Biographical Sketch of John Martin Bailey, Jefferson County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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John Martin Bailey, a pioneer farmer and stock raiser of Jefferson
County, Mo., was born in Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., in 1820.  He is 
the eldest of seven sons and three daughters born to Henry and Barbara
(Drybread) Bailey.  Henry Bailey was born not far from Breed's Hill,
near Boston, Mass., in 1800.  John M. was educated in the old fashion-
ed log schoolhouse of early days, the majority of his teachers being 
of Irish or German nativity, and who believed that "sparing the rod
would spoil the child."  He remained at home until about twenty-six
years of age, and then married Mrs. Nancy Donnell, daughter of Jona-
than Strickland, who came to Jefferson County in 1811.  Mrs. Bailey
died in 1858, and in 1860 he married Mrs. Caroline Burgess, daughter
of Lucius and Jeanette Hollensbeck, who removed from Virginia to Miss-
ouri about 1840.  Mrs. Bailey was born in the "Old Dominion."  Mr. 
Bailey owns about 200 acres of good land at Bailey Station, all of
which he has earned by his own honest labor.  He experienced many
hardships incident to the life of a poor boy, but succeeded in over-
coming them.  He makes a specialty of raising Jersey cattle, and was
for many years a breeder of short-horned cattled.  Since 1860 he has
been a Democrat, and a Master Mason since 1857.  He and wife are prom-
inent members of the Presbyterian Church.

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