Samuel BAILEY, M.D.

BAILEY, BLAKELEY, LEE, MERRILL

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/16/2009 at 04:57:46

from Biography & Historical Record of Ringgold County, Iowa

Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, 1887, p. 261

SAMUEL BAILEY, M.D.

Samuel BAILEY, M.D., located in Mount Ayr, Iowa, in March, 1879, and has built up a good practice, having gained the confidence and esteem of his patrons and brethren in the profession. He is a native of Rock Island County, Illinois, born September 1, 1851, a son of James and Anna (BLAKELY) BAILEY, natives of Ireland, who came to America in their youth, and were married in Rock Island. His father died when he was an infant three months old, and he was reared by his widowed mother, and was given the benefit of a good education. He began the study of medicine with Dr. J. H. SEYLER, of Preemption, Mercer County, Illinois, and subsequently entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, from which he graduated in February, 1879, and immediately after his graduation located in Mount Ayr, where, for seven years, he has been identified with all that pertains to the social and material development of the place. In 1882 he was elected coroner of Ringgold County, and has held the office since by re-election. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge and chapter, and also of the lodge and encampment of the Odd Fellow order. He is a member of the Epsicopal church, being confirmed by Bishop LEE, in 1866.

NOTE: Dr. Samuel BAILEY died in 1928, and was interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. Julia (MERRILL) BAILEY was born in 1857, and died in 1943. She was interred beside her husband.

SOURCES:
Biography & Historical Record of Ringgold County, Iowa, p. 261, 1887.

WPA Graves Survey

Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2009