Genealogy for
John Henry Bailey
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John Henry Bailey
7/1865 - 12/8/1932
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John Henry Bailey was born on an unknown day in July 1865 in Calhoun County, Florida and died on December 8, 1932 in Blountstown, Florida. He lived to be 67 years old.
His first wife was Jessie Florence Parish and they were married on 6/29/1886. Jessie died in about 1902.
Two years later John married Martha Charity Ayers Goff. | 
 | Census | 7/9/1870 | FL (Calhoun County) | 5 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. | |
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 1/1/1880 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 14 yrs old | | Magnolia Cemetery: Ann Ayers Bailey, born Feb. 18, 1824 and died about 1880. There are more than 50 other Baileys in this cemetery. |
| Census | 6/27/1900 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 35 yrs old | family #233: John H. Bailey (age 34, born July 1865), Florance (age 29, born April 1871), Evg. (12, sept. 1887), Busby (11, Jan. 1889), John H. Jr.(9, Dec. 1890), Silas (7, Dec. 1892), Jessie (5, Oct. 1894), George (3, Aug. 1896), Annie (2, Mar.1898) & Martha (2mo, Mar. 1900). All were born in Florida. John's parents were born in SC. He is a merchant. They have been married 15 years. Florance says she has had eight children, all are living. The family also lives next door to Jonas Bailey and his family.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1900: The first automobile, nick-named Chicken Killer, arrives in Blountstown in 1905. The photo on the right shows The Chicken Killer. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | 
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| Land Deed | 11/18/1907 | FL (Calhoun County) | 42 yrs old | | John Bailey - Doc.# 18516, Township 1-N, Range 9-W, Sec. 27, Merdian-Tallahassee, FL. |
| Census | 4/21/1910 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 44 yrs old | | family#107 - J. H. Bailey (age44),
Martha C. Bailey (35),
Silas R. Bailey (16),
George Bailey (13),
Laura Bailey (11),
Mattie Bailey (9)&
(stepdaughter) Carrie Goff (10) Martha states they have been married six years. She had two children, one is living. She was born in FL, her parents were born in the U.S., John H. was born in FL, his father in SC & mother GA. John H. is the superintendent at a sawmill. All children in FL. All can read & write except Mattie & Carrie.
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| Census | 1/1/1920 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun Co. County) | 54 yrs old | | Listed as family #391: John H. Bailey (age 54), Martha C. (wife, age 45), Mattie (daughter, age 20). All were born in Florida. Both of John's parents were also born in FL. However, Martha's father was born in GA and her mother in NC. John H. is a sawmill operator. All indicate they can read and write. For Mattie's marital status, the census recorder wrote "UM". |
| Land Deed | 2/2/1920 | FL (Calhoun County) | 54 yrs old | | John Bailey - Doc.# 014300, Township 1-N, Range 10-W, Sec. 12, Merdian-Tallahassee, FL. |
| Census | 4/3/1930 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun Co. County) | 64 yrs old | | Listed as family #38: John H. (age 62) and Martha C. (wife, age 51). John says he was 25 years old when he was first married and Martha says she was 20. John was born in FL and both of his parents were born in GA. Martha was born in FL and both of her parents were also born in GA. John estimates the value of his estate to be $200 and he is the owner of a saw mill. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 11/1/1932 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 67 yrs old | Nettle Ridge Cemetery - J H BAILEY (SR) - no date - sec.1 lot.165
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John, his family, and friends. For example, John is 3 years old when An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 17 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
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1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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1928 |
The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 12 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 14 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 24 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 30 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 32 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 35 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 35 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 36 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 37 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 38 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 39 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 41 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 41 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 41 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 47 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
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1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 62 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 63 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 47 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 48 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 52 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 11 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 44 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 45 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
| 62 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 64 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 65 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 67 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 49 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 52 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 54 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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Marriages
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| Jessie Parish
Born on April 15, 1871 and died about 1900.
They were married 6/29/1886.
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Born on July 26, 1875 and died on December 11, 1933.
They were married 1/1/1904.
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The Children of John Henry Bailey
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72 years old
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Evie Lee Bailey
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on September 23, 1887 and died in Calhoun Co., Blountstown, Florida on August 6, 1968. She was 80 years old.
She married Samuel Green, 2nd marriage to Floyd W. Hires in 1936.
Children:
Harry F. Green (12- -1909)
Married Edna Paraham, 2nd Mary Dell Willis,3rd Myrtle Segress
Silas ...
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70 years old
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Busby Bailey
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on January 6, 1889 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on September 27, 1965. He was 76 years old.
He married Mary Layura Davis on 12/26/1909 in Bloutstown, FL....
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69 years old
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John Henry Bailey Jr.
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on December 23, 1890 and died in Blountstown, Florida on April 24, 1962. He was 71 years old.
He married Elizabeth Peacock.
Children:
Ralph Lee Bailey (6/2/1912 -7/28/1965)
Johnny H. Bailey (1/23/1928 - 4/2/1971)...
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58 years old
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Silas Ruel Bailey
Born in Chipola, Florida on December 27, 1892 and died in Blountstown, Florida on February 9, 1968. He was 75 years old.
He married Martha Henrietta "Etta" Chason.
Silas and Etta had three children:
John Herman (1916 -1994)
Louise (1918)
Chester (1920)
Silas' 2nd wife was Vonnie Lee Dawsey(1922). ...
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19 years old
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Jessie 'Dumpsy' Florence Bailey
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on November 23, 1894 and died in Blountstown, Florida on January 8, 1987. She was 92 years old.
Her nickname was "Dumpsy". She told us her mother was Hitichi Creek Indian.
She said nine names were handed down to her from her mother --
a tradition from mother to daughter.
We only know a few o...
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George D. Bailey
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on August 7, 1896 and died in an unknown location on October 15, 1967. He was 71 years old.
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51 years old
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Annie Laura Bailey
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on March 11, 1898 and died somewhere in Florida on June 9, 1958. She was 60 years old.
Children:
Oliva Holt Massey (1916 - 2009)
James Oren Holt (12/5/1918 - 3/11/2000) married Thelma Joyce Walker Mcdaniel (1936 - 1966)
Burl Finnley Holt (10/29/1920 - 1983)
Carlton Holt(...
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12 years old
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Martha ' Mattie ' C. Bailey
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on February 22, 1900 and died in Blountstown, Florida on September 15, 1982. She was 82 years old.
At a young child she lost her right eye in an icepick accident. She married a man named Burge who was absent later in her life. In her old age she lived a few houses down and across the road from he...
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Margaret Bailey
Born somewhere in Florida about 1902 and died somewhere in Florida about 1902. This child was stillborn.
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