Individual Details

Census

J R Bailey 45 year farmer born Pennsylvania parents Pennsylvania
Sarah wife age 45 born Ohio, parents Ohio
Eve Hinson age 74 mother-in-law born Ohio parents Virginia

Census

Jeremy R Bailey born June 1835, Pennsylvania, parents Pennsylvania, married 34 years
Sarah wife Aug 1834, born Ohio, parents unknown, 0 children
Pasiah Foster, sister-in-law Sept 1839 widow 1 child 0 alive, born Ohio

Death

Birth: May 5, 1835, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Death: Aug. 5, 1909, Kossuth, Des Moines County, Iowa
Co. K 2nd IA Vol. Cav.
Jeremiah R. Bailey, a farmer residing on section 32, Yellow Spring Township, Des Moines County, Iowa, was born in Center County, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1835, and is a son of Ephraim and Mary H. (Rankin) Bailey, both of whom were also natives of Center County. Our subject was reared upon a farm, educated at the common schools, and emigrated to Iowa with his parents in 1855, they locating on section 32, Yellow Spring Township, Des Moines County, and adjoining where our subject now lives. Ephraim and Mary H. Bailey are the parents of six children, all of whom are now living. Jeremiah R. is the eldest; Sarah, the next, is the wife of Martin L. Heizer, of Mediapolis; Mary J. is the wife of James McMullen, of Burlington, Iowa; John N., who was a member of Company K, 2d Iowa Calvary, of which he was Sergeant, is now a resident of California; Rachel E. is the wife of David R. Bruce, living near Grafton, Nebraska; and Ephraim E. D. lives with his father in Kossuth, Des Moines County, Iowa. Jeremiah lived with his father until November 12, 1861, when, responding to his country's call for volunteers, he enlisted in Company K, 2d Iowa Calvary, serving for three years, and participating in the battles of Corinth, Iuka, Holly Springs, Tupelo, and numerous other skirmishes, in one of which he was slightly wounded in the arm. Returning home in November 1864, Mr. Bailey worked as a farm-hand for a year, and then rented land in various localities until 1870. On the 20th of November, 1866, he wedded Sarah Hinson, a native of Ross County, Ohio, and a daughter of Joab and Eve (Philips) Hinson, whose birthplace was also in the Buckeye State. Her parents were among the earliest pioneers of Des Moines County, having settled in Benton Township in 1839. The mother died January 5, 1883, aged seventy-nine years, but the father is still living at Kingston, Iowa.

In 1871 Mr. Bailey made his first purchase of land, which consisted of a farm of forty acres on section 32 of Yellow Spring Township. Upon this land the family yet resides, though he now owns eighty acres. Mr. Bailey and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church, and he also belongs to Sheppard Post, No. 159, G. A. R.

Ephraim Bailey, the father of our subject, now lives a retired life in the village of Kossuth. His wife died in 1856, and he was again married, Abbie R. Rankin, a cousin by his former marriage, becoming his wife. 
Parents:
  Ephriam Bailey (____ - 1892)
  Mary H. Rankin Bailey (1815 - 1856)
Spouse: Sarah Hinson Bailey (1834 - 1911)*
Sibling:
  Jeremiah Rankin Bailey (1835 - 1909)
  Ephraim David Bailey (1848 - 1920)*
Burial: Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa

Name Jeremiah Rankin Bailey
Burial Date 07 Aug 1909
Death Date 05 Aug 1909, Place Mediapolis, Des Moines, Iowa
Birth Date 05 Jun 1835, place Pennsylvania
Occupation Retired
Marital Status Married
Father's Name Epraim D. Bailey, Birthplace Pa.
Mother's Name Mary Rankin