Some Descendants of SETH, Jr and POLLY (JAMES) BAILEY Taken from the book: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain John James and Esther Denison of Preston Connecticut. Compiled by Clara Paine Ohler, Lima, Ohio, 1912 (222 pages) Authority: Family record compiled by Ellen Francis Bailey. Resience, Warren, O.; now Constitutuion, O. Pages 46, 47, 48, 60, 61, 62, 63, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 136, 137, 138, 139 - Extracted by Debbie Noland Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net July 2005 POLLY JAMES, born on July 28, 1779, Stonington, Conn, d. Sept. 4, 1852 at Warren, O. She was the 8th child of 10 born to Captain John and Esther (Denison) James. She lived at the Farmer’s Castle garrison in Belpre, Ohio with her parents and siblings during the Indian War from 1791 to 1795. Married 1800 to SETH BAILEY, JR. He was born Easton, Mass., died Mar. 7, 1861 at Warren, (Washington County, Ohio. He was the son of Seth and Deborah (Packard) Bailey. Polly (James) Bailey was a woman of great force of character and at one time was the only professing christian in the township. She was one of the constituent members of the Warren Presbyterian church. During the sickly season of 1822-23, when almost every family for miles around, lost one or more members, they carried their large family of eleven children through without the loss of one, and without the aid of a physician. Beside their own large family they brought up five nieces and nephews, and another little girl who was left an orphan. Seth Bailey, a native of Massachusetts, emigrated to Virginia in 1798. While there he married Polly, the daugher of Captain John James, who at that time owned Vienna Island, Neals Island and a large tract of land in Virginia. Polly recieved as a marriage protion Vienna Island. Mr. Bailey built a cabin on the island and the work of clearing in 1802. He at this time owned one horse, two oxen and one cow. The island was densely covered with immense trees, and clearing progressed slowly and involved the hardest kind of labor. Winter set in before a shelter could be provided for the stock, but nature had supplied that. A sycamore tree, seventeen feet in its greatest diameter, and fifteen in its shortest, was discovered to be hollow. A door was cut in one side and the interior found large enough to afford a comfortable shelter for all the stock. In after years the tree caught fire and burned to the ground. Mr. Bailey one year later planted corn inside the remaining snags and harvested from it one bushel. Early in 1805, a frame house was built opposite the head of the island. This house became the Bailey homestead. (from history of Washington county, Ohio, pg. 635) Seth Bailey was one of the pioneer settlers of Ohio. At the time of his death, he was one of the most venerable, as he was one of the most respected and esteemed of the citizens of Washington county. Having secured for himself a sufficient estate, he spent his last years in freedom from care, and exhibited a rare instance of a genial and hearty old age. He was a lover of education and good morals; and was for many years a member of the Presbyterian church (Bailey Genealogy.) Children of Seth and Polly (James) Bailey: 1. Maria, b. Apr. 6, 1803. 2. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1804; died unmarried Jan. 10, 1872. 