Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Bailey, Joseph Taylor June 10, 1820 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

    Joseph Taylor Bailey, farmer and stock-grower, 
Carmicheals, Penna, was born in Dunkard Township, Greene 
County, Penna, June 10, 1820, and is a son of Joseph Bailey 
and Hannah Johnson Bailey, natives of Pennsylvania.  His 
father, who was a farmer and miller, came when a young man 
to this county where he was married and raised a family of 
six children.
  
      Of these Joseph Taylor Bailey is the youngest and was 
reared in Green and Fayette counties.  Early in life he 
learned the miller's trade with his father, and followed it 
for forty years.  He erected and operated a grist mill for 
nearly twenty eight years.  He is a successful farmer and at 
the present time the owner of 320 acres of valuable land in 
Cumberland Township. 
  
      He was married in Fayette County, Penna, November 16, 
1854, to Miss Martha Jane Lee, daughter of Francis Lee and 
Martha Morehouse Lee.  Mrs Bailey is of English descent.  
Her father was a blacksmith and farmer.  Mr and Mrs Bailey 
have two children: Eli Bailey and Frances Bailey.  In 
politics Mr Bailey has ever been a strong Democrat.  He and 
his wife are prominent members of the M E Church. 

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