Marin-Placer-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Bailey, Robert 1827 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880)

  Robert Bailey. The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in our
pages, was born in Kentucky, December 26, 1827. At the early age of seven he
moved with his parents to Morgan county, Illinois, and when twelve accompanied
them to Sangamon county, same State, where he resided until he was of age. In
the year 1848 Mr. Bailey moved to Polk county, Iowa, and there abode until the
Spring of 1850, when he crossed the plains with ox-teams, reaching the mines in
Placer county in October of that year. Here he worked until the Spring of 1852,
in which season he transferred his habitation to Sacramento, continuing there
until the Fall, when he once more moved and located near Bloomfield, Sonoma
county. In the Autumn of 1855 Mr. Bailey returned to Iowa and thence to
Missouri, where, purchasing a drove of cattle, he conducted them overland to
California, arriving in the Fall of 1856. In November of that year he moved to
his present ranch, and is considered one of the "solid men" and large land
owners of Marin. At the present writing Mr. Bailey is constructing a splendid
mansion, the main building of which will measure thirty by thirty-eight feet, of
two stories in height, to which will be attached an "Ell," of sixteen by
twenty-four feet, of the same height as the main portion; the cornices are to be
of the kind known as the "bracket and dental;" hot and cold water will be laid
on throughout the building; it is contemplated that it shall be lit with gas,
while the front facade will be protected by a broad veranda. Mr. Bailey married,
in November, 1851, Mary Hickman, a native of Massachusetts, who was born
September 8, 1833. Their children are:-Mary Ellen, born April 29, 1854; Alice
Jane, born April 22, 1856; Laura Asenith, born November 5, 1860; Robert Henry,
born January 3, 1863; William Hendricks, born July 14, 1864; Louis Clark, born
March 10, 1866; Warren Grant, born January 23, 1868.

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HISTORY OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA;
INCLUDING ITS
Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography;
TOGETHER WITH
A Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the most Authentic Sources; Names of Original Spanish
and American Pioneers;

A Full Record of its Organization; A Complete Political History, including a
Tabular Statement of Office-holders since the Formation of the County;

Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San
Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships;

Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of its Early and Prominent
Settlers and Representative Men;
ALSO
An Historical Sketch of the State of California,
In which is embodied the Raising of the Bear Flag

ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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