Frank Jackson Bailey, My Grand Dad
Kalispell, Flathead Co., Montana

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I remember lots of the tales my Grand Dad told me. Some were about his early 
boyhood in Nebraska where he lived in a sod house. Others stories were about 
his life as a homesteader in Kalispell, Montana. One of my favorite stories 
is about the Elk (photo above) he shot in 1907, It was a Montana record at 
the time and hung in a Kalispell bank until someone stole it.

He told me about his Grand Father, who lost his leg in the civil war and his 
Father who was an early homesteader in Idaho. His father had been a cowboy 
in Nebraska during the 1870's.

Grand Dad was a "stump rancher" in Montana, where he made his living with a 
team of Belgium Horses. He used the team to haul lumber, firewood, water, 
ice, and to bail hay.

My favorite story that Grand Dad told was about the time he and his brother 
were hunting in Montana. Grand Dad was in a small meadow surrounded by thick 
lodgepole pines. He thought he was shooting at the same running deer until 
the action was over and he discovered he had actually shot seven deer .

Grand Dad met my Grand Ma while she was picking Huckleberries near her family
homestead in Kalispell, Montana. I still have one one Grand Ma's report 
cards from Cayuse Prairie School in Blaine County, Montana.

Grand Dad told me about joining the Montana Militia about 1914 and about the 
4th of July that his sister Meda wore the "Stars and Stripes".

My mother, Velma, was born in Kalispell, Montana, in 1914. My Mom took me on 
lots of trips back to the family homestead in Montana. My Mom's uncle, Lon, 
gave me a horse to ride on one of those visits and I've been in love with 
horses since that day.

Frank Jackson Bailey, My Grand Dad
b. April 29, 1886, in Liberty Township, Valley County Nebraska
d. March 15, 1968, in Westchester, Los Angeles, Calif
Frank Jackson Bailey married Lydia Corrina Brown on September 14, 1912, in Kalispell, Montana
his father was: David Jackson Bailey
his mother was: Lillian Amanda (Pierce) Bailey 
brothers and sisters of Frank Jackson Bailey:
Marcus Leroy "Clyde" Bailey, b. Mar. 23, 1888, Liberty Township, Valley Co, Neb.
David Leonard "Len" Bailey, b. Jan. 15, 1890, Liberty Township, Valley Co, Neb
d. Mar. 27, at 1962, Burrell Ave. Lewiston, Idaho
Meda Elvira (Bailey) Slocum, b. Feb. 6, 1892, Liberty Twsp, Valley Co, Neb. 
d. July 4, 1967, at 913 Warner Ave. Lewiston, Idaho
George Frederick "Fred" Bailey, b. Feb. 18, 1894, in Liberty Twsp, Valley Co, Neb.
d. Mar. 30, 1962, at 913 Warner Ave. Lewiston, Idaho
Clara Lillian (Bailey) Halseth, b. Mar. 22, 1900, Lib. Twsp, Valley Co, Neb.
Curtis Pierce " Curt" Bailey b. Jan. 1, 1904, in Kendrick, Latah County, Idaho