Lake-La Porte-Pulaski County IN Archives Biographies.....Bailey, Josiah B. 1835 - 1902
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

JOSIAH B. BAILEY.

    In the death of Josiah B. Bailey, on November 25, 1902, the community of
West Creek township lost one of its most esteemed and worthy citizens, a man of
unimpeachable character, of serious mind and worth, and with an influence
emanating from his personality that affected not alone his own family and circle
of friends but all with whom he came in contact throughout his career.

    At the time of his death he was sixty-seven years, one month and two days
old. He was born at Door Village, LaPorte county, Indiana, October 23, 1835.
When he was a child he lost his father, and then went to make his home with his
grandfather in Pulaski county, and some time later he accompanied his
grandfather to Lake county and made this his home throughout the rest of his
life, with the exception of two years spent in Kankakee county, Illinois.

    March 19, 1857, he was married to Miss Nancy E. Kile, who died April 18,
1876. There were four children born of this union, three sons and one daughter,
as follows: Levi E., Charles T., George B., and Grace, who is the wife of Mr.
Fred T. Buse, whose history is given above. In February, 1877, Mr. Bailey
married Mrs. Amelia Sanger, who is still living. Mr. Bailey was also survived by
a sister, Mrs. Mary E. Hamilton, of Minneapolis, and by two brothers, S. T.
Bailey, of Battle Grounds, Indiana, and O. L. Chapman of Coyville, Kansas.

    Mr. Bailey's life was of that sturdy, upright character such as stands as
its own justification and is the mark of the career of a good citizen. He had an
inquiring and adaptive mind, and his constant desire to progress made him more
than ordinarily successful as a farmer. His advice and opinion in matters of
practical concern were often sought, and freely given. He was public-spirited in
everything that concerned the welfare of his community of West Creek township,
and his good citizenship here made him also a valuable unit and factor in the
makeup of the state and nation. He served as supervisor of his township for some
time, and during that time urged with all his power and official authority the
building of gravel roads. He was of a sympathetic nature and was always ready to
help those really in need. While not a member of any church, he was free and
open-handed in his giving to the cause of Christianity. He was an attendant of
the West Creek Methodist church, and the last rites were performed in that
church. He was well known in the county and had many friends, and his death
meant a personal loss to many outside the family circle that loved him so well.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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