JOSEPH BAILEY
Joseph Bailey, who is
successfully carrying on general farming and stock-raising in High Point
township, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, ay 7 1841, a son of Joseph and
Elizabeth (Saunders) Bailey. They were
the parents of nine children, six sons and three daughter, of whom five are
still living.
When eighteen years of age
Joseph Bailey emigrated to the United States in company with a brother, who had
previously resided in this country. Our
subject settled in Beaver county, Illinois, where he was employed at farm work
for fifteen years, after which he removed to Iowa, buying a farm in Lucas
county. He lived there for seven years
and then removed to Wayne county, where he followed agricultural pursuits for a
like period of time. He next removed to
this county, buying a farm on which he resided for twelve years and which he
has since given to his so Joseph R. He
still owns an excellent tract of land on section 1, High Point township, and
for seven years has made his home there.
He concentrates his attention largely on the raising of cattle and
horses for the market and his business yields him a good profit annually.
On the 24th of
June, 1870, Mr. Bailey was married to Miss Virginia Arnold, a daughter of
Thomas and Hannah (Ross) Arnold, of Uniontown, Ohio, both of whom are
deceased. Mrs. Bailey has two brothers
and one sister living. To Mr. And Mrs.
Bailey have been born seven children, names:
Margaretta, who died when nine years of age; Della, the wife of Robert
Sayres, of Des Moines; Grace, who married William Cartwright, a farmer of this
county, by whom she has three children; Herbert, who died when twenty-two years
old; George, who is farming with his father; Joseph R., an agriculturist of
this county; and Gladys, who lives at home.
Mr. Bailey attends the
Methodist Episcopal church and can be counted upon to further all movements
seeking the moral advancement of his community.
His political belief is that of the democratic party. He has gained a gratifying measure of
material prosperity and has also won the unstinted respect of his fellowmen.