Lavina BAILEY (c. 1914-1935)
1 Lavina G. BAILEY1 (c. 1914-1935) [5373]. Born c. 1914, Seymour Lake, MI.1,2 Died 3 Mar 1935, Pontiac, MI.1
2 Warren Wilson BAILEY3,4,5,6,7 (1880-1961) [4821]. Born 18 Dec 1880.3,4,8 Died 29 Apr 1961.4,6 Buried Seymour Lake Cemetery.4
From the Pontiac Press.
April 1, 1961 - "ORTONVILLE - Service for Warren W. Bailey, 80, of 3585 Perry Lake Road, will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Sharpe-Goyette Funeral Home, Clarkston. Burial will be in Seymour Lake Cemetery. Mr. Bailey died Saturday after an illness of two weeks. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Bradley Miller of Clarkston, Mrs. Dale of Schafe of Drayton Plains and Mrs. Helen Teachout of Flint: three sisters, Mrs. Winifred Porritt of Seymour Lake, Mrs. Mildred Whims of Willaimston and Mrs. Earl Alleman of Oxford: 14 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren.".
4 Winfield Scott BAILEY7,9,10 (1852-1924) [4625]. Born 26 Mar 1852.4,9 Marr Sarah Ellen SUTTON 17 Nov 1875.10 Died 25 Jun 1924, Oxford, MI.4,11 Buried 29 Jun 1924, Seymour Lake Cemetery.11
From a Pontiac, MI newspaper.
1875-03-24 - "Winfield Bailey suffers the loss of a valuable horse, that recently was kicked by another horse while standing in the stable together."
1875-03-24 - "Winfield Bailey suffers the loss of a valuable horse, that recently was kicked by another horse while standing in the stable together."
1876-03-15 - "A span of horses, the property of Winfield Bailey, ran away recently. Damage slight."
1880-03-17 - "The agent of the Watertown, (N.Y.) Fire Insurance Company only paid Winfield S. Bailey $10 on a $50 loss he sustained by fire a few weeks ago. Mr. Bailey, feeling a great injustice had been done him, withdrew his insurance from that company, and insured in the Oakland County Mutual."
From the Clarkston Community News.
June 4, 1921 - "Mrs. Harvey Bailey, of Detroit, spent Decoration Day at W. S. Bailey's.".
8 Wilson BAILEY12 (1816-1862) [4585]. Born 17 Mar 1816, Sullivan Twp., Tioga County, PA.12 Marr Rachel RIKER 18 Jan 1840.13 Died 26 May 1862, Orion Twp., MI.12,14 Buried Sashabaw Cemetery.15
9 Rachel RIKER9,13,14 (1817-1894) [4620]. Born 31 Dec 1817, Big Flats, Chemung Co., NY.9,14,15 Died 18 Apr 1894, Independence Twp, Oakland, Co., MI.15 Cause: Heart failure. Buried Sashabaw Cemetery.15
From a Pontiac, MI newspaper.
07 Jul 1875 - "Mrs. Rachel Bailey is having her residence renovated from cellar to garret."
04 Jun 1879 - "The widow Bailey is also on the sick list."
28 May 1884 - "Mrs. widow Wilson Bailey and daughter, the former a forty-nine year resident of this place [Seymour Lake] has purchased the Ezra King property in Pontiac. Our loss is Pontiac's gain."
16 Sep 1892 - "Mrs. R. Bailey is spending a few days with her son, Wilson Bailey."
11 Nov 1892 - "Winfield Bailey and wife, of Seymour Lake, visited at Wilson Bailey's Sunday."
Obituary from the Oakland County Post, April 27, 1894.
"Death of Mrs. Wilson Bailey. Mrs. Rachel Riker Bailey, widow of Wilson Bailey, deceased, died Wednesday, April 18, of heart failure, aged 76 years, at the home of her son, Winfield Bailey, on the old homestead in northeast Independence. The deceased was the daughter of John Riker and was born in Big Flats, Chemung county, N.Y., Dec. 31, 1817, came to Michigan and Independence in 1837 and settled on Sashabaw Plains. She married Wilson Bailey in 1840. Associated with Fred Myrick, her husband purchased and cleared up what is now known as Mohopac. They built a saw mill, cutting the timber into lumber much of which was used in Pontiac. The C.A. Palmer house was built by Mr. Myrick, who just after its completion, died of small pox in New York City. Mr. Bailey lived at Mohopac only a few years before his last illness.
After her husband's death Mrs. Bailey lived in Pontiac a few years and then returned to the scenes of her pioneer life, the old home with its sacred recollections, to pass the remainder of her days. Here she died respected by her neighbors and beloved by her children.
Mrs. Bailey leaves three sons and one daughter, Wilson, Winfield and Morris. The late Wallace Bailey was her son. One brother, George Riker of Cass City and Mrs. Wormley, the mother of Mrs. George Alexander, survive her.
The funeral was held at the home and the remains interred by the side of her husband in Sashabaw cemetery. A large concourse of neighbors and friends followed the remains to their last resting place.".
5 Sarah Ellen SUTTON10,16,17 (1857-1942) [4818]. Born 2 Oct 1857, Orion Twp., MI.4,16,17 Died 25 Dec 1942, Oxford, MI.4,17 Buried 27 Dec 1942, Seymour Lake Cemetery.
From the Pontiac Daily Press, December 26, 1942.
"A pioneer of Oakland county, Mrs Sarah Ellen Bailey, 85, died at her Oxford home Friday night. She had lived on the Bailey homestead south of Seymour Lake for 48 years, moving to Oxford in November, 1923, where her husband died. She was born in Orion township Oct. 2, 1857, and was married to Winfield S. Bailey Nov. 17, 1875. Surviving are her son Warren of Lake Orion and three daughters, Mrs. Winifred Porritt of Seymour Lake; Mrs. Mildred Whims of Midland and Mrs. Dorothy Alleman of Oxford, 17 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. Funeral service will be held from the Whitcomb-Mabley chapel in Oxford Sunday at 2 p.m. and burial will be made in the Seymour Lake cemetery.".
3 Sadie Isolde BEARDSLEE5,18 (c. 1883- ) [4920]. Born c. 1883.5
Sources
| 1 | "Obituary of Lavina Ryerse in the Orion Weekly Review, March 8, 1935". |
| 3 | "1900 Independence Twp. census". |
| 4 | "Small Cemeteries in Brandon and Groveland Township, Oakland County, Michigan". |
| 5 | "1910 Independence Twp. census". |
| 6 | "Obituary of Warren W. Bailey in the Pontiac Press, May 1, 1961". |
| 7 | "Information provided by Diane Curry". |
| 8 | "WWI Selective Service registration card". |
| 9 | "1850 - 1860 Independence Twp. census". |
| 10 | "International Genealogical Index". |
| 11 | "Obituary of Winfield Bailey in the Pontiac Daily Press, June 27, 1924". |
| 12 | "Sullivan-Rutland Genealogy Project by Joyce M. Tice". |
| 13 | "Oakland County, Michigan Dibean Marriage Index". |
| 14 | "Portrait and Biographical Album of Oakland County, MIchigan, 1891". |
| 15 | "Obituary of Mrs. Rachel Riker Bailey, Oakland County Post, April 27, 1894". |
| 16 | "1870 Independence Twp. census". |
| 17 | "Obituary of Sarah Ellen Bailey, Pontiac Press, December 26, 1942". |
| 18 | "Bailey WFT by Nancy Moshier". |
