Individual Details
John Thomas Bailey
(OCTOBER 14, 1845 - FEBRUARY 8, 1923)
Events
| Birth | OCTOBER 14, 1845 | Butler County, Alabama |  |  | |
| Miscellaneous | From 1862 to 1865 | Civil War Service | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1867 | Voter Registration - Precinct 12, Butler County, Alabama | | | |
| Marriage | OCTOBER 12, 1867 | Butler County, Alabama - Celie Caroline Bailey | | | |
| Census | 1870 | Butler County, Alabama | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1890 - 1910 | Residence - Dialsville, Cherokee County, Texas | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1910 - 1915 | Residence - Christine, Atascosa County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1915 | Residence - Wells, Cherokee County, Texas | | | |
| Death | FEBRUARY 8, 1923 | Cherokee County, Texas | | | |
| Burial | CA FEBRUARY 8, 1923 | Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Cherokee County, Texas | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Aft FEBRUARY 8, 1923 | Find A Grave Memorial - Mount Hope Cemetery, Wells, Cherokee County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1870s | Move to Texas - Lone Star, Cherokee County, Texas, Cherokee County, Texas | | |
Families
| Spouse | Celie Caroline Bailey (1846 - 1928) |
| Child | Thomas Singleton Bailey ( - ) |
| Child | Alis Adonia Bailey ( - ) |
| Child | Carrie Callie Bailey (1870 - 1955) |
| Child | John Oscar Bailey (1875 - 1896) |
| Child | Jefferson E. Bailey (1877 - 1877) |
| Child | Pat Bailey (1880 - 1880) |
| Child | Rosa Carmelia Bailey (1882 - 1964) |
| Father | Isaac Bailey (1812 - 1901) |
| Mother | Rachel Rebecca Knowles (1820 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Jefferson Bailey ( - ) |
| Sibling | Isaac Edward Bailey (1857 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Melvinia Bailey (1838 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Delilah Bailey (1847 - 1925) |
| Sibling | James Bailey (1850 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary E. Bailey (1850 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Amanda Bailey (1860 - ) |
| Sibling | Lucinda Bailey (1860 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Rachel Bailey (1861 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph L. Bailey (1862 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Celren Bailey (1873 - ) |
Notes
Birth
He was born in October of 1843 per Knowla Morrow's Duncan Family History.His Find A Grave Memorial has a tombstone photograph showing his birth date as 10-14-1845.
The memorial shows he was born in Alabama.
Cherokee County History shows he was born in Butler County, Alabama.
Miscellaneous
He served in the Confederate Army, Co. C, 17th AL Infantry Regiment, during the Civil War. He was a prisoner of war in a Union prison camp. At the end of the war he had to walk home and it took him so long to get back home the family had almost given him up for dead.Other information from Cherokee County History:
He was mustered into the Confederate Army on 9-7-1862.
He was the lone person to escape death when a shell exploded in a group of soldiers. His only injury was the loss of a part of his left little finger.
When he was doing spy work, he was captured by Union troops on 12-15-1864. He was kept at the Military Prison in Louisville, Kentucky from 12-15 to 12-20, 1864; and then transferred to Camp Douglas, Illinois. On 4-14-1865, the day that Abraham Lincoln was shot, he mustered into the 5th U.S. Volunteer Infantry.
Miscellaneous
The 1867 Butler County, Alabama Voter Registration shows Isaac Bailey, and son John T. Bailey are registered in Precinct 12.Marriage
Celia Caroline Bailey was the daughter of Singleton and Sarah Harrison Bailey.Singleton Bailey is Isaac Bailey's brother, making Celia a first cousin of John Thomas Bailey.
Census
The 1870 Butler County, Alabama, US Federal Census shows:John Bailey, 26, b. Alabama
Celia, 22, b. Alabama
Thomas, 1, b. Alabama
James, 24, b. Alabama
Note: James is John Thomas Bailey's brother
Miscellaneous
After first settling near Lone Star in Cherokee County, Texas, John Thomas Bailey moved his family to Dialsville in Cherokee County in 1890. He bought farm land there and in 1897 he opened a post office, store, and hotel. He became the Dialsville Railway Express agent and the Cotton Belt Railroad station agent. His many businesses were responsible for the rejuvenation of Dialsville.His wife Celia ran the hotel and earned a reputation as a hospitable hostess, serving home cooked meals prepared mostly from the Bailey farm, including fruit, vegetables, sausage, hogshead cheese, chitterlings, home-cured ham and bacon, and cane syrup. She canned and preserved vegetables, peaches, apples, berries, and plums to provide a year round supply. The only food items not produced at home were salt, spices, coffee, and flour.
The John Thomas and Celia Bailey hotel was a two story building with a round wrap-around porch on both stories at the front. Their boarders included many drummers, and they all gathered around the fireplace in the large living room to smoke cigars and enjoy conversations.
Miscellaneous
The John Thomas Baileys moved from Dialsville to Christine, Atascosa County, Texas, in 1910, where they grew cotton.Miscellaneous
The John Thomas Baileys returned to Cherokee County, Texas, in 1915, and purchased land and built a home in Wells near their daughter Carrie Callie and her husband Henry "Chin" Bailey.Death
His Find A Grave Memorial has a tombstone photograph showing his death date as 2-8-1923.Cherokee County History shows he died in Cherokee County, Texas.
Miscellaneous
His Find A Grave Memorial is #12742759.The memorial has a tombstone photograph showing his birth and death dates and the inscription "He died as he lived a Christian." The Double tombstone is shared with his wife Celie C. Morris Bailey [her correct maiden name is Bailey not Morris. Her stepfather was James B. Morris.]
His memorial is linked to his spouse, parents, and children: Callie C., John Oscar, J. E., Pat, and Rosa C.
Miscellaneous
The John Thomas Bailey family moved from Butler County, Alabama, in the early 1870s and settled neat Lone Star, Cherokee County, Texas.Endnotes
1. Knowla Lee Stewart Morrow, Duncan Family Research by Knowla Stewart Morrow, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Fort Worth, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (May, 2003).
2. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
3. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..
4. Knowla Lee Stewart Morrow, Duncan Family Research by Knowla Stewart Morrow, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Fort Worth, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (May, 2003).
5. The US GenWeb Project, Url: www.usgenweb.org.
6. "Alabama, Voter Registration, 1867," Digital Image of original Record, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Accessed 14 December 2018), Bailey and Knowles, Twelfth Precinct; Alabama Department of Archives and History
7. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..
8. 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
9. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..
10. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..
11. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
12. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..
13. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
14. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
15. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..