George H. Bailey

BAILEY

Posted By: Lisa Walden (email)
Date: 6/22/2020 at 17:08:52

BAILEY. Near Davis City, Iowa, December 15, 1893, of pneumonia, Brother George H. Bailey, aged 56 years, 9 months, and 8 days.

From his childhood he was known as a lover of truth; and as a man he was noted for his honesty and for keeping his agreements, if within possibility to do so.

He was baptized May 1, 1861, in Dodge county, Minnesota, Bro. E.C.Briggs officiating; was ordained a teacher in 1864 by his Brother Samuel, and in 1871, when the Sherman branch Mason county, Michigan, was organized, he was chosen to preside.

In 1880 he and his family removed to Decatur county, Iowa, and here his wife, Susan, died in 1882. On Sunday morning, December 17, his funeral sermon was preached by Bro. H. A. Stebbins, in the Lamoni chapel, and his form was laid to rest.

His wife, two sons, one daughter, and his brothers, Samuel and Oliver, were present at the services, as also a large congregation of Saints and others.

Source: The Saints' Herald - volume 41 (1894) pg 15 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]