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1 Emma BALFOUR1,2 (1864-1947) [7189]. Born 26 Feb 1864, Wellsboro, PA.1,3 Marr Elmeron H. BAILEY 24 Jun 1883.2,4 Died 23 Feb 1947, Wellsboro, PA.3 Buried Wellsboro Cemetery, Wellsboro, PA.3
From the Wellsboro Gazette.
July 1, 1943 - "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grosjean gave a dinner last Wednesday at their home on R.D. 6, in honor of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmeron Bailey, of Delmar, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 24. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey were married on June 24, 1883, by the Rev. Mr. Moss.
Mr. Bailey is 81 and Mrs. Bailey is 80. Both are enjoying good health, and are doing all their own work at their farm home on R. D. 7 where they have resided practically all their married life. While Mr. Bailey is working his own garden, while Mrs. Bailey is busy about her housework, doing all her own baking and laundry.
Mrs. Bailey's maiden name was Emma Balfour. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have two daughters, Hallie, wife of Louis Grosjean and Helen, wife of Leo Bailey, two grandsons, Elmeron Grosjean, of Corning and Robert Grosjean, of Wellsboro, also three great-grandchildren, Duane L. and Robert D. Grosjean, of Corning and Sharon E. Grosjean, of Wellsboro."
From the Wellsboro Agitator.
February 26, 1947 - "Mrs. Emma Jane Balfour Bailey, aged 83 years, died Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leo Bailey, Wellsboro, R. D. 4.
She was born Feb. 26, 1863, in Wellsboro, daughter of Alec and Mary Ann English Balfour.
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary June 24, 1946.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Louis Grosjean, of Wellsboro; two grandchildren, Elmeron Grosjean, of Corning, and Robert Grosjean, of Wellsboro, five great grandchildren, Duane, Robert, Sheron, Gerald and Anne Marie Grosjean.
The funeral was held yesterday morning at the Johnson & Tussey Funeral Home, Rev. C. W. Sheriff, pastor of the First Baptist church officiating; burial in the Wellsboro Cemetery.".
2 Alec BALFOUR3 ( - ) [9344].
3 Mary Ann ENGLISH3 ( - ) [9345].
| 1 | "1900 Tioga, Delmar census". |
| 2 | "60th Wedding Anniversary announcement of Mr. and Mrs. Elmeron Bailey in the Wellsboro Gazette, July 1, 1943". |
| 3 | "Obituary of Emma Jane Balfour Bailey in the Wellsboro Agitator, February 26, 1947". |
| 4 | ""Golden Weddings" article in a May 1933 Tioga County newspaper.". |