Bailey, Mary A.

At the National Hotel, in Ellinwood, Kansas, Friday morning at 8:30 o'clock December 24, 1897, Mrs. Mary A. Bailey, mother of R. C. Bailey and Mrs. Carrie E. Winterburg, of Great Bend, Lester J. Bailey, of Clafin, Mrs. Abbie Mullen of Nickerson, Mrs. Mary S. Fisher, of Newton and Mrs. Jacob Heidly of Ellenwood. Mother Bailey was sick only a few days, and died very sudden caused by neuralgia of the nerves, She was conscious until the last and talked to her oldest and youngest daughter who were present at her bedside. She was married to Mr. C. C. Bailey in 1844, and became a charter member of the First Christian Church at Smithville, Mo. and he was a deacon in the church for 20 years. Father and Mother Bailey with their family came to Kansas in 1867, locating in Leavenworth, and in 1872 moved to Hutchinson and later to Nickerson, where Mr. Bailey died, April 24, 1882. Mother Bailey was 69 years, 5 months and 2 days old at the time of her death. Her home was always a place of welcome for any minister of the gospel who was in need of hospitality and cheer in the early settlement of Kansas. The remains were brought to Nickerson for internment in Wildmead Cemetery December 26, 1897.


Nickerson Argosy December 30, 1897