3. Seth, b. Sept. 9, 1806 4. Charles Pease, b. 1808 5. John James, b. Apr. 15, 1810 6. Susan Uhl, b. 1811 7. Bennett Cook, b. Nov. 28, 1813 8. William Denison, b. May 24, 1816 9. George Washington, b. Dec. 12, 1817 10. Augustus Stone, b. 1819 11. Thomas James, b. Apr. 22, 1822; died unmarried in 1882. MARIA BAILEY, b. April 6, 1803 on Vienna (or James) Island, d. Sept. 16, 1899, at Elmdale, Kansas. Married March 18, 1830, to FREDERIC SHIPMAN, b. August 30, 1795, at Marietta, O., d. Aug. 26, 1839 at Marietta, O.; son of Joshua and Sibyl Shipman. Residence, Marietta, O. Children of Frederic and Maria (Bailey) Shipman: 1. MARY SIBYL SHIPMAN, b. Dec. 28, 1830 at Marietta, O.; Married 1. 1851 to JOHN ROSS EVERETT, d. 1852. Children of John R. and Mary (Shipman) Everett: Harriet Anna Maria, b. Sept. 1852. Harriet married Phineas Cicero Jeffrey on June 9, 1881 in Elmdale, Kansas. Their children were William Everett and George. MARY SIBYL SHIPMAN, Married 2. Aug. 12, 1856 to BRYON SLOPER, d. Oct. 14, 1885 at Elmdale, Kan. Children of Byron and Mary (Everett) Sloper: Carrie, b. Oct. 15, 1857, d. Mar. 10, 1864 at Leavenwoeth, Kansas. 2. JOSHUA SETH SHIPMAN, b. Mar. 6, 1832 at Marietta, O., d. Mar. 1889 at Elmdale, Kan. Married 1. Sept. 8, 1856 at Athens co., O to SARAH CARPENTER, daughter of Frederic and Mary Carpenter, d. July 23, 1858. Children of Joshua and Sarah (Carpenter) Shipman: Charles Frederic, b. July, 1857. Charles married Jennie Thomas Feb. 7, 1886. Their children were Birdie Emma, and Lyle. JOSHUA SETH SHIPMAN Married 2. Aug. 8, 1864 in Chase county, Kansas to JENNIE GIFFORD, d. 1874 at Elmdale, Kansas. Children of Joshua and Jennie (Gifford) SHIPMAN: Julia Slooper Shipman, married Dec. 1888 to Claude M. Breese, s/o A. M. and Hannah Breese. Child: Carl. Arthur Bartlett Shipman, m. Feb. 20, 1890 at Strong City, Kan. to Estella Caumm. Child: Myrtle. Annie Maud Shipman married Aug. 23, 1883 at Cedar Point Kansas to Louis Frye. Minnie, b. Apr. 5, 1872, d. Aug. 1, 1873. JOSHUA SETH BAILEY Married 3. Sept. 24, 1876 at Cedar Point, Kan., to ADDIE SEAMANS, daughter of Alvin and Almira Seamans, b. at Wheaton, Ill. Children: Harry Leroy. 3. JULIA MARIA SHIPMAN, b. Feb. 23, 1835 at Marietta, Ohio, d. Mar. 2, 1862 at St. Joseph, Missouri. Married 1. JOHN LYONS. Married 2. CAPTAIN A. J. MERRITT. 4. CHARLES F. SHIPMAN., b. 1838, d. 1844 SETH BAILEY, b. Sept. 9, 1806, at Warren, (Washington Co.) O., d. May 27, 1884 at Coolville, O. Married 1. SARAH DEVOL McCLURE on Dec. 31, 1833. She was b. Sept. 30, 1809 in Washington county, Ohio, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Devol) McClure. Children of Seth and Sarah (McClure) Bailey: 1. MARY BAILEY, married MARTIN VAN BUREN ATHEY. Children: John O.; Bertha Adelaide; William. SETH BAILEY married 2. MARY ANN SCOTT on Sept. 17, 1839 near Wheeling W. Va. She was b. Apr. 19, 1814, d. Feb. 3, 1907, daughter of John and Nancy Scott. Children of Seth and Mary Ann (Scott) Bailey: 2. NANCY ANN BAILEY, married December 25, 1884 to Henry Mathias. 3. ISABELLA BAILEY 4. LYDIA JANE BAILEY, m. June 16, 1871 to DAVID B. SINCLAIR Children: Rodney Boise; John North, d. May 15, 1896; Ella Richmond; Hunter B.; Mary Gertrude. 5. SARAH ELIZABETH BAILEY, d. in infancy, June 1849. 6. SETH AUSTIN BAILEY, married Mar. 24, 1892 to ELIZABETH CLAGGETT. 7. JULIA AUGUSTA BAILEY, married 1. Mar. 24, 1874 to BEVERLY DOUGLASS, d. Sept. 23, 1874. Children: John Beverly, Douglas Jr. m. and lives in Kansas. Married 2. June 2, 1885 to Newton Perry, d. June 1887. 