Levi M Bailey (1854 - 1893)

Born 24 May 1854 in Potton, Brome, Canada East

Ancestors

Son of Jesse Bailey and Sophronia Stickney (Peabody) Bailey

Husband of Mary Agnes (Lloyd) Bailey — married 19 Jun 1878 in Bolton, Brome, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1893 at age 39 in Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Levi Bailey lived in Potton, Quebec, Canada.

Levi M. Bailey was born in 1854. He was the son of Jesse Bailey and Sophronia Peabody. In the 1861 and 1871 censuses for Canada East and Canada (Potton) Levi and his sister Jane are listed with their parents Jesse and Sophronia.^[1][2]

Levi married Maria Lloyd in Bolton, Quebec Jun, 19, 1878. ^[3]

Over their short married life of 11 years and 8 months, Levi and Mary had 6 children, as follows:

1. George Wilson, b. 29 Apr. 1879; d. 29 Sep. 1880
2. Jesse James, b. 27 Feb. 1881; m. Elizabeth Harrigan, 17 Feb. 1904; d. 26 Apr. 1946
3. Edgar Orville, b. 9 Jan. 1883; m. Maud Carter, 11 Oct. 1905; d. 29 Mar. 1965
4. Francis Levi (Frank), b. Jan. 1885; m. Ella Gertrude Eldridge, 16 Oct. 1907; d. 3 Mar. 1964
5. Charles Arthur, b. 10 Feb. 1887; m. Catherine Griggs, Oct. 1909; d. 29 July 1941
6. Harry E., b. 12 July 1889; m1. Gladys Davis, 4 Nov. 1911; m2. Lillian Descoteaux; d. 13 July 1966.

The census of 1881 (West Potton) lists Levi (age 26), his wife Mary (age 24), his sister Jane (25), his son Jesse (Jr.) (age 2 months) as well as both his parents (age 60).^[4] The census of 1891 lists Levi (age 36), his mother Sophronia (age 72), his sister Jane (age 35) and his children Jesse (10), Edgar (8), Frank (6), Charles (4) and Harry (1). His wife had already passed away (see below).^[5]

The attached photo held by the family shows their five surviving sons, well after the death of their parents.

Levi lost his wife at the age of only 33, and himself passed away only 3 years later in 1893 at the age of only 39.^[6][7] He was buried on 7 July.^[8] According to the Funeral Records by Justice of the Peace Francis H. Perkins, Record Nbr 57, Levi died of "consumption". The children's grandmother Sophronia Peabody was still alive and quickly (on Aug. 4, 1893) arranged for her nephew James A. Peabody to be appointed Tutor for all the children of Levi and Mary (they were all still of minor ages, between 4 and 12 years of age). The childrens' maternal grandparents could not help since James Lloyd had passed away (1889) and Agnes McAdam Lloyd was from 1890 living in New Hampshire. Sophronia herself passed away soon afterwards (Nov 1893) and Sophronia's brother (and James A. Peabody's father) Albert Peabody was Subrogate Tutor and on Mar. 13, 1894, James and Albert had to sign over the property rights of the children on the home farm to Levi's sister Jane, since Levi and Mary died without a will.^[9] The Bailey farm passed out of the family's hands for a time (1924-1926), but was re-acquired by Levi's son Edgar in 1926, and later inherited by Edgar's oldest son Wilson. The family farm left Bailey hands for good in the 1960s.

Sources

1. ↑ Canada East Census 1861, District of Brome, Sub-District Potton, Page 168, Line 37| 1861 Census "Levi Bailey, Age 7"
2. ↑ 1871 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 126 (Brome), Sub-District d (Potton), Page 55, Line 7| 1871 Canada Census, "Levi Bailey, Age 16"
3. ↑ Protestant Marriages in the District of Bedford, Brome county Archives
4. ↑ Canadian Census 1881, Province of Quebec, District No. 60 (Brome), Sub-District C, Division 1 (West Potton), Family Nbr. 182, Page 35, Lines 21- 23| 1881 Canada Census, "Levi Bailey, Age 26"
5. ↑ Canada Census 1891, Province of Quebec, District 143 (Brome), Sub-District E Division 1 (Potton), Family Nbr. 47, Pages 9-10, Line 22| 1891 Canada Census, "Levi Bailey, Age 36"
6. ↑ Waterloo Advertiser, Friday 14 July 1893 - "East Bolton. Our community was shocked to hear of the death of Levi Bailey of Mansonville, who died suddenly of heart disease last week. His wife was for many years a resident of this place."
7. ↑ Mansonville Methodist Church Records, Book 1, F.148
8. ↑ FindAGrave| "Levi Bailey"
9. ↑ Tutorship Agreement on file with the Family

See Also:

• Family Search | Levi Bailey
• Paternal relationship is confirmed via Y-DNA triangulation between Family Tree DNA kits #640876 David Bailey, and Kit #143007, having common ancestor Jonathan Bailey. #640876 and #143007 have 4 of 622 BigY STR differences.