Obituary of Orange BAILEY Submitted by Jerry England to the USGenWeb Project Archives on June 26, 1998. Orange Bailey, settled in Davis Co., IA in 1845. He is buried in the BAILEY CEMETERY on his old homestead site. See: http://www.cowboyup.com/Bailey_Cemetery.html for names, facts, and directions. The following obituary is from an unknown Iowa newspaper. ======================================================================= Orange Bailey was born March 11, 1811 in the state of Penn. and moved with his parents to Ohio near Columbus during the year 1823 where he grew to manhood. He was married Aug. 8, 1832 to Lydia Wagner, seven children blest this union, four of whom are living. He moved with his family to Iowa and settled in Davis county Marion twp. in 1845. In 1847 his wife died and left him with five children and the hardships of a pioneer's life. On Aug. 8, 1850 he was married to Nancy Good thirteen children blest this union, four of whom are still living. On May 7, 1895 he was called to part with his wife. He lived on the farm on which he first settled from 1845 to 1901 after which time he lived with his sons. He was converted about the age of 27 in Ohio and joined the M. E. church, after coming to Davis county Iowa. he joined the U. B. church of which he tried to keep the faith and lived with a hope of a better beyond until his death which occurred June 18, 1905 at the home of Henry Bailey near Drakesville Iowa. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Jesse Monkman. ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ======================================================================