Nancy BAILEY (1918-1966)

1 Nancy Josephine BAILEY^1,2 (1918-1966) [6454]. Born 31 Mar 1918, Mansfield, PA.³ Died 19 Jul 1966, Wellsboro, PA.³ Cause: Heart attack. Buried Mansfield Cemetery.³

From the Wellsboro Gazette.

July 28, 1966 - "Mrs. Josephine B. Hitchcock, 48, wife of Wendell W. Hitchcock, of 21 Saint James Street, Mansfield, died Tuesday July 19, 1966 in the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital at Wellsboro.
She was admitted following a heart attack on Sunday.
She was born in Mansfield March 31, 1918, daughter of Mrs. Ethel B. Stickley Bailey, of Mansfield, and the late Arthur W. Bailey.
A grad of Mansfield public schools and Mansfield State College, she was a first grade teacher in the Mansfield elementary schools last year and previously had taught at the Williamson school in Tioga.
She was a member of the Mansfield Methodist Chruch.
Surviving besides her husband and her mother are two sons, Wendell Jr., serving in the U.S. Navy at Norfolk, and Thomas at home; a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Chamberlain, of Mainesburg; three sisters, Mrs. Frances Shea, of Miami, Fla., Mrs. Jeanette Rose and Mrs. Tretha Newton, of Mansfield; two brothers, H. Donald Bailey, of Warshaw, N.Y., and Marvin, f Mansfield RD3. There are three grandchildren.
Funeral was held last Friday at 2:00 p.m. from the Shaw and Robena Funeral Home the Rev. Harry Sagar officiating. Burial in Mansfield Cemetery.

2 Arthur Ward BAILEY^1,4,5 (1864-1924) [6443]. Born 16 Feb 1864, Charleston, PA.^1,4 Marr Mollie E. URELL 28 Jan 1888, Mansfield.^1,5,6 Marr Grace SWEET Feb 1894, Elkland, PA at the home of Clark Bailey (uncle).⁷ Marr Ethel B. STICKLER aft 1897.¹ Died Feb 1924.¹ Cause: Pneumonia. Buried Prospect Cemetery.¹

Obituary of A. Ward Bailey in a February 1924 Tioga County newspaper.

BAILEY, A. WARD (SRGP 08349)
Mansfield and vicinity was shocked and grieved Monday when the news spread of the death of Ward Bailey, Carrier on Route Number Two our of Mansfield. Mr. Bailey had been suffering from the effects of a severe cold, but continued to make his rounds in his usual efficient manner. However, on one of the trips he became so ill that he could not complete his rounds and another carrier finished for him. Mr. Bailey grew rapidly worse, pneumonia developing and Monday morning about three o'clock he passed away. A. Ward Bailey was the son of Wesley and Fanny Gertrude Hoard Bailey, and was born in Charleston on February 16, 1864. His boyhood days were passed in Charleston where he attended the schools and later finished in the Mansfield Business college. He was married three times, his first wife being Mollie Urell; the second being Grace Sweet, both of whom are deceased. His third marriage was to Mrs. Ethel Strickler, who survives him, together with two sons by the second marriage, Llewellyn and Raymond Bailey, of Mansfield; four by the third marriage, Frances, Jeanette, Josephine and Donald, one step-son, Marvin Love, a step-daughter, Pretha Love; a brother, Dwight A. Bailey, of Mansfield, and a sister, Mrs Sarah Josephine Grenolds of Buffalo. Mr. Bailey had been a mail carrier for about fourteen years. and being a man of jolly and congenial nature he had made many friends, not only along the route he served, but among those whom he met in the course of daily life. The sympathy of all these is extended to the bereaved family. He was a member of the Mansfield Grange and the Rural Carries' Association; also of the Mansfield Methodist Episcopal church. The funeral will be held today (Wednesday) from his late home, at three o'clock, the Reverand F.P. Simmons officiating. Interment will be in Prospect Cemetery.

4 Wesley Vaughn BAILEY^8,9,10 (1836- ) [6406]. Born Apr 1836, PA.^8,9 Marr Fanny Gertrude Lucy HOARD c. 1862.⁹

8 Clark Wilson BAILEY^11,12,13 (1806-1881) [6385]. Born 1806. Marr Vesta JUDD 13 May 1827.¹¹ Died 22 Dec 1881, At the home of his son, Julius M.¹¹

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.".

9 Vesta JUDD¹¹ (c. 1808-1882) [6404]. Born c. 1808.¹¹ Died 2 Oct 1882.¹¹

5 Fanny Gertrude Lucy HOARD^9,10 (1842- ) [6442]. Born Apr 1842, NY.⁹

3 Ethel B. STICKLER^1,14 (c. 1890-1972) [6451]. Born c. 1890.¹⁴ Died 28 Mar 1972.^1,14 Buried Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, PA.¹⁴

Sources

1	"Obituary of A. Ward Bailey in a February 1924 Tioga County newspaper.".

2	"Article on Bailey's and Schwab's in the Wellsboro Agitator, November 9, 1949".

3	"Obituary of Josephine B. Hitchcock in the Wellsboro Gazette, July 28, 1966".

4	"1870 PA, Tioga, Charleston census".

5	"Marriage announcement of Arthur Ward Bailey and Mollie E. Urell in the Mansfield Advertiser, Feb 1, 1888.".

6	"Obituary of Mollie E. Bailey in the Mansfield Advertiser, July 24, 1889.".

7	"From the Mansfield Advertiser, Feb. 14, 1894. (quoting Elklane Journal).".

8	"1850 Tioga, Richmond census.".

9	"1900 Tioga, Richmond census".

10	"The Millennium File database by the Institute of Family Research".

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

12	"Middle name from Nancy Dobson".

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

14	"Obituary of Ethel B. Bailey in an unknown Tioga County newspaper in early April 1972".