Bio: William B. Bailey, Graves County Submitted by: Linda A. Harris Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:01:01 -0600 William B. Bailey One of Graves County’s early pioneers, William B. Bailey was born in Virginia in 1790, The son of W. and Jane Bailey. Wife Elizabeth J. was born in 1804, Virginia, and the couple married about 1822. William, Elizabeth and five children traveled by covered wagon to Graves County. Settling in the Dublin area by 1831. A farmer, William grew wheat, corn and tobacco. He also raised swine. The Children of William and Elizabeth Bailey. William H. Bailey (1823, Va.) married Mary A. Reed (1825, Tn.) about 1845. The Children of William and Mary Bailey. Eliza A. Bailey (1846) married John A. Bugg about 1862. Thomas Jefferson Bailey (February 2, 1848) married Auzella Watts in 1874. James Hampton Bailey (August 6, 1850) married Mary E. Walden about 1874. Sarah Appaloma Bailey (December 24, 1852) married Dan D. Johnson about 1875. Mary Azalea Bailey ( May 1855) married James R. Rozzell in 1877. Laura B. Bailey (October 29, 1857) never married. John Taylor Bailey (December 1860) did marry, but wife’s name is unknown. Noel D. Bailey (October 5, 1863) married Sarah C. Felts in 1888. John J. Bailey (1826, Va) married Sarah Jane Frost about 1852. The daughter of John Frost and Jane Boyd.The children of John and Sarah Bailey. John Warren Bailey (October 28, 1853) married Sarah Elizabeth Thomas in 1880. Eliza Bailey (1856) Margaret Bailey (January 1858) Liza Bailey (1861) James Bailey (1864) William Jacob Bailey (September 28, 1866) married Sarah Clementine Burgess in 1895. Luther B. Bailey (April 1875) married Euna Clay Rawley on February 16, 1898. Robert J. Bailey (1829, Va.) married Christine Riley about 1858. The children of Robert and Christine Bailey. Jack Bailey (May 4, 1859) Florence Bailey (1861) Lawrence T. Bailey (1864) Tobia L. Bailey (1866) Robert Grant Bailey (March 8, 1868) married Sarah C. Burgess on August 17, 1893. Lucian A. Bailey (July 1871) married Katie Mae Bailey before 1904. S. Bailey, and referred to in family notes as Dennis (1831, Ky.) James M. Bailey (1832, Ky) married Mary Ann Frost on September 28, 1859. The daughter of John Frost and Jane Boyd. The children of James and Mary Ann Bailey. Emily Bailey (1861) married James Thomas Cash before 1884. John Franklin Bailey ( October 9, 1862) married Fannie N. Reed in 1885. James Ervin Bailey (August 26, 1864) married Bettie Frances Thorpe Lee on December 3, 1893. Jennie A. Bailey (December 30, 1866) married Issac Newton Thorpe in 1882. Mary E. Bailey (1868) married Richard P. Stephenson. Jacob Byrd ( June 17, 1871) married Cora Burgess on November 22, 1900. His second wife was Loney Pouge, who he married on December 29, 1908 Rosella Bailey (1875) married Thomas Burgess on March 11, 1892. Zacka Bailey (1878). Martha A. Bailey (1838, Ky) married Jacob Frost on July 19, 1855. The son of John Frost and Jane Boyd, The children of Martha and Jacob Frost James Frost (September 1856) never married. John W. Frost (November 7, 1857) never married. G. W. Frost ( May 6, 1859) Thomas Jacob Frost ( October 3, 1860) Sarah F. Frost (1863) Benjamin F. Frost (1864) Eliza J. Frost (1866) married Alph Thurman. Robert Brown Frost (1868) Margaret A. Frost ( October 9, 1870) married Bob Dunevant. Martha Ann Frost (1873) Louise Neely Frost (August 9, 1875) married John Thomas. Mary Elizabeth Frost Louis H. Bailey (February 21, 1842, Ky.) married Elizabeth Courtney in 1866. The daughter of Jacob Courtney. The children of Louis and Elizabeth. Thomas Jonah Bailey (1868) Mary L. Bailey (1869) Julia Bailey (May 1870) Charles S. Bailey (September 8, 1875) married Rosa E. Johnson on February 26, 1900. Cora Ann Bailey (June 18, 1876 ) married E. M. Branton on January 26, 1891. Zoate Bailey (June 1877) Hayden E. Bailey (February 3, 1844, Ky.) married Elizabeth Brower in 1866. The daughter of Llander and Barbara Brower. The children of Hayden and Elizabeth Bailey. Prentice Bailey (October 3, 1869) never married. Ader Bird Bailey ( December 4, 1870) married Isaac Newton Albritton on October 23, 1893 Nelle Bailey ( December 1873) married Agrippa Frestia Moore in 1890 Ottieway Bailey (August 23, 1875) married Jennie Watson on July 3, 1899. Daisy M. Bailey (July 5, 1879) married James Robert Janes on June 2, 1901. Alexander Jackson Bailey (March 14, 1846, Ky.) married Nancy Emiline Allen on December 17, 1874. The daughter of John Allen and Sarah Beadles. The children of Alexander and Nancy Bailey. Elnora Bailey (September 23, 1875) married Luther Janes on March 7, 1906. Herbert Bailey (February 17, 1877) married Florence Baldwin on March 30, 1904. Callie Bailey (October 7, 1878) never married. Sallie Bailey (October 31, 1880) married Clyde Adkins on March 20, 1910. Ray W. Bailey (May 20, 1883) married Edith Byles on May 18, 1912. Wallace Bailey (May 20, 1883) twin of Ray, died January 18, 1884. Clarence J. Bailey ( November 1, 1885) married Leslie F. Mason on December 18, 1910. Judson William Bailey (September 27, 1889) married Elizabeth Mellie Rawley on July 29, 1912. Richard M, Bailey (October 1848, Ky.) Married Corda Allen in January 1878. He married Eliza Ellen Mason in 1877. The daughter of Harvey Mason and Emily Gregory. No children from either marriage. William B. Bailey died May 15, 1855. Elizabeth Bailey continued to farm and raise her children. She died between 1870/1880.The large family of William and Elizabeth all raised their families in the Dublin area. While newspaper abstracts refer to a Bailey Chapel, and family burial ground, this cemetery and chapel no longer exist. Many of the families are buried in Willis Cemetery or Dublin Baptist Church Cemetery. 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