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1 Mary Polly WELCH1 (1797-1851) [3509]. Born 1797, VT.1,2 Marr Sylvester BAILEY bef 1820.2 Died 27 Dec 1851, Sullivan Two., Tioga, PA.1 Buried 1851, Bailey Family Cemetery, Rutland Township, Tioga County PA.2
Excerpted from: Lura DICKINSON & Nathaniel WELCH Family of Sullivan Township
Joyce M. Tice's Sullivan-Rutland Genealogy Project
Mary Welch was born in Vermont 1797. Polly died 1851 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 54. Her body was interred 1851 in Bailey Family Cemetery, Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. I visited this site Autumn 1993 with Joan NASH O'Dell. The grave sites are full of woodchuck holes, the stones are lying down, broken, partially buried. No doubt, there are other stones here that are not identifiable. This is at the top of the hill in the pasture across the road from the house, actually in Rutland Township within a few feet of the Sullivan township line. She married Sylvester Bailey BEF 1820. I find no households in the 1820 census index labelled Sylvester Bailey.
Vet was born 1801 in Connecticut. Vet was the son of Constant Bailey and Abigail Unknown (Bailey). He married Mercy Newberry 1851. Vet died 1851 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 50. Historical Note: . Mill History in Sullivan Township: "In 1819 John Gray erected a saw mill at Gray's Valley, on Elk Run. He operated until 1832. It had a number of owners. In 1838 Albert Dewey erected a saw-mill in the eastern part of the township, which he and George Dewey operated for a number of years. William Young, another early mill owner, built a mill about 1832 below Mainesburg on Corey Creek, near the Richmond township line. In 1844 Valorus O. Spencer erected a mill above Mainesburg. Other early mill owners and lumbermen were: Stephen Palmer, who ran a mill in the eastern part of the township; Peleg Doud, who erected one on the South fork of Corey creek, on what is now the George Ross farm, and Sylvester Bailey, who erected one in Bailey Hollow. All these mills were run by water power, the flutter wheel being the one generally used. They have passed out of existence, except the mill near the State Road, now operated by Edward Dewey.
Vet was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Historical Note: . "In 1831 Sylvester Bailey erected a water-power grist-mill in Bailey Hollow, near Chandlersburg. About 1840 he sold it to Moses Crawford who operated it for a number of years. It shut down about twenty years ago, O. W. Palmer being the owner at the time."
Vet was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In the Census of 1850, Vet was listed as a head of household in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Vet had his will probated 22 DEC 1851 in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Adm. Moses Crawford. Later others appointed, Wm. A. Clark, Benjamin. W. Bailey. The Bailey property was on the boundary of Sullivan and Rutland Townships. Rutland was formed from Sullivan in 1829.
According to records of Jeanette Bailey (Rose), Sylvester had two children by mistress, Mercy Newberry, names Butler and Lafayette. Mercy lived with Sylvester's household in 1850 census. She may have been brought to the household as a "hired girl" which was the term used at the time for household employees. Mary died in 1851 and Sylvester in 1852.
2 Nathaniel WELCH1 ( - ) [3510].
3 Lura DICKINSON1 ( - ) [3511].
| 1 | "Ancestry.com, Snow/Lyman Ancestors". |
| 2 | "Information provided by Joyce M. Tice, Tioga County, PA researcher". |