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1 Elmer James BAILEY1,2 (c. 1910- ) [13428]. Born c. 1910, MI.1 Marr Tessie M. ? 27 Apr 1935, Clearwater, FL.3
From the Orion Weekly Review.
March 31, 1944 - "Cpl Elmer Bailey, March Field, Calif., "When we reported at Fresno from Texas, they gave us a strict physical examination and five shots and sent us up to a camp in the mountains to do some shooting with all the different guns the army has. Except to be here three months.""
June 16, 1944 - "Sgt. Elmer Bailey, March Field, Calif.: "I have started flying with my new crew and have about eight hours at high altitude of 20,000 and 25,000 feet. When we left the ground this morning (June 5) it was 70 degrees and it was 34 degrees below up there.""
November 10, 1944 - "Sgt. Elmer Bailey, Hawaii, writes: "We have been going to gunnery school for three weeks, and the next week will get some firing from the plane. Yesterday we were at the railroad range and I got one hundred and two hits out of five hundred, shot from my turret. The target was moving around an oval and was two hu"ndred yards at the front and four hundred yards at the back, and moving at thirty-five miles an hour."
April 20, 1945 - "Sgt. Elmer Bailey, Mariana Islands: "I am getting the paper quite regularly now and it sure tells about things changing and some of the older folks passing away.
We have been back to Oahu, Hawaii, on a twelve day rest, and the Red Cross did everything they could to make us enjoy ourselves. There was bowling, ball games, swimming and beach picnics. The girls sewed and went to town and did our shopping for us.
We had all the steaks, porkchops, meat loaves and good mashed potatoes with brown gravy and milk, all we wanted. Then when we came back here to eat canned food we sure missed it."
May 18, 1945 - "S/Sgt. Elmer Bailey, Mariana Islands: "The crew I have been flying with have finished their missions. I have twenty-seven in so far. Our garden has been doing very well. We have had radishes, carrots and will soon have lettuce. The worms got the tomatoes before they got ripe. Some of the boys have very nice flower gardens.""
September 7, 1945 - "S/Sgt. Elmer Bailey, Ryukus, writes: "We had on of the biggest celebrations, with all kinds of guns shooting and rockets, flares and the prettiest fire works of any Fourth of July I ever saw, when we heard that Japan wanted to call it finished..
This is a pretty nice place. We have plenty of pine trees, but no palms like there were at Guam. I am so sorry not to have seen Robert Gavette, but had to leave on short notice and now I'm about fourteen hundred miles from him, so don't think he will be able to get over to see me now.""
October 5, 1945 - "Staff Sgt. Elmer Bailey, Okinawa, writes: "I have had one misson over China, hitting Shanghai. On the missoin at Nagashaki on of the planes just ahead of us got a direct hit in the pilot's compartment, killing about four of the men. They started to dive and about half way down the plane blew up, and I was watching all this from the nose turret, which sure did upset me terribly to see our buddies going down and no way to get them out alive. We may be on our way home by the time you get this letter."".
2 Clarence Hillman BAILEY1,4,5,6 (1885-1944) [4643]. Born 17 Jun 1885, Independence Twp., MI.4,5,6 Marr Mable Alice MIDDLETON 30 Jun 1909, Oakland County, MI.1,2 Marr Cecelia MIERKEY 1936.6 Died 15 Oct 1944, Largo, FL.6 Buried Largo, FL.6
4 Elmer B. BAILEY7,8 (1859-1924) [4601]. Born Oct 1859, Independence, Oakland Co., MI.4,7,9 Marr Caroline STYSON 31 Aug 1884, Oxford, MI.4,9 Died Feb 1924.7,10,11 Cause: Kidney Trouble. Buried Square Lake Cemetery, Orion Twp., Oakland County, MI.10
From a Pontiac, MI newspaper.
