Mary BAILEY (1852-1909)

1 Mary Vesta BAILEY^1,2 (1852-1909) [6399]. Born 8 Dec 1852, Charleston, Tioga Co., PA.^1,2,3 Died 8 May 1909.³

2 William A. BAILEY⁴ (1825-1909) [6197]. Born 11 Nov 1825, Rutland Twp., PA.^3,4 Marr Sarah L. BAILEY bef 1853.⁵ Marr Lydia J. HOTCHKISS 12 May 1860, Mainsburg, PA.⁶ Died 7 May 1909, Elk Run, PA.³ Cause: Pneumonia. Buried 9 May 1909, Cherryflats Cemetery.³

From the Wellsboro Agitator.

November 13, 1907 - " Enjoyable Birthday Party

Mr. and Mrs. Elmiron Bailey and daughter, Helen, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Grosjean, attended a pleasant surprise party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Bailey in Covington, on Monday, given in honor of Mr. Bailey's 82nd birthday. Among the thirty-five relatives and friends who attended were: Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ford and family, Miss Mary Bailey and Lloyd and Clyde Simerson, Mr. and Mrs. Sampson, Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson, Stephan Sparling and family.
A bountiful dinner was served. Mr. Bailey is one of the oldest and most highly esteemed citizens of Covington. He enjoyed the day as well as did his 21 grandchildren and the happy day will be long remembered by his many friends and relatives. Mr. Bailey was presented with a gold watch."

May 12, 1909 - "DOUBLE FUNERAL SUNDAY.
Father and daughter Died of Pneumonia - Burial Sunday.
Mr. William A. Bailey, aged 83, died at this home on Elk Run, about two miles below Cherryflats, at 10 o'clock last Friday morning, of pneumonia, after a week's illness. He caught cold during the recent severe storm and a few days afterward pneumonia developed.
Mr. Bailey was a son of Sylvester Bailey, deceased, one of the pioneers of Rutland township and he was born in Rutland on November 11, 1825.
He was twice married, his first wife being Sarah Bailey, a daughter of the late Clark W. Bailey She died about 52 years ago. To them was born one daughter, Mary, who died of pneumonia at her father's home at 12:30 o'clock on Saturday morning last, May 8, after a very short illness, aged 58 years. She was born in Charleston on December 8, 1850. She was a member of the Cherryflats Methodist church and was a woman of many beautiful traits of character.
Mr. Bailey's second wife who was Miss Lydia Hotchkiss, is dangerously ill with pneumonia. Of their four children, three are surviving - E.H. Bailey, of Delmar; Mrs. Stephen Sparling, of Richmond, and Mrs. D.H. Ford, of Covington. Their other daughter, Laura, wife of Mr. Lafayette Simmerson of Covington, died about two years ago.
Two sisters and one brother also survive Mr. Bailey - Mrs. Lucy Aylesworth, wife of William Aylesworth, of Blossburg, Mrs Abigail Burnside, of Covington, and Mrs. Constant Bailey, of Wellsboro.
Mr. Bailey was a member of the Cherryflats M E church and of Aurora Grange, No. 874, of Cherryflats. He was one of the substantial and respected citizens of the vicinity in which he resided for so many years and his death is mourned by a host of friends. He was a veteran of the Civil war.
The funeral was held on Sunday at 2 p.m., and services were largely attended. Rev, J.E. Tallant officiating; burial on the Cherryflats cemetery.".

4 Sylvester BAILEY^7,8 (aft1794-1851) [3508]. Born btw 1794 and 1801, CT.^7,9,10,11 Marr Mary Polly WELCH bef 1820.⁹ Marr Mercy NEWBERRY c. 1851.⁴ Died 19 Nov 1851, Sullivan Twp., Tioga, PA.^7,9,10

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.

8 Constant BAILEY⁷ (1777-1843) [727]. Born 27 Jan 1777, Haddam, Middlesex, MA.⁷ Marr Abigail ? bef 1801.⁷ Died 30 Jan 1843, Sullivan Twp., Tioga, PA.^7,10 Buried Feb 1843, Bailey Family Cemetery, Rutland Twp, Tioga, PA.⁷

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.".

9 Abigail ?⁷ (1776-1851) [3505]. Born 26 Apr 1776.⁷ Died 14 Nov 1851, Sullivan Twp., Tioga, PA.^7,10 Buried Nov 1851, Bailey Family Cemetery, Rutland Twp, Tioga, PA.⁷

5 Mary Polly WELCH⁷ (1797-1851) [3509]. Born 1797, VT.^7,9 Died 27 Dec 1851, Sullivan Two., Tioga, PA.⁷ Buried 1851, Bailey Family Cemetery, Rutland Township, Tioga County PA.⁹

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.

