The Bailey Family

The earliest record of the Bailey family is from 1870 in the Quantico District. We found Henry Bailey and his family along with several other Bailey families. Two of his sons worked on farms: Pembrooke, age 14, worked on Levin Newton’s farm, and Morris, age 12, worked on a farm in Wetipquin. At home were Henry Bailey, his wife Matilda, a son Thaddeus, a daughter Hester, and his granddaughter Georgeana. Henry and his family moved to Wetipquin shortly afterward. By 1880, they were living in Wetipquin. Pembrooke was married and had two children. Hester Bailey, the eldest, was living in Mt. Vernon of Somerset County with her family. Morris and Thaddeus were living at home with their parents and a grandson of Henry's named David John, who was 12 years old.

Henry Bailey was born circa 1815 in Somerset County, Maryland. His wife was Matilda Austin Bailey, born circa 1835 in Quantico, Somerset County, Maryland. They both died before 1900 and are buried on the Conway Farm in Wetipquin.

Children:

  1. Hester Bailey Gale Allen

  2. John Pembrooke Bailey

  3. Thaddeus (Fad) Bailey

  4. Morris Bailey

Second Generation: Bailey Family

Hester Bailey Gale Allen

  • Born: Circa 1850, Somerset County, Maryland

  • Died: September 8, 1911, Mt. Vernon (Polk Road), Somerset County, Maryland

Children:

  1. David John Gale

  2. Georgena Gale

  3. Samuel Gale

John Pembrooke Bailey was a renowned soloist. He would travel all over the Eastern Shore of Maryland, drawing people from far and near with his singing. When he was a slave, he entertained others with his singing and dancing.

  • Born: March 1857, Somerset County, Maryland

  • Died: May 31, 1928, Wetipquin, Maryland

  • Buried: Conway Farm, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland

  • Married: Adaline Allen circa 1874, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland

Adaline Allen was born February 1850, Wetipquin, Maryland, died January 11, 1924, and is buried on Conway Farm, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland. Her parents were Levin Allen and Adaline Doncha Allen.

Children:

  1. Theodore (Isadora) Bailey

  2. James Alexander Bailey

  3. Charles R. Bailey

  4. John Wesley Bailey

  5. Elizabeth Bailey

  6. Thaddeus Bailey

Thaddeus (Fad) Bailey

  • Born: March 1857, Somerset County, Maryland

  • Died: July 20, 1929, Quantico, Maryland

  • Buried: Conway Farm, Wetipquin

  • Never married, no children

Morris Bailey

  • Born: Circa 1855, Somerset County, Maryland

  • Died: May 22, 1929

  • Buried: Conway Farm, Wetipquin

  • Married: Circa 1885, wife’s name unknown

  • No children

Third Generation

Theodore (Isadora) Bailey

  • Born: January 1868, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland

  • Died: March 9, 1944

  • Buried: Conway Farm, Wetipquin

  • Married: Minta Seldon on July 30, 1891, at Friendship ME Church, Wetipquin, Maryland. She was born March 1874, Quantico, Wicomico County, Maryland, died March 9, 1943, and is buried on Conway Farm, Wetipquin. Her parents were George Seldon and Matilda Jane Hull Seldon.

Children:

  1. Herman Bailey

  2. Mary Ethel Bailey

  3. Marion Bailey

  4. Victoria Myrella Bailey

  5. Dora Catherine Bailey

  6. Sarah Bailey

James Alexander Bailey moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, around age 22, where he died (date unknown).

  • Born: January 1880, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland

  • Married: Cornelia

Children:

  1. Clara Bailey

  2. Alexander Bailey

Charles R. Bailey

  • Born: April 1882, Maryland

  • Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Wetipquin, Maryland

  • Married: Ethel Dashiell on March 24, 1903, Wetipquin, Maryland. She was born May 1885, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland, died July 1958, Salisbury, Maryland, and is buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Wetipquin. Her parents were Henry Dashiell and Annie W. Stewart Dashiell.

Children:

  1. John Bailey

  2. Albert Bailey

  3. Elaine Bailey

  4. Amelia Bailey

  5. Zola Gladys Bailey

  6. Charles Henry Bailey

  7. Blanche Bailey

John Wesley Bailey

  • Born: May 12, 1887, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland

  • Died: October 3, 1946

  • Buried: Conway Farm, Wetipquin

  • Married: Bertha Ellen Lankford on February 22, 1917, Wetipquin. She was born February 1900, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland, died October 11, 1980, Salisbury, and is buried in Green Acres, Salisbury, Wicomico County. Her parents were Levin Thomas Lankford and Mary Moore Lankford.

