Per 1900 Census 26 June, Town of Jewitt, Greene Co., N. Y.
Eugene E. Bailey age 28, born Jan. 1872, married 7 years, farmer, owns home. Wife: Isabelle age 27, born Dec. 1872, had 2 children & 2 living. Children: Walter age 6, born Apr. 1894, Wynford age 4, born June 1896. All born NY State.
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WW I Draft Registration Card, 5 June 1917 @ Ancestry, actual record.
Walter E. Bailey, born April 16, 1894 at Jewett, New York, single, employed at Catskill Mountain Telephone Co. Jewett, N. Y. Home residence: Lexington [Greene Co.] N. Y. Description: tall, medium build, black hair and eyes.
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New York, N. Y. Extracted Death Index @ Ancestry
Walter E. Bailey, died: 31 January 1919 at Manhattan, N. Y.
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The Windham Journal, Windham, N. Y. Thursday 6 Feb 1919
The death from pneumonia, of Walter Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bailey of Lexington, occurred at the Governor's Island [Manhattan, NY] barracks on Friday of last week [31 Jan]. He entered the service last summer and but a short time before his death was engaged in guard duty on the Island. Mr. Bailey was an energetic young man and will be much missed by his many acquaintances and friends in this vicinity.
The funeral was held from Jewett Heights Presbyterian Church, and was largely attended. Boys who are home from camp acted as bearers, and a firing squad from the Catskill Home Guard paid the last military honors.
Mountain Lodge, No. 520, F. & A. M. of which the deceased was a member, attended in a body, and a quartette from the Lodge sang. The funeral service at the church was conducted by Rev. J. Markarian and his was given a Masonic burial in Pleasant Valley Cemetery [k/n/a Ashland] on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1919. He was about 25 years. of age.
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Walter Bailey is buried with his parents at the Maplewood Cemetery in Hunter, NY
That is a photo of the stone at Maplewood on Walter's memorial. The obituary must have the cemetery listed incorrectly.
Contributor: Maggie May (47980633)
Research and transcribed by Bill Preston
Eugene E. Bailey age 28, born Jan. 1872, married 7 years, farmer, owns home. Wife: Isabelle age 27, born Dec. 1872, had 2 children & 2 living. Children: Walter age 6, born Apr. 1894, Wynford age 4, born June 1896. All born NY State.
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WW I Draft Registration Card, 5 June 1917 @ Ancestry, actual record.
Walter E. Bailey, born April 16, 1894 at Jewett, New York, single, employed at Catskill Mountain Telephone Co. Jewett, N. Y. Home residence: Lexington [Greene Co.] N. Y. Description: tall, medium build, black hair and eyes.
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New York, N. Y. Extracted Death Index @ Ancestry
Walter E. Bailey, died: 31 January 1919 at Manhattan, N. Y.
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The Windham Journal, Windham, N. Y. Thursday 6 Feb 1919
The death from pneumonia, of Walter Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bailey of Lexington, occurred at the Governor's Island [Manhattan, NY] barracks on Friday of last week [31 Jan]. He entered the service last summer and but a short time before his death was engaged in guard duty on the Island. Mr. Bailey was an energetic young man and will be much missed by his many acquaintances and friends in this vicinity.
The funeral was held from Jewett Heights Presbyterian Church, and was largely attended. Boys who are home from camp acted as bearers, and a firing squad from the Catskill Home Guard paid the last military honors.
Mountain Lodge, No. 520, F. & A. M. of which the deceased was a member, attended in a body, and a quartette from the Lodge sang. The funeral service at the church was conducted by Rev. J. Markarian and his was given a Masonic burial in Pleasant Valley Cemetery [k/n/a Ashland] on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1919. He was about 25 years. of age.
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Walter Bailey is buried with his parents at the Maplewood Cemetery in Hunter, NY
That is a photo of the stone at Maplewood on Walter's memorial. The obituary must have the cemetery listed incorrectly.