8. Alice Rosetta, died 1907. CHARLES PEASE BAILEY, b. 1808 in Washington County, Ohio, d. 1879 in Virginia; Married 1837 to HARRIET CHAPMAN, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Perkins) Chapman. She m. 2. Mr. VAN NESS. JOHN JAMES BAILEY, b. April 15, 1810, d. May 9, 1849. Married January 25, 1836 near Salem, O., to MARY CHAPMAN, b. April 15, 1812, d. May 2, 1859, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Perkins) Chapman. She m. 2. JAMES HUNTER. Children of John James and Mary (Chapman) Bailey: 1. CHARLES CHAPMAN BAILEY, b. Nov. 6, 1836, d. Jan. 13, 1841 2. SARAH BAILEY, b. July 8, 1838. Married May 13, 1857 to ROBERT MARSHALL HUNTER, b. Jan. 21, 1830 at Cumberland, O. Residence, Neoga, Illinois. Children: 1. Mary Annette, b. Aug. 29, 1858, d. Aug. 28, 1865. She married James Greene; 2. Martha Aurela, b. Sept. 15, 1860; 3. Carrie, married Oct. 22, 1892 at Neoga, Illinois to George W. Potts, b. in Cole Co, Ill., s/o Joseph and Nancy Potts. Their children were Lennard Hunter and Neva Lucretia, both born in Decatur, Illinois. 4. Charles Robert, b. Mar. 5, 1884, d. Oct. 22, 1865; 5. Lucy Lorena married Dec. 24, 1890 at Neoga, Ill. to Frederic Buchanan, b. at Neoga, Ill., s/o John and Margaret Buchanan. Their children were Leila Margaret, Helen Hunter, Mary Lorena, Nellie, Howard Bailey, Sarah Ethel, Anna Harriet. 3. JOHN WORTHINGTON BAILEY, married Nov. 1869 at Constitutuion, Washington Co., Ohio to LOUISE CARPENTER. Residence, Rock Hill, Missouri. Children: John, Mary Annette, Bertha and Mable. 4. ELIZABETH BURGESS BAILEY, b. Sept. 10, 1844, d. 1845 5. GEORGETTE ELIZABETH BAILEY, b. June 6, 1846, d. 1849 SUSAN UHL BAILEY, b. 1811 at Warren, at Warren, (Washington Co.) O., d. 1853 at Warren, O. Married in 1841 to DR. G. A. WARD, son of Dr. Walter Ward. Children of G. A. and Susan (Bailey) Ward: 1. Frances Elizabeth, married Robert Lamb. She died early, leaving a son. 2. George Rollin, married ____ Lamb. A sister to Robert Lamb. 3. Orlando, d. young 4. Mary Celeste, married ____ Allen. 5. Walter Payson, married but wife is unknown. 6. Henry, married Jennie Anderson, daughter of Marcus Anderson. BENNETT COOK BAILEY, b. Nov. 28, 1813 at Warren, (Washington Co.) O., d. 1890 at Newton, Kansas. Married Feb. 22, 1844 to FANNIE MARY DICKEY. She was born Feb. 8, 1818 in Washington county, Ohio, d. Jan. 20, 1884 at Newton, Kan. Residence, Warren, O; Newton, Kan. Children of Bennett and Fannie (Dickey) Bailey: 1. Mary Elizabeth, b. 1845, d. June 3, 1893 2. James Dickey, b. 1834, d. July 10, 1875 3. Harriet Dickey 4. Seth Packard 5. Bennett Augustus, married Feb. 5, 1896, at Topeka, Kansas to Mary Margaret Horne, b. at Cincinnati, Ohio. Children, Bennett Augustus, Jr. WILLIAM DENISON BAILEY, b. May 24, 1816, at Constitution, (Washington Co.,), Ohio, d. April 10, 1894, at Marietta, Ohio. Married 1. MARY ANNETTE WARD. She was born April 25, 1822, d. April 25, 1849, daughter of Dr. Walter Ward. Children of William D. and Mary (Ward) Bailey: 1. Mary Annette, born in Washington county, Ohio, died June 11,1875 at Lincoln, Nebraska. Married June 30, 1870 to James Rennock Walton, son of Rev. James and Clara Carter Walton. Children: Mary Emerson Walton, b. at Lincoln, Nebraska. Mary Emerson Walton married Frank W. Ferris. Residence, Eveleth, Minn. Children: Esther Annette, Peter Francis, Walton Cutler, Doritha Louis, Muriel Elizabeth, d. Oct. 30, 1905; Virginia, d. Oct. 30, 1905. WILLIAM DENISON BAILEY married 2. October 1, 