Delevan AYLESWORTH (1854- )

1 Delevan F. AYLESWORTH^1,2,3 (1854- ) [6261]. Born Feb 1854, Rutland, Tioga County, PA.^1,3,4 Marr Martha EVANS 17 Jul 1878, Blossburg, PA.⁵

From History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1883.

Delevan F. Aylesworth, the younger of the firm of Aylesworth Bros., was born in 1853, in Rutland, Tioga county. He married Miss Martha Evans, of Blossburg. In 1878 he and his brother John formed a copartnership and they have since carried on the Blossburg Meat Market.

2 William De Lafayette AYLESWORTH^3,6,7 (1825-1910) [6135]. Born 22 Feb 1825, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY.^3,6 Died 5 Sep 1910, Blossburg, PA.⁷ Buried 6 Sep 1910, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Blossburg, PA.⁷

From History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1883.

William G. Aylesworth was born in 1825, in Otsego county, N.Y. In 1848 he married Miss Lucy Bailey of Richmond, Tioga county, Pa., and removed to Blossburg in 1873.

From the Wellsboro Agitator, September 7, 1910.

"Mr. William Aylesworth, Sr., died at the home of his son, Mr. John Aylesworth, at 2 a.m. Monday, September 5, after a long illness, aged about 80 years. Mr. Aylesworth was one of the oldest and most respected residents of Blossburg; he is survived by his aged wife and three sons. John, Dell and William, all of this place. Interment will take place on Tuesday, in the Odd Fellows' cemetery".

4 William AYLSWORTH⁶ (1794-1863) [6127]. Born 7 Feb 1794, Rhode Island.⁶ Died 2 Aug 1863, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY.⁶

From Arthur Aylsworth his descendents in America sixth generation.

He was six feet in height, (referring to William) not very fleshy, and of a very quiet disposition. He was commissioned by Gov. DeWitt Clinton, April 1, 1819, Ensign of a company in the 7th Regt. of Infantry. They dwelt in the town of Maryland where their nine children were born and reared, and where he died Aug. 2, 1863, and she Dec. 20, 1872.

5 Betsey HOWLAND⁶ (1796-1872) [6128]. Born 13 Sep 1796, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY.⁶ Died 20 Dec 1872, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY.⁶

11 Sally MOREHOUSE⁶ ( - ) [6129].

3 Lucy BAILEY^3,8 (c. 1830- ) [6136]. Born c. 1830.⁸

6 Sylvester BAILEY^9,10 (aft1794-1851) [3508]. Born btw 1794 and 1801, CT.^9,11,12,13 Marr Mary Polly WELCH bef 1820.¹¹ Marr Mercy NEWBERRY c. 1851.⁸ Died 19 Nov 1851, Sullivan Twp., Tioga, PA.^9,11,12

From the Wellsboro Gazette:

" FLASHBACKS; Wednesday, Feb. 26,1992 By: Phyllis Swinsick
A MAN CALLED VET
In the early history of our country the American government purchased land from the Iroquois Indians, including the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, for about $25,000, most of it in trade goods, and soon settlers made their way into the region of Tioga, many arriving from New England. They were a hardy
lot of skilled and adventuresome woodsmen looking for a new frontier. It was a wild and woolly land of dense forests, rugged terrain and many wiid animals, dangerous to the new residents and their live-stock but necessary as a means of survival for their hides, meat, horns, sinew and tallow. It was
land that the legendary hunter Philip Tome of Pine Creek fame called a "howling wilderness."

One of the most memorable of the incoming pioneers. Noted for his endurance and remarkable hunting skill, was a man named Sylvester Bailey, born in Connecticut in 1797, who came riding into the Tioga valley with his parents when he was eight years old. Despite his youth, he rode all the way on a pony, his rifle in hand, and honed his hunting proficiency during the long and hazardous journey over the Catskills, the Delaware and Armenia mountains to the mouth of Mill Creek where the family settled.

Known by the nickname of Vet, he was a sturdy lad, fearless and self reliant By the time he was 12, he had killed 100 dear, his first panther and had cornered a bear in the family pig pen, winning that combat while his mother held a light. He roamed the mountains barefooted in his search for game,
warming his feet occasionally by pulling off his cap and stepping into it. Bailey eventually married Mary Welch, by whom he had seven children and established a home in Rutland. In 1831 he built a grist mill in Chandlerburg in Bailey Hollow, later sold to Moses Crawford. But in addition to his business
he continued his hunting expeditions.

