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Samuel Bailey of Bailey's Mills, Vermont

 

 

B:  January 14, 1794, at Bailey Mills, Reading, Windsor County, Vermont
M: (1) Dolly Newton, on December 31, 1819, at Reading, Windsor County, Vermont and (2)  Achsah Bruce Wheeler
D:  February 14, 1891, at Grundy County, Iowa
Bu:At Bailey's Mills, Vermont

Nine Children, all born at Bailey’s Mills:
Orwell Bailey (November 1, 1820 – February 26, 1908) who married Maria W. Rogers (1833 – 1898).
George Bailey (June 16, 1822 – August 12, 1908) who married Albina Shedd (1822 – 1856).
Lovira Bailey (October 18, 1825 – May 26, 1905) who married Frederick Shedd.
Ransom Bailey (February 24, 1828 – May 26, 1905) who married Mary Judith Dyer.
Samuel Bailey, Jr., (March 14, 1830 – 19??) who married Reliefe Philbrick.
Sarah Bailey (January 3, 1835 – 19??) who married Truman Pattee.
Levi Bailey (December 12, 1837 – January 31, 1866) who did not marry.
Mary Bailey (April 26, 1842 – May 27, 1869) who married Henry N. Bryant.
Charles Bailey (October 16, 1846 – July 25, 1855).

Education:
No records available.

Migration:
Samuel Bailey spent most of his life at Bailey’s Mills, in Reading, Windsor County, Vermont.  He continued the enterprises that his father had begun there, entering into partnerships with other members of the family.  He maintained close contact with his children several of whom moved west seeking to improve their lives by homesteading and the purchase of larger farms.  See his “Letters and Papers.”  He traveled to Iowa and South Dakota to see his children and their families and was at the home of his son Ransom when he died at the age of 97.

Photos:
The reproduction of an early photograph above was made from a Xerox copy.  Location of the original is unknown.

Wife’s Parents:
James Dyer (September 6, 1817 – April 27, 1860) and Mary Engle (December 21, 1821 – June 26, 1904).  James Dyer was a descendant of Governor William Bradford of Plymouth, Massachusetts, an immigrant ancestor.

 

Samuel Bailey was the son of
Levi Bailey (February 15, 1766 – October 21, 1850) and
Hannah Bailey Bailey (July 3, 1764 – January 26, 1822). 
(Hannah Bailey was a descendant of John Bailey of Salisbury,
Massachusetts, an immigrant ancestor.)

 

	Biographical Statement about Samuel Bailey of Bailey's Mills, Vermont.

The Bailey Family and Bailey's Mills, Vermont.

Samuel Bailey: His Letters and Papers Transcribed and Edited by William M. Bailey.