====================================================================== WILLIAM JAMES HAILEY / LUCRETIA JANE (ROSS) HAILEY Submitted by: Julie Payne [jerry@chickasaw .com] ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ====================================================================== WILLIAM JAMES HAILEY / LUCRETIA JANE (ROSS) HAILEY William James Hailey married Lucretia Jane (Ross) on September 5th 1876. W.J. Hailey's mother and father started the first boarding house or hotel in Berryville, Ark. There were 4 other boys in the Hailey family. Alphonso, Newton, Allen and Jeff. These men held many positions in the making of early Berryville. W.J. owned the local newspaper, they ran the Hailey Post office near Cassville, a brick plant, livery stable , they were sherriffs and farmers. ======================================================================