Henry B. Bailey    

HENRY B. BAILEY, coal operator, Sandy Lake, was born June 1, 1842, in Mahoning County, Ohio, to Bariah and Anna B. (Kincaid) Bailey, natives of the same State, and the parents of Horace (killed at Pittsburgh Landing, was a member, of Company C, Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry), James G. (lives in Ohio, and is in partnership with our subject), Henry B., William, Lydia A. (married Warren Van Fleet) and Hiram B. The parents were members of the Disciples Church. Henry received a common-school education in Austintown Township, Mahoning Co., Ohio. He enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served three years. He was wounded in the right arm at the battle of Chaplin Hills, Ky., and was with his regiment in all of the battles. On his return from the war he resumed mining in the vicinity of Sandy Lake. He and his brother, James G., opened the present Bailey Mines in 1876, and employ from ten to twelve men during the busy season. He was married September 11, 1872, to Miss Jennie, daughter of John and Margaret Patterson, of Venango County, Penn., by whom he has four children: John P., Anna B., Edna M. and an infant. Mr. Bailey is serving as school director, and is a member of the G. A. B. of Sandy Lake. He and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of the same place. His brothers, James, William and Horace, were in the war, Horace and James in one company, and William and Henry in another.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 1044.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

.