Tipton-Randolph-Howard County IN Archives Biographies.....Bailey, Nathan 1842 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   NATHAN BAILEY, merchant, handling a general stock of dry goods and groceries,
is a native of Randolph County, Ind., and was born May 11, 1842; he was the son
of David and Elizabeth (Freeman) Bailey, of English descent. David Bailey was an
early settler of Randolph County; he died March 19, 1860, in Tipton County, at
the age of forty-two; his wife died previously in Randolph County. Nathan Bailey
was reared on a farm, and spent his youth in Howard and Tipton Counties; he
attended the pioneer schools, and at the age of thirteen began working on the
farm; in 1859, he made a trip to Iowa, and in the spring of 1860 was called home
by his father's death; he then enlisted in Company G, Thirty-ninth Regiment
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but soon after going out was taken sick and was
subsequently discharged on account of disability; he returned home and
recruited, and in the spring of 1864 enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and
Thirty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, joining the Army of the
Tennessee. Their time was mostly spent doing guard duty, and upon their return
home, while riding on the top of the train, he was thrown off, fracturing both
ankles and his right wrist; he was left at the hospital at Indianapolis, where
he was honorably discharged; he was compelled to use crutches for fifteen
months, after which he worked at the carpenter's trade; in 1867, he came to
Windfall, where he operated a saw mill eighteen months; he then bought a third
interest in Richard Freeman's general store, and for a number of years made
numerous changes. In March, 1878, he and E. L. Pickering lost their goods,
valued at $3,000, by fire, and subsequently he lost about $500 by burglars.
After this, he purchased a small grocery stock, and has since added dry goods
and boots and shoes. Mr. Bailey was married, June 6, 1869, to Miss Mary Olive
Armstrong, of Windfall, Ind. She was born February 7, 1853, and is the daughter
of Jefferson and Margaret A. (Taylor) Bailey, both natives of Indiana, and of
English and Irish descent. They have two children, Attala J. and Bertie V. Mr.
Bailey has been a life-long Republican; he is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.

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