Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Bailey, Ellis B. November 21, 1824 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      Ellis B Bailey, farmer and stock grower, was born in 
Greene County, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1824, and is a son 
of Eli Bailey and Peria Gregg Bailey.  His parents were 
natives of Chester County, Penna, were members of the 
Society of Friends and of English descent.  His father was a 
farmer.  Mr Bailey's ancestors were among the earliest 
settlers in Greene County and often had to flee to the forts 
for protection.  His father died in 1854 in Fayette County, 
where he had resided since 1837. His family consisted of ten 
children, eight of whom grew to maturity.  Of these Ellis B 
Bailey was the sixth.  He was reared in Fayette County, 
attended Madison College and had entered the senior year 
when he left school and commenced farming and stock growing. 
 He has made his own way in the world and is among the 
wealthiest men in Greene County, owning over 1,000 acres of 
well improved land.  He is a man possessed of more than 
ordinary energy, his success in life having been due largely 
to his strong determination to succeed, coupled with a 
willing disposition to work. 
  
      His business life has not, however, all been sunshine. 
 He lost $23,000 by the failure of the Exchange Bank of 
Waynesburg, and $2,000 by the destruction of his wool in a 
big fire at Boston.  But every reverse in business seemed 
only to make him more determined and to add new strength to 
his ambition.  He has devoted his time to farming, stock 
dealing and buying land, and he has dealt considerably in 
wool.  He was never given much to speculating; but gave his 
business close attention and careful oversight, and has 
succeeded in accumulating a handsome fortune.
  
      He was married in Fayette County, Penna, March 7, 
1850, to Harriet Gaddis, daughter of John Gaddis and Sarah 
Barton Gaddis.  Her parents were Quakers and of English 
descent. 
  
      Mr and Mrs Bailey have six sons and two daughters: 
William H Bailey; John E Bailey; Joseph E Bailey; George E 
Bailey; Eli F Bailey; Richard L Bailey; Sarah F Bailey, wife 
of Thomas H Hawkins; and Anna R Bailey, wife of George F 
Luse.  The two daughters and three sons are married; all are 
intelligent businessmen and good citizens.  In politics Mr 
Bailey has been a Whig and a Republican.  He has served nine 
years as school director in Cumberland Township.  All the 
family are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr 
Bailey has been elder and superintendent of the Sabbath 
school. 

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