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Ben Bailey of Larned Kansas is a third cousin of W. C. Steppe. He paid to have much of the research done that I sent to you on the Bailey family. Eventually Justin will add the Bailey side to his family tree? Ben had an old picture that his grandfather passed on, he knows that one person in the picture is his great-grandfather Jesse H. Bailey Jr, a cousin of John Pleasant Bailey, my and Dan's great-grandfather. The other men were never identified so Ben has been showing the picture to relatives here in Virginia when he comes and has had if published in the Brookneal newspaper to ask for help.
A National Park Service person specializing in old clothing has placed the time of the picture at 1885. Ben works for NPS. The standing man on the left end is Jesse H. Bailey Jr. In 1885 he was 24 years old and the standing left man in the picture looks close to that age. If we assume that the men are relatives then the two older standing men on the right would have to be uncles. Now all of the Bailey uncles died in the war except German S. Bailey who was 66 years old in 1885. Niether standing older man on the right is that old. So they would have to be Bailey uncles in through the wife of Jesse Bailey Sr who was Mary Hudson, or maybe descendants on the Daniel side of the family.
The man standing on the left and the one seated on the left and maybe others have the Bailey head; shaped like a hexagon with big ears at two vertices. Look at pictures of my father and other Bailey ancestors. And another point to consider is the placement of hands on shoulders which would seem to say "this is my son" or "this is my brother"
Anyway, the picture is interesting to look at and think about. Comparing it with the Bailey chart that I sent to you makes us wish that Jesse H Bailey Jr had let someone know who the men were!
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