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Catherine Elizabeth Bailey 

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Jesse Wesley Bailey
1814 - 1876

Catherine' Kiddy' Ann Coward / Cowan
1814 - 1861
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Catherine Elizabeth Bailey
6/1/1852 - 1870
Catherine Elizabeth Bailey was born on June 1, 1852 in Calhoun County, Florida and died about 1870 in Calhoun County, Florida. Actual date of death is unknown. She lived to be about 17 years old.

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Census6/15/1860 Marianna FL (Jackson County) 8 yrs old 
Recorded as family #172: Jesse Baily Sr (age 46), Alfred L. (age 25), John L. (age 19), Samuel D. (age 17), Gadi (14), Preston (10) and Catherine (age 8). All were born in South Carolina except Catherine, who was born in Florida. Jesse is a farmer and estimates the value of his property to be $800. 
Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1860: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Census7/9/1870 FL (Calhoun County) 18 yrs old 
Recorded as family #267 beginning on line 184: J. Jesse Bailey (age 56), Francis Bailey (age 45), Preston (19), Catherine (16), Thomas (8), John (7), Henry (5), and David Cutts (11). Jessie is a farmer and estimates the value of his estate at $500. He, his wife, and oldest child was born in SC and the rest in FL. Jessie is the only person in the house who can read and write.

Recorded as family #269 beginning on line 27: Gadi Baley (age 26), Wealthy Baley (age 25), David Baley (4), and Jessee Baley (2). Gadi is a farmer and estimates the value of his estate at $200. He was born in SC and everyone else in FL. Both adults can read and write.  
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1870: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Graveyard/Tombstone8/1/1870 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 18 yrs old 
This information, while true, may NOT apply to our Catherine Bailey.  Magnolia Cemetery: Cathryn BAILEY about 1860 to about 1867, The First Grave Here!  

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3 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
9 1861 No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later.
12 1864 Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back
13 1865 Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory.
13 1865 May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east.
18 1870 During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers.
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1 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
4 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
7 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
13 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
17 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
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9 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
10 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
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3 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
8 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
10 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
11 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
13 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
16 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
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