, for the purpose of nominating a suitable person as a candidate for Representative to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, held at the house of Benjamin R. Hall in Tioga village, on Thursday the 22d inst. the Hon JOHN RYON was called to the Chair, and Dr. C. Parkhurst and N.H. Purple, Esq. were appointed Secretaries.
The following delegates appeared and were admitted to seats in the Convention. Delmar. Jonah Brewster and John Dailey. Charleston. Rozel Bailey and Elmer Bacon. Shippen. Leonard Pfouto and Ephrain Steele. Westfield. Archibald Campbell and ??."

From the Tioga Eagle.

November 4, 1840 - "It is with feelings of deep regret that we announce the death of Mr. Rozel Bailey, one of the earliest and most respectable inhabitants in this county. As he was returning homewards on the 23d ult. with a two-horse team loaded with heavy iron castings for a saw mill, the horses, in the neighborhood of "Daggett's Hollow" ran off, Mr. Bailey, it seems, was sitting up on the wagon when it broke to pieces, and no doubt was dragged a considerable distance before the horses became disengaged from the fragments of the wreck. The body was taken up a short time after, but the vital spark had fled to Him who gave it.
The remains, on the Monday following, were followed to the grave by a large concourse of citizens who seemed deeply affected by the melancholy catastrophe, which has taken from our society a worthy member and much beloved neighbor."

From the Encyclopedia of Biography by John W. Jordan, 1914.

Rozel, son of Robert and Asenath (Lawrence) Bailey, was born December 25, 1782, in New England, and about 1802, moved by the adventurous spirit inherited from his immigrant ancestor, he migrated to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where he cleared and cultivated a farm in the wilderness, making a home for himself and his descendants. He married, about 1805, Lucinda Clark, of Massachusetts, and their children were: Clark,. Robert, Roswell Wilson, Mary Ann, Benjamin, Justus. Mrs. Bailey died December , 3, 1822, and thereafter Mr. Bailey married Julia Rockwell. The children of this second marriage were: John W., mentioned below; Rockwell, George,: Julia, Ellen, Caroline. Rozel Bailey, the father, died in 1840, as the result of an accident, but before his death he had the joy of welcoming his father and Ins
brothers and sisters to Pennsylvania, which became thenceforth the abode of this very numerous, able and honorable family. For many years prior to his death, Roze! Bailey had lived at Dartt, a settlement in the southern part of Tioga county, which he had been instrumental in founding.

13 Lucinda CLARK¹⁴ (1785-1822) [3529]. Born 4 May 1785, Wilbraham, Hampden, MA.¹⁴ Died 3 Dec 1822, Tioga County, PA.¹⁴

7 Clarissa JOHNSON^7,11 (1818-1854) [7770]. Born 1818.¹¹ Died 1854.¹¹ Buried Prospect Cemetery, Richmond Twp., Tioga, PA.¹¹

Sources

1	"1880 PA, Tioga, Mansfield census".

2	"1870 PA, Tioga, Mansfield census".

3	"1900 PA, Tioga, Mansfield census".

4	"1910 PA, Tioga, Mansfield census".

5	"Biography of Martin King from the History of Tioga County, PA, 1883".

6	"Prospect Cemetery (Mansfiled, PA) records".

7	"From John and Lydia (Bacus) Bailey".

8	"History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1897".

9	"1860 PA, Tioga, Richmond census".

10	"Ancestors of Uriah Maine of Mainesburg & Wisconsin".

11	"Prospect Cemetery (Richmond Twp.) cemetery records.".

12	"Death notice of Benjamin M. Bailey in the Wellsboro Gazette, May 18, 1876".

13	"Estimated based on related dates and information".

14	"Ancestry.com, Snow/Lyman Ancestors".

15	"The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and It's Affiliations by S. Whitney Phoenix, 1878".

16	"A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell of Stamford, Connecticut and Ralph Keeler of Hartford, Connecticut by James Boughton, 1903".

17	"Encyclopedia of Biography by John W. Jordan, 1914.".