"Dr" Isaac BAILEY (1801-1865)

"Dr" Isaac BAILEY

1801-1865

BIRTH: 1801

Father: Archibald Archer BAILEY (1773-1850)

Mother: Nancy Agnes GODFREY (1784-?)

Wife: Judah COOKE (c.1801-?)

MARRIAGE: March 7, 1821, in Giles County, Virginia

FACTS: He was a farmer, a doctor, a pioneer school teacher, and a prominent Baptist who attended the Council and Associations of his Church. He was a member of the original Guyandotte Baptist Church, from which the Coal Marsh Baptist Church in Glen Daniel, Raleigh County, Virginia, was formed, and he became a deacon while he lived in this area. From "Raleigh County's First Settlers, 1830-1840," we learn that his grandfather was Richard Bailey, an ancient pioneer of Mercer County, Virginia. Isaac settled on Clear Fork of Guyan about 1815. He lived in the Lester and Marshes neighborhoods for many years and then returned to Wyoming County, Virginia.

DEATH: 1865

Children:
Levi BAILEY (March 1826-April 26, 1911) *married Adeline STOVER; married Angelina STOVER
Thomas C. BAILEY (c.1828-?) *married Dorcas BROOKS on June 1, 1854
Irvin BAILEY (?-?) *married Aura CANTERBURY
Archibald BAILEY (c.1833-?) *married Florilla CORDER
Matthew Madison BAILEY (1835-?)

Nancy BAILEY (c.1840-?) *married David HANLEY on April 22, 1865
David C. BAILEY (April 3, 1843-?) *married Lucinda LAMBERT on June 28, 1865

Pedigree

                             Richard Peyton BAILEY SR|
 Archibald Archer BAILEY |
|                           |Elizabeth Anne BELCHER|
|
|--Isaac BAILEY
|
|                            Thomas GODFREY|
|Nancy Agnes GODFREY
                            |_________________________|

SOURCE: Rootsweb.com/Gracie Stover

Additional information thanks to 4/15/08 email from Dawn Bailey Hook... Thanks!

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