| Notes |
- Charles married Chloe CUMMINS/CUMMINGS. Charles' brother, Whiting,
was a witness and signer of Charles' will.
Charles died of the "Great Plague". Article sent by Susan DeHart
stated:
"In 1813 the Great Plague struck this community and claimed the life
of
Charles Bailey so his wife Chloe was left to feed and raise her seven
children, clear land, raise crops, and pay off a large debt. No
problem
was too big for her to solve as was shown by this incident. One day
one
of her pigs was choking to death on an apple so she grabbed a butcher
knife and cut its throat then proceeded to dress it off, cut it up and
pack
it down in their pork barrell."
Another article listed Charles Bailey as being buried in Riverside.
Sage History stated: "There is a story often told in the family that
Charles Bailey on hearing of it [the great plague] told his friends
that he
would surely be stricken with it and die. One spring day, as he was
assisting a neighbor on East hill he was taken sick. He remarked that
he
believed his time had come and hastened home. He was soon violently
sick with a fever. He called his friends and neighbors, Joseph Phelps
and
William G. Hall to his bedside and had his will drawn up just three
days
before he died."
"His body was taken away in the night by the kind hands of his
neighbors
and buried in a lonely grave on the west bank of the river and a
little to
the north of the home from which he had gone forever. Pliny Phelps
and
his wife are buried beside him. The graves are on the old Pliny
Phelps
farm. The little old stones that mark the spot are still standing
close by
the river bank in the thick hedge of brush and over grown by two or
three
small trees." (written in 1903)
Charles lived on the Unadilla River.
!BIRTH: DAR Application papers for Edith M. Kessler, NSDAR #326866
!MARRIAGE: Same
!DEATH: South New Berlin Bee (newspaper), Chenango Co., NY, dated 28
Nov 1903:
Bailey Family History column
!BIRTH: DAR Application papers for Edith M. Kessler, NSDAR #326866
!MARRIAGE: Same
!DEATH: South New Berlin Bee (newspaper), Chenango Co., NY, dated 28
Nov 1903:
Bailey Family History column
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1768 - 1813 (45 years)