Children:

  1. James Thomas Bailey

  2. Ella Bailey

  3. Elizabeth Bailey

Fourth Generation

Herman Bailey

  • Born: April 1892

  • Died: May 20, 1976

  • Buried: Spring Hill Memorial Garden, Hebron, Maryland

  • Married: Carrie Amelia Demby, born February 2, 1897, Centerville, Queen Anne County, Maryland, died December 1968, Salisbury, Maryland, buried Spring Hill Memorial Garden, Hebron. Her parents were Thomas Demby and Julia Roberts Demby.

Children:

  1. William Bailey

  2. Julia Bailey

  3. Blanche Bailey

  4. Marian Bailey

Mary Ethel Bailey

  • Born: July 1895, Wetipquin, Maryland

  • Died: August 1955

  • Buried: Green Acres, Salisbury, Maryland

  • Married: William Henry Morris, born December 1892, Hebron, Maryland, died May 1964, Salisbury, Maryland, buried Green Acres, Salisbury. His parents were John W. Morris and Emily Birckhead Morris.

Children:

  1. William Henry Morris Jr.

  2. Benjamin Morris

  3. Robert Morris

  4. Milton Morris

  5. Olive Rosa Lee Morris

  6. Fredia Morris

  7. Anna Mae Morris

Marian Bailey

  • First Marriage: See Moore Family Records

  • Second Marriage: James A. Church, born December 1892, Quantico, Maryland, died October 2, 1978, buried Odd Fellows Cemetery in Wetipquin. His parents were Daniel and Mary Jones Church of Quantico, Maryland.

    children:

  • Adele Moore

Victoria Myrella Bailey Taylor

  • Born: February 17, 1902, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland

  • Died: March 17, 1983, Salisbury, Maryland

  • Buried: Green Acres, Salisbury, Maryland

  • Married: Edward Jerome Taylor on October 2, 1921, Quantico, Maryland. He was born September 1899, Quantico, Maryland, died August 1969, Salisbury, Maryland, buried Green Acres, Salisbury. His parents were Charles Sheppard and Leah Eliza Taylor Sheppard.

Children:

  1. Pearline Winola Taylor

  2. Ethel Minnie Taylor

  3. Maebelle Minnie Taylor

  4. Elva Irene Taylor

  5. Edward Jerome Taylor

  6. Edward Theodore Taylor

  7. Larry John Taylor

  8. Victor Reed Taylor

  9. Amelia Olivia Taylor

  10. Christine Eliza Taylor

  11. Victoria Ann Taylor

Dora Catherine Bailey

  • Born: Circa 1905, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland

  • Married: Samuel Washington Dashiell on June 19, 1945, Hebron, Maryland. He was born circa 1918.

Children:

  1. Paul Bailey Dashiell

  2. Randolph Bailey

  3. Sarah Bailey

Sarah Bailey

  • First Marriage: See Joseph Family Records

  • Second Marriage: Joseph

  • Third Marriage: Christopher Nelson

Blanche Bailey

  • No additional information provided

Fourth Generation of John Wesley Bailey

James Thomas Bailey (See Family Records)

  • Married: Nuedie Wright on December 3, 1937, White Haven, Maryland

  • No children

Ella Bailey

  • Born: Circa October 1921, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland

  • Married: Luther C. King, born circa 1917, Kilmarnock, Virginia

  • Died: April 1979, Salisbury

  • Buried: Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery, Kilmarnock, Virginia. His parents were Hannibal King and Mary Elizabeth King of Kilmarnock, Virginia.

Children:

  1. Arnetta Bailey

  2. Calvin Bailey

  3. Francine King

  4. Jerry King

Fourth Generation of Alexander Bailey

Clara Bailey

  • No additional information provided

Alexander Bailey

  • No additional information provided

Fourth Generation of Charles R. Bailey

Albert Bailey

  • No additional information provided

Charles Henry Bailey

  • Born: Circa 1910, Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland

  • Died: February 1964, Wetipquin, Maryland

  • Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Wetipquin

  • First Marriage: Geneva King of Kilmarnock, Virginia. Her parents were Hannibal and Mary Elizabeth King.

  • No children

  • Second Marriage: Lillian Carter Turner (1956), born circa 1897, Washington, D.C.

  • No children

Zola Gladys Bailey - See Hull Family Records

Elaine Bailey - See Hull Family Records

Amelia Annie Bailey - See Jones Family Records

John Bailey

  • No additional information provided