The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-24

John w. Williams, Evans. ..... AS
603 and
Eliza Hubbard, Evans. -. 49,. 81
aMILES.-Word has been received
in the city that Mr. and Mrs Walter
Miles. of Iowa City, formerly of this
place, are the proud possessors of a
fine baby boy, Thursday, Feb. II.
BAILEY.-The Emporia (Kansas)
Daily Gazette has this obituary of a
former resident of this county:
Mrs. Sarah Bailey died at 7:45
o'clock this morning at the home of
her step-son, James Bailey. 724
East street. Mrs. Bailey, who was
in her ninety-sixth year. had been
sick for about five weeks. During
the severe weather of two weeks ago
she contracted a cold and the eff,
fects of this, with the natural weak
nesses of her age, confined her to
her bed. She had been extremely
weak for several days, and the end
came peacefully this morning.
Mrs, Bailey's maiden name was
Sarah Prill, and she was born near
Berkeley Springs in Morgan county,
West Virginia, October Z, 1914. She
was the fifth of family of seven
children, with three sisters and three
she moved with her parents to Ohio
and the family settled on a farm near
Troy, where they lived for a number
of years. 1t was at this place in 1876
that she was married to James e
Bailey, and the first five years OF
their married life was spent on. a
farm. Mr.. Bailey was a pastor in the
Friends church, and in 1851 the fam
lily moved to Wayne county, Indiana
near Richmond, where they lived for
eleven years. In 1862 they went to
Lee county, Iowa, and, after spend
ing five years there, moved again to
Oskaloosa, Iowa, where they lived un
til 1880. At this time they left Iowa foI
Kansas, settling in the month OF
April near Hesper, in Douglas county
The same fall Mr.. Bailey died, and
shortly after his death Mrs. Bailey
and the children returned to Oska
loosa. After living there for eight
years Mrs. Bailey went to Urbana
Mo, and in three or four years moved
to Lawrence, Kansas. Five years
ago she came to Emporia to live with
the family of James Bailey.
Mrs. Bailey was the mother of five
children, three daughters and two
sons. OF these, three are living, one
son, T. c. Bailey of Lawrence; and
two daughters, Mrs. Rebecca Stoner
of Danbury, Texas and Mrs. Mary E
Haynes, of Harvey, Iowa. She was
the second wife of Mr.. Bailey, who
left her eight step-children. The Sc
cond daughterdin this number was
Esther, who was married to JOIN
Stubbs, and she was the mother o.
four sons and three daughters, dice
thirty.one years ago at Hesper. o.
the eight step-children of Mrs. Bailey
four are living. These are Albert A
Bailey, of Vesselboro, Maine; Mrs
Eliza Stubs, who lives in Jamaica
James Bailey; of Emporia, and r. o
Bailey, of Ottumwa, Iowa.
Mrs. Bailey had an interesting
family connection. Beside the three
children she leaves eighteen grand
children and twelve great-grandchil
dren. She also leaves four step-chi
dren thirty-four step-grandchildren
ninety reat-grandchildren, ant
five Observation-Disclosures
Mrs. Bailey possessed a remark
able vitality and was EXCEPTIONAL.
active for her years until few
weeks ago. Her memory was Clea
to the end, and all of her faculties
with the exception Of her hearing
were acute. Her memory was Away
good and she had rigidly trained her
self through life to grasp facts an,
retain them. Within the past few
weeks, on a number of occasions sh
displayed her keen power of remem
bering, and even on her deathbed
recognized at once the different rela
tives who came to see her. Her read
Ing, 100, was OIL lnG pest SOIl, ana Sn
kept it up all her life. She was meth
odical in her habits and had kept
diary for over sixty years, in whicl
she not only wrote the daily occur
rences, but recorded her own view
on life, and the blessings of her re
ligious principles, together with man,
of her best thoughts expressed il
rhyme In her room is a trunk fillet
with the books of her diary, and il
these books are the traces of lif
lived in the calm OF great faith
For Mrs. Bailey was, above all othe
things, essentially religious.
"She was a member of the Meth
odist church in glrlhood, but after
wards joined the Friends church il
company with her daughter Mrs
Haynes, and her alliance with tina
church has been for more than fit.
years. She lived most truly the lif
of her faith, pure, serene at all time
and Mrs. Bailey knew much o
worldly, sorrows-and sincere.
..'1She was proud of the distinction
that had come to her step-grandson
Governor Stubs, and the governor
in turn, has given her a deep fila
affection. and has visited her a mum