Joseph M. Bailey

Born [date unknown] in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Mar 1859 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

Charles M. Bailey, river pilot, McKeesport, was born in that city Nov. 24, 1835, son of Joseph M. and Nancy (Whigham) Bailey. His father, a native of Norristown, Pa., a shoemaker by trade, was among the early settlers of McKeesport, where he embarked in business as a coal-operator with his brother, Madison Bailey, and William Whigham, in which he successfully continued until his death, in December, 1850. He had following named children: William M., Charles M., Caroline (Mrs. James Whitaker), Thomas Melvin (who died Sept. 30, 1843). Orphalena V. and Sarah A. (Mrs. Oliver P. Fritz).

From Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

Captain Bailey was born in McKeesport in 1835, son of Joseph M. and Nancy Bailey, and attended the public schools until he reached the age of fourteen.

BURIAL McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA PLOT No Stone Created by: Dr. James M. Owston Added: 8 Mar 2009

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #34600564
• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 368)
• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 23)