10 Nathaniel WELCH⁷ ( - ) [3510].

11 Lura DICKINSON⁷ ( - ) [3511].

3 Sarah L. BAILEY⁵ (1829-1857) [6397]. Born 24 Aug 1829, Tioga Co.⁵ Died 1857.⁵

6 Clark Wilson BAILEY^12,13,14 (1806-1881) [6385]. Born 1806. Marr Vesta JUDD 13 May 1827.¹² Died 22 Dec 1881, At the home of his son, Julius M.¹²

From The History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1897.

Clark W. Bailey was born in Tioga Township, Tioga county, January 12, 1806 and was the eldest son of Roswell and Lucinda Bailey. He grew up amidst pioneer surroundings, and attended school in the old-fashioned log school house of early days. When twenty-one years of age he purchased a farm near Whitney's Corners, near Charleston township, and later formed a partnership with R.G. White, erected a large steam saw-mill, and engaged in the lumber business on an extensive scale. In 1857 he removed to Mansfield, where he purchased a grist-mill, and the following year built a water-powered saw-mill, both of which he operated until 1866, when he sold out to his sons, Thomas H. and Justus W. He also owned and operated a foundry in Mansfield, and was one of its most prominent business men for many years. He was instrumental in establishing the Mansfield Seminary, was a liberal supporter of all public enterprises, and an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church. On May 13, 1827, Mr. Bailey married Vesta Judd, of Binghampton, New York, to which union were born ten children, as follows. Sara L., Roswell G., Julius M., Wesley V., Thomas H., Emily J., Julia A., Justus W., Clarissa V., and Clark B. Mr. Bailey died at the home of his son, Julius M., December 22, 1881. His widow survives until October 2, 1882, dying at the age of seventy-four years.

From the Tioga Eagle.

December 9, 1846 - "Strayed or Stolen!
From the premises of the subscriber about the first of September last, thirty head of SHEEP, of various marks, some hole in one ear, some slit in the ear, some marked with tar, "J.W." and other marks not recollected, having been purchased of sundry persons, and consequently different marks are upon them. If any person or persons, having taken up said sheep, and will return them to the subscriber, all reasonable charges will be allowed. CLARK W. BAILEY. Charleston, Nov. 25th, 1846."

Researcher note: The next sketch concerns the father of Thomas Bailey, Clark Bailey. We know quite a bit about Clark, too, but there is some useful info here. The list of children conforms pretty much to what we have but does list a son, Chester Bailey. I believe this may be an error as I'm unable to confirm this in any other source. It does, however, list two daughters, but not by name, only by who they married - Julian Langdon and William Hollands. After a good deal of searching, I found that the name Julian Langdon is an error, too. It was actually Ormus Langdon and the Clark Bailey daughter who married Ormus was Julia Bailey. It was Clark's daughter Clarissa Bailey who married William Hollands. We do currently show both Julia and Clarissa as daughters of Clark Bailey.

Sketches from History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania by Henry Wilson Storey, 1907.

"Clark Bailey, son of Roswell Bailey, was born in Connecticut, whence he migrated to Mansfield, Tioga county. He was a lumberman, and erected a large fiouring mill, being one of the leading business men of
the town. Politically he was first a Whig, but later identified himself with the Republicans. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Bailey married Vesta Judd, of Connecticut, and their children were: Julius; Wesley; Thomas H., of whom later; Chester; Clark; and two daughters, who married respectively Julian Langdon and William Hollands.".

12 Roswell BAILEY^7,15,16,17 (1782-1840) [3528]. Born 24 Dec 1782, VT or MA.^7,15 Marr Lucinda CLARK 1805, Mill Creek, Tioga, PA.⁷ Marr Julia Ann ROCKWELL 4 Jan 1824, Charleston, PA.^7,15,16 Died 24 Oct 1840, Dartt Settlement, Charleston Twp., Tioga, PA.^7,15

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 CLARK⁷ (1785-1822) [3529]. Born 4 May 1785, Wilbraham, Hampden, MA.⁷ Died 3 Dec 1822, Tioga County, PA.⁷

7 Vesta JUDD¹² (c. 1808-1882) [6404]. Born c. 1808.¹² Died 2 Oct 1882.¹²

Sources

1	"1880 Tioga Co., Covington census.".

2	"Tioga County PA Birth Records.".

3	"Obituary of William A. Bailey and Mary Bailey in the Wellsboro Agitator, May 12, 1909".

4	"Information provided by Jonathan Milligan".

5	"Dartt Settlement, Pioneer Cemetery record.".

6	"Wedding announcemenrt of William A. Bailey and Lydia J. Hotchkiss in the Tioga County Agitator, May 24, 1860.".

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

8	"1850 Tioga Co., Rutland census".

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

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

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

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

13	"Middle name from Nancy Dobson".

14	"History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania by Henry Wilson Storey, 1907".

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.".