1875-03-24 - "Elmore Bailey, son of Wm. Bailey, has had a severe time of inflammation and congestion of the lungs. But by good care and skillful treatment of Doctor Goodenough, of Clarkston, is improving finely. This is a second narrow escape, if such it may be termed, that Elmore has had."
1875-11-24 - "Elmore Bailey was kicked by a horse the other day in the side laming him somewhat."
1878-05-29 - "Elmore Bailey, a young man of this place [Bailey Lake], was recently thrown from a buggy, breaking his left arm and dislocating his shoulder."
1904-04-14 - "Bailey who lives four miles southwest of town [Oxford] lost his house by fire Saturday."
Bailey triplets are listed in the cemetery records for the Square Lake Cemetery, Orion Twp., Oakland County, MI in section CO9 along with Elmer B. Bailey and Caroline Bailey Howard. However no stone for them could be found.
8 William BAILEY7 (1820-1888) [4588]. Born 17 Aug 1820, Sullivan Twp., Tioga County, PA.7 Died 26 May 1888, Independence, Oakland Co., MI.7
From a Pontiac, MI newspaper.
1874-01-28 - "On Saturday evening last our debating club met red hot at the regular hour appointed and fears were entertained that the whole meeting would burst into a political fight. Uncle Bill Bailey gave the Lincoln man a broadside which made the wool fly."
1876-02-16 - "Wm. Bailey has had a valuable horse so badly kicked by another, as to ruin it."
1881-05-25 - "Wm. Bailey has gone to Ogemaw county to visit his four sons who are located there on large farms."
1883-09-05 - "Mr. Wm. Bailey is visiting his sons in Lapeer, Saginaw and Ogemaw counties."
1884-09-17 - "Mr. William Bailey and wife intend locating in Holly. His son Elmer will run the farm."
1885-01-07 - "Mr. Wm. Bailey, braving the storms and enjoying the calms of Bailey Lake for the past fifty years has cast anchor with his second mate on the quiet shores of Holly, there to spend the afternoon of life, leasing his agricultural interests in charge of his ninth son Elmer."
1888-08-15 - "Est. of Wm. Bailey deceased; affidavit for witness filed, hearing continued to Sept. 4th.".
9 Clarissa M. SHOTWELL7 (1820-1881) [4592]. Born 18 Jul 1820, Warren Co., NJ.7 Died 7 Apr 1881, Independence, Oakland Co., MI.7
From a Pontiac, MI newspaper.
1879-06-04 - "Mrs. Wm. Bailey is, at this writing, dangerously ill.".
5 Caroline STYSON4,8,9,10 (1867-1950) [4642]. Born Aug 1867, Detroit, MI.4 Marr ? HOWLAND aft 1924. Died 1950.10 Buried Square Lake Cemetery, Orion Twp., Oakland County, MI.10
3 Mable Alice MIDDLETON1 (1889-1933) [13427]. Born 22 Dec 1889, MI.1,2 Died 2 Jun 1933, Lake Orion, MI.2 Buried Cole Cemetery, Randall Beach, FL.2
6 ? MIDDLETON2 ( - ) [13429].
| 1 | "1910 MI, Oakland, Oakland Twp. census". |
| 2 | "Obituary of Mable Bailey in the Lake Orion Review, June 9, 1933". |
| 3 | "Marriage announcement of Elmer Bailey to Mrs. Tessie M. Tillis in the Lake Orion Review, May 10, 1935". |
| 4 | "1900 Orion Twp. cenxus". |
| 5 | "WWI Selective Service registration card". |
| 6 | "Obituary of Clarence H. Bailey in the Pontiac Press, October 27, 1944". |
| 7 | "Sullivan-Rutland Genealogy Project by Joyce M. Tice". |
| 8 | "1910 MI, Oakland, Orion census". |
| 9 | "Marriage Returns for Oakland County, Michigan 1836 - 1884". |
| 10 | "Tombstone inscription". |
| 11 | "From the "Ten Years Ago" column of the Feb. 16, 1934 Lake Orion Review". |