Person:Eli Bailey (2)

was the Seventh Son of the Seventh Son

Newspaper References

(Titusville) MORNING HERALD FEBRUARY 27, 1874. On A SiMiBE.—Last 'Saturday a party of mon went from Pleasant Valley, oo the lino of the Dunkirk, Warren &, Pittsburgh Rallroiul to Titnsvillo. In tbo afternoon they came homo, four of them drunk and bringing moro whisky with them, Eli Bailey drew a knife on ono of the section men, but was ore von led from using it by Air, Wm. Nichols. Ho then wont homo and came baelc with an axe ami bis little eon about eight years of ago, and imidenu attack upon one ot the mill hands standing noui\ A warrant is out for bis nrrost, Bailey's family is in a starving condition,—- Warren ycr,

The (Warren) Ledger WARREN, WARREN COUNTY, PENN'A., FRIDAY, MARCH 9.. 1888.
Eli Bailey, charged with an assault and battery. Defendant in county jail.

The (Warren) Ledger AUGUST 16, 1889
Stabbed Eleven Times.
GBAND VALLSY, Pa. Aug. 14.—A fight occuved last evening near this place between Jack Plumber and his father-in-law, Eli Bailey. Plumber was stabbed eleven times during the fight and is in a very precarious condition. The cause of the fight grew out of a family difficulty.

The (Warren) Ledger AUGUST 30, 1889.
Com. vs. Eli Bailey, cause, cutting with intent to kill.

The Ledger WARREN, WARREN COUNTY, PENN'A., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1889
Com. vs. Eli Bailey, charged with an assault with intent to kill; a true bill.

The Ledger WARREN, WARREN COUNTY,- PENN'A., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1889.
The case of Eli Bailey charged with an assault with intent to kill, was continued till December sessions; also the case against the Warren county fair association.

The Ledger WARREN, WARREN COUNTY, PENX'A., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1889.
Eli Bailey charged with assault with intent to kill—being the case from near Grand Valley where Bailey seriously cut his son-in-law.—was found guilty and sentence deferred

Titusville Herald WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1889.
The Wicked Old Gent Gets a Loung Term In the Penitentiary.
Old Ell Bailey, the Grand Valley butcher, received his sentence at Warren Monday last. The court asked Bailey if he had anything to any why sentence should not bo prououuood upon him. lie roue aud made some remarks to the court about the knife that was used in doing tho cutting and attempted to vindicate himself for tho assault. His remarks did not appear to have any weight with the court. Judge Brown addressed him in the following manner:
"In passing sentence upon you the court is governed by tho act of u»nembly providing tho penalty for tho offense of which you were convicted. You were convicted of cutting, stubbing, and wounding, with intent to kill and murder. The offense is a most serious one. It is only by a special providence that you are not before tho court to receive sentence for murder. The court cannot shut its eyes to the fact that you have been in this court before for a similar offense, although not of so serious ft nature. From the appearance of the man upon whos person wivs inflicted wounds, tho court believes his life has. ^oen considerably shortened by it. The court is not disposed to be leniont, nor inflict anything in any-large degree less than the extreme penalty provided by law.
The sentence of the court is that you pay a fine of one hundred dollars, tho costs of prosecution and undergo separate and solitary confinement at hard labor in the Western penitentiary, in Allegheny county, for a term of six years and three months."

