U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey, Charles Andrew (b. 1847) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 390-391 CHARLES ANDREW BAILEY, wagon maker and blacksmith of Buckhannon, born August 25, 1847, son of John P. Bailey and Sarah Mildred Rothwell. His parents came from Virginia in 1846, settling on Big Sand run. His grandfather was Ancil Bailey of Albermarle County, Va. He was the third of nine children, his brothers and sisters being Thomas A. (dead), William Henry, Elizabeth, wife of Harrison Dean, George W., James F. In 1867, he came to Buckhannon and became an apprentice as wagon maker under George W. Johns. He has been in business for himself since 1878. His positions of trust have been deputy sheriff under A. J. Marple and the same under J. J. Morgan. He has been Chief of Police of Buckhannon and councilman for many years. He was 2d Lieutenant of the National Guards of West Virginia. On September 14, 1871, he married Sarah Ann Johns, daughter of G. W. Johns and a Miss McNair, the daughter of John McNair, and their children are: Lucy Clyde, wife of R. S. Folkes; Emma Lee, wife of F. A. Kiddy, Jessie Violet, wife of C. C. McCarty, Maud, and Charles Rothwell, and an adopted daughter who is the daughter of Bert Bailey, deceased, Floe. He is a Republican in politics and a Methodist in religion. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------