Sarah BAILEY (1869- )
1 Sarah Josephine BAILEY1,2 (1869- ) [6445]. Born Feb 1869, PA.1,3,4 Marr Byron GRENOLDS 9 May 1891, Addison, NY.5
2 Wesley Vaughn BAILEY6,7,8 (1836- ) [6406]. Born Apr 1836, PA.6,7 Marr Fanny Gertrude Lucy HOARD c. 1862.7
4 Clark Wilson BAILEY9,10,11 (1806-1881) [6385]. Born 1806. Marr Vesta JUDD 13 May 1827.9 Died 22 Dec 1881, At the home of his son, Julius M.9
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.".
8 Roswell BAILEY12,13,14,15 (1782-1840) [3528]. Born 24 Dec 1782, VT or MA.12,13 Marr Lucinda CLARK 1805, Mill Creek, Tioga, PA.12 Marr Julia Ann ROCKWELL 4 Jan 1824, Charleston, PA.12,13,14 Died 24 Oct 1840, Dartt Settlement, Charleston Twp., Tioga, PA.12,13
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.
9 Lucinda CLARK12 (1785-1822) [3529]. Born 4 May 1785, Wilbraham, Hampden, MA.12 Died 3 Dec 1822, Tioga County, PA.12
5 Vesta JUDD9 (c. 1808-1882) [6404]. Born c. 1808.9 Died 2 Oct 1882.9
3 Fanny Gertrude Lucy HOARD7,8 (1842- ) [6442]. Born Apr 1842, NY.7
Sources
| 1 | "1870 PA, Tioga, Charleston census". |
| 2 | "Obituary of A. Ward Bailey in a February 1924 Tioga County newspaper.". |
| 3 | "1900, 1910, 1920 NY, Erie, Buffalo census". |
| 4 | "Letter from Dora Gertrude Grenolds to her granddaughter Libby about Maple Hill.". |
| 5 | "Article in the Mansfield Advertiser, November, 1893.". |
| 6 | "1850 Tioga, Richmond census.". |
| 7 | "1900 Tioga, Richmond census". |
| 8 | "The Millennium File database by the Institute of Family Research". |
| 9 | "History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1897". |
| 10 | "Middle name from Nancy Dobson". |
| 11 | "History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania by Henry Wilson Storey, 1907". |
| 12 | "Ancestry.com, Snow/Lyman Ancestors". |
| 13 | "The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and It's Affiliations by S. Whitney Phoenix, 1878". |
| 14 | "A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell of Stamford, Connecticut and Ralph Keeler of Hartford, Connecticut by James Boughton, 1903". |
| 15 | "Encyclopedia of Biography by John W. Jordan, 1914.". |
