Bailey, E. H.

BAILEY, NORRIS, BECKER

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Date: 12/3/2008 at 19:38:00

BAILEY, E. H.
He is a farmer and resides corner of Main and Vine Streets. He was born 15 Feb 1826 in England. In 1831 he came to New York, in 1836 he came to Summit Co., OH; then to Lewis Co., OH. In 1862 he came to Newton, Iowa. He owns 160 acres of land in Mound Prairie Township, a ditching machine with twelve yoke of cattle valued at $1200. His residence is in the city. He is City Assessor, and has been for the last six years; has been Constable two terms, also Deputy Sheriff and City Marshal. He married Mary E. NORRIS in 1851. She was born 27 May 1827 in Maryland. They have one daughter, Nellie, now Mrs. I. W. BECKER, born 27 June 1855. He is a Greenbacker.~ "Newton Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)