Contributor: Maggie May (47980633)
Research and transcribed by Bill Preston
Per 1900 Census 26 June, Town of Jewitt, Greene Co., N. Y.
Eugene E. Bailey age 28, born Jan. 1872, married 7 years, farmer, owns home. Wife: Isabelle age 27, born Dec. 1872, had 2 children & 2 living. Children: Walter age 6, born Apr. 1894, Wynford age 4, born June 1896. All born NY State.
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WW I Draft Registration Card, 5 June 1917 @ Ancestry, actual record.
Walter E. Bailey, born April 16, 1894 at Jewett, New York, single, employed at Catskill Mountain Telephone Co. Jewett, N. Y. Home residence: Lexington [Greene Co.] N. Y. Description: tall, medium build, black hair and eyes.
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New York, N. Y. Extracted Death Index @ Ancestry
Walter E. Bailey, died: 31 January 1919 at Manhattan, N. Y.
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The Windham Journal, Windham, N. Y. Thursday 6 Feb 1919
The death from pneumonia, of Walter Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bailey of Lexington, occurred at the Governor's Island [Manhattan, NY] barracks on Friday of last week [31 Jan]. He entered the service last summer and but a short time before his death was engaged in guard duty on the Island. Mr. Bailey was an energetic young man and will be much missed by his many acquaintances and friends in this vicinity.
The funeral was held from Jewett Heights Presbyterian Church, and was largely attended. Boys who are home from camp acted as bearers, and a firing squad from the Catskill Home Guard paid the last military honors.
Mountain Lodge, No. 520, F. & A. M. of which the deceased was a member, attended in a body, and a quartette from the Lodge sang. The funeral service at the church was conducted by Rev. J. Markarian and his was given a Masonic burial in Pleasant Valley Cemetery [k/n/a Ashland] on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1919. He was about 25 years. of age.
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Walter Bailey is buried with his parents at the Maplewood Cemetery in Hunter, NY
That is a photo of the stone at Maplewood on Walter's memorial. The obituary must have the cemetery listed incorrectly.
Contributor: Maggie May (47980633)
Research and transcribed by Bill Preston
Eugene E. Bailey age 28, born Jan. 1872, married 7 years, farmer, owns home. Wife: Isabelle age 27, born Dec. 1872, had 2 children & 2 living. Children: Walter age 6, born Apr. 1894, Wynford age 4, born June 1896. All born NY State.
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WW I Draft Registration Card, 5 June 1917 @ Ancestry, actual record.
Walter E. Bailey, born April 16, 1894 at Jewett, New York, single, employed at Catskill Mountain Telephone Co. Jewett, N. Y. Home residence: Lexington [Greene Co.] N. Y. Description: tall, medium build, black hair and eyes.
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New York, N. Y. Extracted Death Index @ Ancestry
Walter E. Bailey, died: 31 January 1919 at Manhattan, N. Y.
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The Windham Journal, Windham, N. Y. Thursday 6 Feb 1919
The death from pneumonia, of Walter Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bailey of Lexington, occurred at the Governor's Island [Manhattan, NY] barracks on Friday of last week [31 Jan]. He entered the service last summer and but a short time before his death was engaged in guard duty on the Island. Mr. Bailey was an energetic young man and will be much missed by his many acquaintances and friends in this vicinity.
The funeral was held from Jewett Heights Presbyterian Church, and was largely attended. Boys who are home from camp acted as bearers, and a firing squad from the Catskill Home Guard paid the last military honors.
Mountain Lodge, No. 520, F. & A. M. of which the deceased was a member, attended in a body, and a quartette from the Lodge sang. The funeral service at the church was conducted by Rev. J. Markarian and his was given a Masonic burial in Pleasant Valley Cemetery [k/n/a Ashland] on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1919. He was about 25 years. of age.
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Walter Bailey is buried with his parents at the Maplewood Cemetery in Hunter, NY
That is a photo of the stone at Maplewood on Walter's memorial. The obituary must have the cemetery listed incorrectly.
Contributor: Maggie May (47980633)
Research and transcribed by Bill Preston
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