One time he set traps near the Present town of Mansfield- The next day he discovered a trap missing and followed the trail to a mammoth white pine hollow log He cut a club six-feet long, entered the log poking at the animal holed up there, a she-wolf. The wolf. cornered and enraged, bit off the club leaving the hunter with a stick only two feet long. according to legend. Bailey backed out, revised his
strategy, stopped up the opening with logs and stones and chopped a hole where the wolf crouched. He captured her ladyship alive along with seven little wolves, muzzled and tied up the mother, fastened the pups together, gathered up the whole kit and caboodle and started for home, a distance of eight miles. The mother wolf, frantically struggling, succeeded in seizing Bailey by the scalp, tearing his hair and skin loose from the top of his head. Despite his condition and blinded by blood, he retied the wolf and finally reached home where his wife replaced his scalp with 90 stitches to complete
the patch work. He put a handkerchief on his head and the next day continued his usual duties. The mother wolf and two of her pups became completely tame and followed him wherever he went.

Bailey was an expert tracker and wrestled bears, trapped wolves, shot elk and panthers and small game by the hundreds as he roamed the woods He was also a deadeye sharpshooter, and one time he and a long-time friend, Apollis Pitts, and others were returning from a rip-roaring logging bee when
the subject of marksmanship came up In a spasm of derring-do, Bailey placed an apple on his friend's head and shattered the object from a distance of six rods. A friend indeed! In 1836, Bailey erected a sawmill on Elk Run and, along with his frequent hunting trips, operated it until his death in 1852

Wayne Bailey, of Covington, is the great-great grandson of Sylvester Bailey and the above story is only a part of a testimonial account by the hunter's family, neighbors and the news, given to Wayne in the 1960s by a Bailey relative, Mildred Bryant of Mansfield. He also has a powder horn, carved
with the picture of a deer and the initials S. B. and dated 1818.

There are forty Bailey households listed in the 1992 Tioga County telephone directory and it seems certain, given the number of his progeny and the proliferation of succeeding generations, that many of them are descended from this intrepid pioneer Perhaps they are unaware that such an indomitable and legendary hunter is a branch on the Bailey family tree - this man called Vet."

History of Tioga County, Pa., 1897:

In 1822 or 1823 William Rose erected a distillery at Roseville, which he operated eight or ten years. In 1825 Sylvanus Benson, Hosea Howland and Barrett Clark, each had one-third interest in a saw-mill on Mill Creek, in the eastern part of the township. About 1836 Sylvester Bailey, erected a saw-mill on Elk Run near the Sullivan township line. This he operated until his death about 1852.

12 Constant BAILEY⁹ (1777-1843) [727]. Born 27 Jan 1777, Haddam, Middlesex, MA.⁹ Marr Abigail ? bef 1801.⁹ Died 30 Jan 1843, Sullivan Twp., Tioga, PA.^9,12 Buried Feb 1843, Bailey Family Cemetery, Rutland Twp, Tioga, PA.⁹

From the Tioga Eagle.

January 29, 1945 - "REGISTER'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, to all persons interested, that Moses Crawford, Administrator of Constant Bailey, deceased, has settled and filed in the Register's Office, in and for Tioga county, his account taken upon the estate of the said deceased - that the said account will be resented to the Orphan's Court for confirmation and allowance, on Monday, February 17, 1845 at the Court House in Wellsboro. LUMAN WILSON, Register. Register's Office. Wellsboro, Jan. 13, 1845.".

13 Abigail ?⁹ (1776-1851) [3505]. Born 26 Apr 1776.⁹ Died 14 Nov 1851, Sullivan Twp., Tioga, PA.^9,12 Buried Nov 1851, Bailey Family Cemetery, Rutland Twp, Tioga, PA.⁹

7 Mary Polly WELCH⁹ (1797-1851) [3509]. Born 1797, VT.^9,11 Died 27 Dec 1851, Sullivan Two., Tioga, PA.⁹ Buried 1851, Bailey Family Cemetery, Rutland Township, Tioga County PA.¹¹

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.

14 Nathaniel WELCH⁹ ( - ) [3510].

15 Lura DICKINSON⁹ ( - ) [3511].

Sources

1	"1860 PA, Tioga, Richmond census".

2	"1870 PA, Tioga, Richmond census".

3	"From History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1883".

4	"1900 Tioga, Blossburg census".

5	"Wellsboro Gazette Abstracts, Tioga County, PA".

6	"Arthur Aylsworth his descendents in America sixth generation".

7	"Obituary of William Aylesworth in the Wellsboro Agitator, September 7, 1910".

8	"Information provided by Jonathan Milligan".

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

10	"1850 Tioga Co., Rutland census".

11	"Information provided by Joyce M. Tice, Tioga County, PA researcher".

12	"From Bailey Family Cemetery - Sullivan-Rutland Genealogy Project".

13	"Birth date of Sylvester Bailey in the Elmira Sunday Advertiser, June 27, 1886".