The daughter of John Smith, Sr. and Magdaleana Mooney.
Sarah married Charles Bailey, Jun 20, 1795, Jefferson Co., KY.
Charles Bailey, was a native of Hagerstown, Pennsylvania. In boyhood he was bound out, but ran away and came to Louisville. At this time there were only seven houses there. He was a great hunter and woodsman and in order to find available locations he settled on Lost River, in Orange county, Indiana, where he remained several years. Later he located six miles north of Bedford, where he took up government land and lived until 1847, when he moved to Sullivan county, this state. He married a Miss Smith, a native of Kentucky, who died in Sullivan county, and eventually he went to Linn county, Iowa, where his death occurred.
John, Levi, Gideon, who was a doctor, and after he moved to Iowa was appointed a marshal; Harrison, Joseph, Lena, Rebecca, Sallie and Ann. Levi Bailey had few opportunities for securing an education and his early years were devoted to agricultural pursuits and stock raising. These lines of effort developed a large business and he eventually became noted as a shipper, having sent twenty-one boat loads of pork and wheat on flat boats to New Orleans. He built his own boats and was successful in all his undertakings, at one time owning fourteen hundred acres of land six miles north of Bedford. He was a Democrat in politics and was well known throughout the community where he lived. His death occurred in 1854 and his wife died in 1844.
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties
They had the following known children:
1) John Bailey: 1795 – 1877
2) Rebecca (Bailey) Benefield: 1798 – 1880
3) Mary Magdelene "Lena" (Bailey) Waggoner: 1802 –1880
4) Sarah Sally (Bailey) Waggoner: 1803 – 1877
5) Levi Bailey: 1806 – 1854
6) Dr Gideon Smith Bailey: 1809 – 1903
7) Harrison Bailey: 1813 –
8) Ann (Bailey) Waggoner: 1815 – 1899
9) Joseph Bailey: 1818 – 1878
Sources: Family Records, KY Marriage Records, Federal Census; 1820 Lawrence, Indiana, 1830, Lawrence, Indiana, 1850 Curry, Sullivan, Indiana, History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana By B.F. Bowen & Co; Indiana University: Its History from 1820, when Founded, to 1890; History of Hancock County, Indiana: by John H. Binford.
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Sarah married Charles Bailey, Jun 20, 1795, Jefferson Co., KY.
Charles Bailey, was a native of Hagerstown, Pennsylvania. In boyhood he was bound out, but ran away and came to Louisville. At this time there were only seven houses there. He was a great hunter and woodsman and in order to find available locations he settled on Lost River, in Orange county, Indiana, where he remained several years. Later he located six miles north of Bedford, where he took up government land and lived until 1847, when he moved to Sullivan county, this state. He married a Miss Smith, a native of Kentucky, who died in Sullivan county, and eventually he went to Linn county, Iowa, where his death occurred.
John, Levi, Gideon, who was a doctor, and after he moved to Iowa was appointed a marshal; Harrison, Joseph, Lena, Rebecca, Sallie and Ann. Levi Bailey had few opportunities for securing an education and his early years were devoted to agricultural pursuits and stock raising. These lines of effort developed a large business and he eventually became noted as a shipper, having sent twenty-one boat loads of pork and wheat on flat boats to New Orleans. He built his own boats and was successful in all his undertakings, at one time owning fourteen hundred acres of land six miles north of Bedford. He was a Democrat in politics and was well known throughout the community where he lived. His death occurred in 1854 and his wife died in 1844.
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties
They had the following known children:
1) John Bailey: 1795 – 1877
2) Rebecca (Bailey) Benefield: 1798 – 1880
3) Mary Magdelene "Lena" (Bailey) Waggoner: 1802 –1880
4) Sarah Sally (Bailey) Waggoner: 1803 – 1877
5) Levi Bailey: 1806 – 1854
6) Dr Gideon Smith Bailey: 1809 – 1903
7) Harrison Bailey: 1813 –
8) Ann (Bailey) Waggoner: 1815 – 1899
9) Joseph Bailey: 1818 – 1878
Sources: Family Records, KY Marriage Records, Federal Census; 1820 Lawrence, Indiana, 1830, Lawrence, Indiana, 1850 Curry, Sullivan, Indiana, History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana By B.F. Bowen & Co; Indiana University: Its History from 1820, when Founded, to 1890; History of Hancock County, Indiana: by John H. Binford.
