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Ashley “Ash” Bailey

Birth: 12 Sep 1893
Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 2 Feb 1932 (aged 38)
Warden, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Wildwood Cemetery

Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 176370940 View Source

Ash was the tenth of twelve children born to George W and Letitia Warden Bailey. He married his second cousin, Ruby Florence Warden on the 23rd day of September 1912 in Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia. Ash and Florence were divorced by 1925.

Ash and Florence's known children are:
Gretchen Bailey Taylor Guth (1916–1978)
Jacque Bailey (1920–)

Below are links to his records at the West Virginia Archives:

Birth Record, Line 46, reported by father
Birth Record, Line 1233, reported by maternal grandmother
Marriage Record
Death Certificate
Death Register, line 25, note Ash's two brothers listed on the same page. Wilmer W, who was killed in the explosion with Ash, line 26 and Edgar Philipp, line 24, died from injuries received in a hit and run accident a day after Ash and Wilmer's death.

Ash was the tenth of twelve children born to George W and Letitia Warden Bailey. He married his second cousin, Ruby Florence Warden on the 23rd day of September 1912 in Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia. Ash and Florence were divorced by 1925.

Ash and Florence's known children are:
Gretchen Bailey Taylor Guth (1916–1978)
Jacque Bailey (1920–)

Below are links to his records at the West Virginia Archives:

Birth Record, Line 46, reported by father
Birth Record, Line 1233, reported by maternal grandmother
Marriage Record
Death Certificate
Death Register, line 25, note Ash's two brothers listed on the same page. Wilmer W, who was killed in the explosion with Ash, line 26 and Edgar Philipp, line 24, died from injuries received in a hit and run accident a day after Ash and Wilmer's death.

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Spouse

Ruby Florence Warden Shrewsbury

1890–1976 (m. 1912)

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Created by: Nancy Horton Gillispie
Added: Feb 15, 2017
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176370940/ashley-bailey: accessed ), memorial page for Ashley “Ash” Bailey (12 Sep 1893–2 Feb 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 176370940, citing Wildwood Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Nancy Horton Gillispie (contributor 48220686).

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