Lemira (Buck) Bailey (1789 - 1863)

Born 7 Nov 1789 in Vermont

Wife of Haynes Bailey — married 25 Sep 1808 in Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont

Died 16 Dec 1863 at age 74 in Wataga, Knox County, Illinois

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Biography

Lemira Buck was born in 1789 in Vermont, the daughter of Joseph Buck, at one point in time from Arlington, Vermont.^[1] Little is known about Joseph Buck, but we do know that he was recorded in Fairfax, Vermont with a family on the 1790 census.^[2]

She married Haynes Bailey, son of Daniel Bailey and Sarah Mudgett, in Fairfax, Vermont, on 25 September 1808.^[3] The couple had nine known children, born in Fletcher, VT and recorded on the town records, Book 1, page 665:

1. Haynes (twin), b. 2 Dec. 1809; d. 24 Dec. 1809
2. Lemira (twin), b. 2 Dec. 1809; d. 18 Dec. 1809
3. Frederick, b. 28 Apr. 1811; d. 1 Feb. 1849 (St. Louis, MO) (unm.)
4. Mary (Polly) Samantha, b. 19 Aug. 1812; m. Addison Soule, abt. 1833; d. 24 Oct. 1879 (Geneseo, IL)
5. Almira Buck, b. 28 Apr. 1814; m. Joseph King, 7 Jan. 1847; d. abt. 1871
6. Franklin, b. 17 Oct. 1815; d. 30 Nov. 1861
7. Adelia Sophia, b. 26 Mar. 1817; m. Merrill Story Orton, 28 Feb. 1849; d. Apr. 1880 (Galesburg, IL)
8. Lyman Barney, b. 5 Nov. 1818; d. aft. 1865, and
9. Sarah (Sally) Ann, b. 7 June 1824; m. Stephen Gale, 4 Apr. 1844; d. 1899 (Peoria, IL).

The family was living at Fletcher, VT when the 1810,^[4] 1820,^[5] 1830^[6] and 1840^[7] censuses were taken. Lemira lost her husband when Haynes died on 15 Aug. 1842, in Fletcher, VT., at age 67.^[8] She and the family remained a few more years in Fletcher, where they were recorded on the 1850 census.^[9]

Sometime after 1850, and by 1855, Lemira travelled to Illinois; several of her children - son Lyman B Bailey and daughters Sally Ann Gale and Adelia Orton - had decided to leave Vermont and move there. In 1860, Lemira and Lyman were living together in Sparta, Illinois.^[10]

Lemira died 16 December 1863 in Knox County, Illinois and was buried there in Robbins Cemetery, Wataga.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, by Alfred Poor, 1858, Reprinted in 1986 by Parker River Researchers,| Page 105, middle right-hand column
2. ↑ 1790 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Chittenden County, Fairfax, Page 160| 1790 US Census, "Joseph Buck"
3. ↑ Vermont Marriage Records, Fairfax| Marriage, Bailey - Buck
4. ↑ 1810 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Fletcher, Page 675, Line 4| 1810 US Census, "Haines Baly"
5. ↑ 1820 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Fletcher, Page 36, 9th Line from bottom| 1820 US Census, "Haines Bailey"
6. ↑ 1830 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Fletcher, Page 41, Line 12| 1830 US Census, "Haines Bailey"
7. ↑ 1840 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Fletcher, Page 312, Line 11| 1840 US Census, "Haines Bailey"
8. ↑ Vermont Death Records, Fletcher| Death, Haynes Bailey
9. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Fletcher, House Nbr. 173, Line 32| 1850 US Census, "Lamira Baily, Age 60"
10. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census, State of Illinois, Knox County, Sparta, Page 110, Line 19| 1860 US Census, "N Bailey, Age 72"
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #178323520 for Lemira Buck Bailey

See Also:

• Family Search | Lemira Buck
• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, by Alfred Poor, 1858, Reprinted in 1986 by Parker River Researchers,| Page 109, middle right-hand column
• Illinois, State Census Collection, 1825-1865 for Lyman B Bailey, 1855, Knox, Sparta. There were four residents in the home, including an older woman.

Acknowledgments

• Many thanks to Chris H. Bailey, Accredited Genealogist, Eustis, Florida, for the "Descendants of Daniel Bailey", dated November 2019