Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Bailey, Jacob 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Jacob Bailey, farmer and carpenter, section 5, Hopkins Township, is a son of 
Elias and Elizabeth (Trueax) Bailey, natives respectively of New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania, who settled in Fulton Co., Pa., where they resided until their 
death. They had a family of eight children, viz.: Sarah, Levi, Ellen, John, 
Jacob, Elizabeth, Job and Jessee. Mr. Bailey, the subject of this sketch, was 
born in Fulton Co., Pa., Oct. 28, 1828, and lived in his native county till 28 
years of age. At the age of 20 he was apprenticed for two years to learn the 
trade of carpenter and joiner, which he followed till he came West. He came to 
Whiteside County in 1857 and remained for two years, engaged at his trade, and 
then went to Central City, Col., where he remained for nine years working at 
his trade and in mill­wright business. He then returned to Whiteside County, 
and purchased 60 acres of land in section 5, Hopkins Township, where he 
settled and has since lived. He is now the owner of 140 acres, most of which 
is in a good tillable condition. Since his return from Colorado he has engaged 
extensively in farming. He keeps about 20 head of short-horn cattle, four head 
of horses, and fattens annually from 30 to 40 head of hogs. In politics Mr. 
Bailey is a Republican.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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