Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Bailey, J. K. August 30, 1814 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      J K Bailey, farmer and stock grower, was born in 
Cumberland Township, Greene County, Penna, August 30, 1814.  
He is a son of William Bailey and Zillah Johnson Bailey, the 
oldest of their family of seven children.  His parents were 
natives of Pennsylvania, were members of the Society of 
Friends and of English origin.  His father was twice 
married, his first wife being Miss Sarah Miers.  By this 
marriage he was the father of one child, a daughter, who is 
now the wife of Miller Haines and resides in Columbiana 
County, Ohio.  J K Bailey's sisters and brothers were: 
Amanda, wife of James Murdock; Rev E E Bailey, now a 
missionary to the Indians; Ruth Ann, wife of Samuel Rea; 
William; Zillah, the widow of R Richardson; and L M Bailey, 
(deceased). Mr Bailey was reared in Cumberland Township and 
has made farming his business, in which he has met with 
great success.  In 1835 he was married to Miss Delilah 
Craft, daughter of John Craft and Phoebe Hibbs Craft, who 
were natives of Pennsylvania and of English ancestry.  Mrs 
Bailey was born in Cumberland Township August 10, 1812.  Her 
mother was a member of the Society of Friends.  Mr and Mrs 
Bailey's children are: Zillah, wife of N H Biddle; John 
Milton; Phoebe, wife of R S Long; W Calvin; Clarinda, wife 
of Joseph Hawkins; Lydia B, wife of Corbly Fordyce; Almira, 
the wife of John Rinehart, and J K Bailey Jr.  The family 
are all members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 
which Mr Bailey has served for many years as elder and 
Sabbath school superintendent.  In politics Mr Bailey is a 
Republican, and has served for twenty five years as justice 
of the peace, in which office both his father and 
grandfather preceded him. 

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