1850 to ELIZABETH SMITH EMERSON, b. March 19, 1820, daughter of Caleb and Mary (Dana) Emerson. Res. Warren, Marietta. Children of William and Elizabeth (Emerson) Bailey: 2. Ellen Frances, lives with her mother at Marietta, Ohio. 3. Lucy Denison 4. William Emerson, d. young 5. Charles Emerson, married Oct. 9, 1900, to Elizabeth Davidson, daughter of Joshua and Helen Dudley Davidson of Parkersburg, W. Va. Graduate of Marietta college. Engineer, connected with iron mines on Mesaba Range, Minn. Children: Emerson Dudley; Helen Elizabeth. GEORGE WASHINGTON BAILEY, b. Dec. 12, 1817, at Warren, (Washington Co.) O., d. Dec. 26, 1903. Married 1855 in Vienna, Wood Co., W. Va. to SARAH JANE STAPLETON, daughter of Joshua and Eliza Stapleton. Children of George and Sarah (Stapleton) Bailey) 1. Sarah Bertha, born at Constitution, Washington co., Ohio. Married Lewis Boardman, son of Dana Boardman. Children: Sarah Grace, m. Wilson Baxter in 1908. Their child was Bessie Inez Baxter; Bessie; Bailey; Burton. 2. Eliza Alberta, married Arthur Maxwell Mattoon. Residence: Parkville, Mo. Professor Mattoon was a student at Cambridge, England and has charge of the observatory at Industrial school. Children: Edith; Arthur Maxwell, Jr.; Winifred. 3. Millie Maud 4. George Howard, born at Constitution, Washington county, Ohio. Married Lissa Bailey. Residence, Seattle, Washington. George H. Bailey is a gradutae of the Law school at Ann Arbor, Mich, wher his wafe was also a student. Children: Dorothy; George Howard, Jr. AUGUSTUS STONE BAILEY, b. Nov. 19, 1819, at Warren, (Washington Co.) O., d. at Elmdale, Kansas. Married April 13, 1852 in Athens county, Ohio to JULIA ANN JOHNSON. Residence, Warren, O.; after 1874, Elmdale, Kan. Children of Augustus and Julia (Johnson) Bailey: 1. Emma, born at Constitutuion, Washington county, Ohio. Married April 7, 1886 to Clarence David Wood, born at West Liberty, Ia., son of Stephen and Caroline (Breese) Wood. Children: Rhuy Bailey; Howard Bailey; Paul Bailey; Rachel Bailey; Carrie Bailey. 2. Clara Katherine, b. at Constitutuion, Washington county, Ohio. Married June 17, 1885 to Lafe Budd Breese, born in Ohio, son of Edwin Hatfield and Harriet (Talmage) Breese. Children: Julia M., b. Feb. 15, 1887 at Elmdale, Kansas, died Mar. 4, 1904 in San Antonio, Texas. Ancestors and Descendants of Captain John James and Esther Denison of Preston Connecticut Compiled by Clara Paine Ohler, Lima, Ohio, 1912 (222 pages) Authority: Family record compiled by Ellen Francis Bailey. Resience, Warren, O.; now Constitutuion, O. Pages 46, 47, 48, 60, 61, 62, 63, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 136, 137, 138, 139 Extracted by Debbie Noland Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net June 2005 NOTES: According to the book, Chase Co. Historical Sketches, 1940 an biography of AUGUSTUS STONE BAILEY gives much information about him and his family. I will summarize it here.... His daughter Emma was born Feb. 8, 1860. Daughter Clara Katherine was born on Mar. 18, 1862. He came to Chase Co. in 1874. Bought farm from J. S. Shipman & J. S. Doolittle. He also bought land in Elmdale where he built a home, and later became known as the L. B. Breese home. Augustus was a sucessful potato farmer. His wife, Julia Ann Johnson was a very good housekeeper, cook, and a good mother to her children. This book also contains other information about the families of Emma and Clara. (Please see the book for more info.)