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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 494]

    LEWIS BOWEN BAILEY was married February 25, 1887, to Miss SUSAN
    CATHERINE JENKINS, a native of Illinois.  One child, ROBERT INGERSOLL
    BAILEY, has been born of this union.  At the time of Mr. BAILEY'S
    settlement in Willow Township not a house was to be seen in the
    neighborhood.  He relates that at the time of his first coming to his
    homestead he had some difficulty in finding its location.  He traveled
    in what he supposed was the right direction until nightfall when he
    went into camp, resolving to continue the search in the morning.  He
    afterward discovered that he had camped on his own land, and his
    camping ground that night became the site of his first home.  He has
    brought his land to a high state of cultivation, and has built a
    commodious and comfortable house, barns, sheds and granaries. The
    farm is well watered by a stream of living water.  Here Mr. BAILEY
    has made his home since coming to the county, except the years from
    1876 to 1883, when he resided in Silver Township, on account of better
    school facilities.  In the early days of his residence in the county
    Willow Township comprised Grand Meadow, Willow, Silver and Diamond
    townships.  His memory goes back to the days when there were but ten
    settlers in Silver Township, and two in Grand Meadow.  Mr. BAILEY has
    held the office of school director and assessor of the township.
    Politically he affiliates with the Democratic party.

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