BIO: Lewis E. BAILEY, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 791 & 792.
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  LEWIS E. BAILEY, who resides on the farm on which he was born, on April 1, 
1863, which consists of 240 acres of valuable land, situated in Pike Township, 
Clearfield County, Pa., two and one-half miles north of Curwensville, belongs to 
one of the old families of this section and is a substantial and representative 
citizen.  He is a son of Abraham and Nancy (Caldwell) Bailey and a grandson of 
Daniel and Jane (Passmore) Bailey.
  Daniel Bailey, the grandfather, was born in Lycoming County, Pa., in 1794, and 
died in 1876.  He married Jane Passmore, whose father was Abraham Passmore, and 
she lived to be seventy-nine years of age.  After marriage they lived on the 
Lydia Way farm in Pike Township, which is now owned by Leonard Neeper, and on 
that place their three oldest children were born, Maria, Isaac and Abraham.  
They then moved to the farm which is now occupied by their grandson, Lewis E. 
Bailey.  It was then a tract of 100 acres to which Daniel Bailey added until he 
owned 400 acres.  He cleared practically the entire farm and lived on it until 
his death.  On this farm nine more children were born, as follows:  Joseph; Mrs. 
Anna Anspach, who lives in Iowa; Ruth, George, Calvin, Harrison, Levi, Lewis and 
Newton, all of whom are now deceased.  Newton Bailey was a veteran of the Civil 
War and after its close he moved to Iowa for a time but died in Clearfield 
County.
  Abraham Bailey was born November 17, 1819.  He helped his father to clear the 
land in Pike Township and passed almost all of his life on the homestead, where 
his death occurred December 16, 1904.  At the time of his decease he was one of 
the large landowners of the township; having 400 acres.  His father was probably 
the first coal operator in this locality, opening a coal bank on his own 
property, in early days selling down the river but later working the bank only 
for his own use.  Abraham Bailey was identified with the Republican party and at 
times served in township offices.  He was a well known and highly respected man.  
He married Nancy Caldwell, who was born in Pike Township, in 1814, a daughter of 
Alexander Caldwell, and died March 16, 1905.  Both she and husband were members 
of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a trustee and steward, and 
their burial was in the Center Cemetery.  To Abraham and Nancy Bailey the 
following children were born:  Hannah, who is the wife of William Lawhead, of 
Pike Township; Elizabeth, who was accidentally killed by a falling tree when she 
was about thirty years of age; Frances Ella, deceased, who was the wife of 
Harvey Loughrey, of Indiana County, Pa.; Samuel D., who is a physician at 
Clearfield; Lewis E.; and Margaret, who is the wife of Albert Straw, of 
Clearfield.
  Lewis E. Bailey enjoyed excellent school advantages, attending the Pleasant 
Grove school, the Curwensville public schools and for two years was a student in 
the University of Pennsylvania.  Although well qualified for a professional 
life, Mr. Bailey preferred agriculture and returned and engaged in farming and 
dairying on the homestead.  Although his father built the present farm house, 
Mr. Bailey has put up a number of the other substantial farm structures and has 
made many improvements.  He carries on agriculture according to modern methods 
and is one of the active members of the Susquehannah Grange, which is largely 
made up of the most intelligent and progressive farmers of this section.
  Mr. Bailey was married in 1888, to Miss Jennie M. Adams, who was born at 
Philipsburg, Pa., a daughter of Alexander and Margaret B. Adams.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Bailey have had ten children, namely:  Norman, who was born October 31, 1889; 
Margaret, who was born September 4, 1891, and died November 8, 1891; Alexander 
C., who was born September 5, 1892; Daniel A., who was born June 5, 1894; Helen 
Marie, who was born September 28, 1895; Abraham S., who was born February 1, 
1897; Elizabeth, who was born January 28, 1899; Ellsworth, who was born June 22, 
1900; Louise E., who was born November 12, 1902; and Charles G., who was born 
May 28, 1907.  Mr. Bailey and family are members of the Pleasant Grove Methodist 
Episcopal church, in which he is steward, and also is a member of the board of 
trustees.  In politics he is a Republican and has served at times on the 
election board and one term as township clerk but he has never been anxious for 
political honors, being more closely interested in agricultural affairs and in 
public school advancement.