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The daughter of John Smith, Sr. and Magdaleana Mooney.
Sarah married Charles Bailey, Jun 20, 1795, Jefferson Co., KY.
Charles Bailey, was a native of Hagerstown, Pennsylvania. In boyhood he was bound out, but ran away and came to Louisville. At this time there were only seven houses there. He was a great hunter and woodsman and in order to find available locations he settled on Lost River, in Orange county, Indiana, where he remained several years. Later he located six miles north of Bedford, where he took up government land and lived until 1847, when he moved to Sullivan county, this state. He married a Miss Smith, a native of Kentucky, who died in Sullivan county, and eventually he went to Linn county, Iowa, where his death occurred.
John, Levi, Gideon, who was a doctor, and after he moved to Iowa was appointed a marshal; Harrison, Joseph, Lena, Rebecca, Sallie and Ann. Levi Bailey had few opportunities for securing an education and his early years were devoted to agricultural pursuits and stock raising. These lines of effort developed a large business and he eventually became noted as a shipper, having sent twenty-one boat loads of pork and wheat on flat boats to New Orleans. He built his own boats and was successful in all his undertakings, at one time owning fourteen hundred acres of land six miles north of Bedford. He was a Democrat in politics and was well known throughout the community where he lived. His death occurred in 1854 and his wife died in 1844.
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties
They had the following known children:
1) John Bailey: 1795 – 1877
2) Rebecca (Bailey) Benefield: 1798 – 1880
3) Mary Magdelene "Lena" (Bailey) Waggoner: 1802 –1880
4) Sarah Sally (Bailey) Waggoner: 1803 – 1877
5) Levi Bailey: 1806 – 1854
6) Dr Gideon Smith Bailey: 1809 – 1903
7) Harrison Bailey: 1813 –
8) Ann (Bailey) Waggoner: 1815 – 1899
9) Joseph Bailey: 1818 – 1878
Sources: Family Records, KY Marriage Records, Federal Census; 1820 Lawrence, Indiana, 1830, Lawrence, Indiana, 1850 Curry, Sullivan, Indiana, History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana By B.F. Bowen & Co; Indiana University: Its History from 1820, when Founded, to 1890; History of Hancock County, Indiana: by John H. Binford.
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Sarah married Charles Bailey, Jun 20, 1795, Jefferson Co., KY.
Charles Bailey, was a native of Hagerstown, Pennsylvania. In boyhood he was bound out, but ran away and came to Louisville. At this time there were only seven houses there. He was a great hunter and woodsman and in order to find available locations he settled on Lost River, in Orange county, Indiana, where he remained several years. Later he located six miles north of Bedford, where he took up government land and lived until 1847, when he moved to Sullivan county, this state. He married a Miss Smith, a native of Kentucky, who died in Sullivan county, and eventually he went to Linn county, Iowa, where his death occurred.
John, Levi, Gideon, who was a doctor, and after he moved to Iowa was appointed a marshal; Harrison, Joseph, Lena, Rebecca, Sallie and Ann. Levi Bailey had few opportunities for securing an education and his early years were devoted to agricultural pursuits and stock raising. These lines of effort developed a large business and he eventually became noted as a shipper, having sent twenty-one boat loads of pork and wheat on flat boats to New Orleans. He built his own boats and was successful in all his undertakings, at one time owning fourteen hundred acres of land six miles north of Bedford. He was a Democrat in politics and was well known throughout the community where he lived. His death occurred in 1854 and his wife died in 1844.
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties
They had the following known children:
1) John Bailey: 1795 – 1877
2) Rebecca (Bailey) Benefield: 1798 – 1880
3) Mary Magdelene "Lena" (Bailey) Waggoner: 1802 –1880
4) Sarah Sally (Bailey) Waggoner: 1803 – 1877
5) Levi Bailey: 1806 – 1854
6) Dr Gideon Smith Bailey: 1809 – 1903
7) Harrison Bailey: 1813 –
8) Ann (Bailey) Waggoner: 1815 – 1899
9) Joseph Bailey: 1818 – 1878
Sources: Family Records, KY Marriage Records, Federal Census; 1820 Lawrence, Indiana, 1830, Lawrence, Indiana, 1850 Curry, Sullivan, Indiana, History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana By B.F. Bowen & Co; Indiana University: Its History from 1820, when Founded, to 1890; History of Hancock County, Indiana: by John H. Binford.
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