Frederick Harrison Bailey, son of Levi and Zilla, became one of the more famous of the Bailey Family. Harrison, as he was addressed by his grandfather, Devoue, was an advance man or advertising agent for the John Robinson's Tours Circus. On his travels, he met and adopted a young orphaned page boy named James A. McGinnis. McGinnis adopted the Bailey name and went on to become the partner of Phineas T. Barnum in the Barnum and Bailey Circus firm. James A. Bailey took the circus abroad and built it into the very valuable asset which was sold to the Ringling Brothers at his death in the early 1900s. James died in Mount Vernon in 1906.
Frederick lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and died while visiting his family in the Mahopac community.
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FREDERICK H. BAILEY — Frederick H. Bailey, brother of Devoe Bailey, died suddenly at the residence of Addison Cole, near Lake Mahopac, on Sunday evening last. He recently came from the west, in hopes of improving his health. He was probably the oldest and best known showman in the country, having occupied the position of advance agent for John Robinson in the Southern States for twenty consecutive years. Although somewhat complaining he looked well, and seemed not to be in any immediate proximity to death. He got up in the night to take some medicine which had been left by a physician, and while in the act expired. He was sixty-seven years old.The funeral took place yesterday. He was buried on the old Bailey farm, near Lake Mahopac.
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DIED — BAILEY. — Suddenly on Saturday April 16th, at the residence of Addison Cole, near Lake Mahopac, Frederick Harrison Bailey of Cincinnati, Ohio, aged 67 years. — Putnam County Currier, CARMEL, N.Y., APRIL 23, 1881.
Frederick lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and died while visiting his family in the Mahopac community.
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FREDERICK H. BAILEY — Frederick H. Bailey, brother of Devoe Bailey, died suddenly at the residence of Addison Cole, near Lake Mahopac, on Sunday evening last. He recently came from the west, in hopes of improving his health. He was probably the oldest and best known showman in the country, having occupied the position of advance agent for John Robinson in the Southern States for twenty consecutive years. Although somewhat complaining he looked well, and seemed not to be in any immediate proximity to death. He got up in the night to take some medicine which had been left by a physician, and while in the act expired. He was sixty-seven years old.The funeral took place yesterday. He was buried on the old Bailey farm, near Lake Mahopac.
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DIED — BAILEY. — Suddenly on Saturday April 16th, at the residence of Addison Cole, near Lake Mahopac, Frederick Harrison Bailey of Cincinnati, Ohio, aged 67 years. — Putnam County Currier, CARMEL, N.Y., APRIL 23, 1881.
Frederick Harrison Bailey, son of Levi and Zilla, became one of the more famous of the Bailey Family. Harrison, as he was addressed by his grandfather, Devoue, was an advance man or advertising agent for the John Robinson's Tours Circus. On his travels, he met and adopted a young orphaned page boy named James A. McGinnis. McGinnis adopted the Bailey name and went on to become the partner of Phineas T. Barnum in the Barnum and Bailey Circus firm. James A. Bailey took the circus abroad and built it into the very valuable asset which was sold to the Ringling Brothers at his death in the early 1900s. James died in Mount Vernon in 1906.
Frederick lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and died while visiting his family in the Mahopac community.
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FREDERICK H. BAILEY — Frederick H. Bailey, brother of Devoe Bailey, died suddenly at the residence of Addison Cole, near Lake Mahopac, on Sunday evening last. He recently came from the west, in hopes of improving his health. He was probably the oldest and best known showman in the country, having occupied the position of advance agent for John Robinson in the Southern States for twenty consecutive years. Although somewhat complaining he looked well, and seemed not to be in any immediate proximity to death. He got up in the night to take some medicine which had been left by a physician, and while in the act expired. He was sixty-seven years old.The funeral took place yesterday. He was buried on the old Bailey farm, near Lake Mahopac.
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DIED — BAILEY. — Suddenly on Saturday April 16th, at the residence of Addison Cole, near Lake Mahopac, Frederick Harrison Bailey of Cincinnati, Ohio, aged 67 years. — Putnam County Currier, CARMEL, N.Y., APRIL 23, 1881.
Frederick lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and died while visiting his family in the Mahopac community.
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FREDERICK H. BAILEY — Frederick H. Bailey, brother of Devoe Bailey, died suddenly at the residence of Addison Cole, near Lake Mahopac, on Sunday evening last. He recently came from the west, in hopes of improving his health. He was probably the oldest and best known showman in the country, having occupied the position of advance agent for John Robinson in the Southern States for twenty consecutive years. Although somewhat complaining he looked well, and seemed not to be in any immediate proximity to death. He got up in the night to take some medicine which had been left by a physician, and while in the act expired. He was sixty-seven years old.The funeral took place yesterday. He was buried on the old Bailey farm, near Lake Mahopac.
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DIED — BAILEY. — Suddenly on Saturday April 16th, at the residence of Addison Cole, near Lake Mahopac, Frederick Harrison Bailey of Cincinnati, Ohio, aged 67 years. — Putnam County Currier, CARMEL, N.Y., APRIL 23, 1881.
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FREDERICK H. BAILEY
BORN
FEB. 17, 1814,
DIED
APRIL 16, 1881.
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