The Evening Democrat WATTEN, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1893
PRISON LIFE.
Lincoln Klnnear Describes a Few »f the Convict's Tribulations.
Lincoln Kinnear, upon his return to paid the DEMOCRAT office a pleasant call and in the course of conversation he described life as it really is in the great penal institution of Western Pennsylvania. Doubtless, most persons are acquainted to some extent with the deprivations incident to prison life, yet the talk of Mr. Kinnear, owing to his large acquaintance in Warren will be of interest to many, and with his consent we give a short description of the scenes inside of the institution as he witnessed them.
Mr Kinnear is in no measure reticent in speaking of his life in the prison and talks with an air of honesty which seems to be the reflection of noble desires and purposes. In reviewing the trials of prison life, he began with the introduction of the convict to the officials inside of the great walls. The first attention given to the new comer is by an official who makes a carefull search of the prisoner. He is deprived to call his own, the only thing which he is allowed to retain being handkerchiefs. Then he is conducted to the bath room and compelled to take a thorough scrubbing, which is accompaned by a shave and a hair cut. His clothes are then taken, packed away and given in exchange for prison uniform. This consists of underwear, a hickory shirt and a regulation suit of dark grey material with black strips, one inch wide and four inches apart. This 4s what is called a second grade suit, and on this the stripes run around the body.
After he has been properly dressed he is conducted to his cell and given a tin plate, knife and fork,- spoon and a quart cup. The furniture in the cell is not what might be called elaborate. It consists of a wood-top table and a bed with furnishings which would be called by most people, rather scant. About this time he is examined by the doctor and placed in one of three grades according to his physical condition.
The next move is to the clerk's office where he is photograhed and a complete description taken~according to the rules of the Brittillian system. This consists of a most careful measurement of every part of the body, and by means of which a criminal can at any time be identified. The length of every finger, and each joint is carefully noted, as well as any peculiarity and by reference to this description, even though an escaped convict should lose some of his members, he could readily be spotted.
Upon being taken back to his cell, he is kept there until it has been decided in what department of work he is to be placed. When this has been decided, in accordance with the state of his physical constitution, previous employment and needs of the prison, he is taken to his place of labor and there given 30days to learn his trade. The most common classes of work are broom making, weaving mats and knitting hosiery and in all these no stated amount of work is required of the prisoner for the first month, but after that, he must make what the prison asks for.
Any person having an idea that any amount of sociability can be exercised in "prison work" should correct that impression. The prisoners are taken from their cells early in the morning, formed in line are marched to their different places of work, and are not allowed to hold any communication with other prisoners. Either while in line or when working, at noon they again form in line and are marched back to their cells, stopping on the way to receive dinner allowance. The Prison Bill of Fare is about of this order: Breakfast, black coffee and as many loaves of bread as wanted; dinner: Monday, boiled rice; Tuesday, beefstew; Wednesday, beef soup; Thursday, baked beans; Friday, mutton stew; Saturday, bean soup, Sunday, Potatoes and meat and at each dinner except on soup day, a cup of alack coffee. The suppers are all the same, and consist of black coffee and bread. In addition to this two pounds of sugar or two quart of molasses per month is allowed. No butter or milk is given the prisoners, although a few arrange for an occasional can of condensed wilk, which is purchased on individual account.
After a person has been successful in spending six months, without a report against him, bis suit of stripes are aken away and he is given a suit of plain dark gray clothes He is also advanced into a first grade cell, this cell is 6x7 ft. and 8 ft. high, whereas he first one was only 3x7 and 8ft. high. If at any time after this the prisoner is reported for any offense, he is put back in to a second grade cell and is given a suit of the same style as the first, with he exception that the striped run up and down, and he must then remain one year before going back to second grade and six-months before he can get back to the first grade.
Punishment consists of being locked in a dark dungeon, with absolutely no furnishings except a real hard rock floor. While in confinement two ounces of bread and a drink of water are given him three times a day. He is kept there until he promises to do better, or until the officials consider that he has suffered sufficiently for his wrong. The punishment usually lasts from five to thirty days, although few men are able to eudure the torture for more than twenty days. The prisoner is examined each day by a physician and in case it is found that the punishment is too severe, he is taken out and some milder treatment is given him to endure.
The mats, matting, brooms and hosiery made, are shipped to every state in the Union. The mats are made from the fibre from the cocoanut shell, and the quality varies from the very coarsest to a grade which equals the Smyrna rug.
The treatment received by the prisoner depends entirely upon his personal conduct. If he behaves well he gets along comparatively easy, but woe to the man who acts in any stubborn. If a man succeeds in getting along without any marks against him, he gains a commutation of one month for the first two years, two months for each of the third and fourth years, three months for each of the fifth and sixth and four months for each additional year. At the expiration of the prisoner's term, he is again taken to the bath room, and given about the same exercise as when he entered, his old clothes are hunted up and he is again placed in possession of everything which was taken from him at the time he entered. His last duty is a visit to the clerk's office, where he is given $10 and his discharge.
Among the prisoners from this vicinity who are doing service at present are Bob Foster, convicted of Larceny. Willoughby Simmons and his pardner, who stole a few chickens near Kinzua, John Stahl and Eli Bailey. Foster is making brooms, Simmons, his mate and Stah are in the mat department and Bailey is physically incapable of doing any work.
Mr Kinnear was fortunate in having the best position in the prison. He hae charge of keeping the account of all goods made and shipped and had four clerks under him, But even this work compelled him to be in "dusty rooms" much of the time and the effect was gradually undermining his health.

Titusville) MQKNING HERALD November 12 1896
Commonwealth vs. Eli Bailey, drunk. A hiie bill-
Commonwealth vs. John Murphy, Eh Bailey, Wm, Patterson, Chas. Collins, drunk. Defendants plead guilty.

Titusville Herald 16 Jan 1906
TIDIOUTE VETERAN IS DEAD AT JAMESTOWN, N. Y.
Eli Bailey Called to the Great Beyond Sunday Afternoon.
Eli E. Bailey, a well known veteran of the civil war, died very suddenly at about 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert CoxKon, 1 Pyre street. Mr. Bailey had been about as well as usual. He was sitting in a chair when he was stricken with apoplexy and expired almost instantly. Coroner Illston was called, but after a brief i'nvostlgation dcelrieil that, the man died from natural causes and will make a death certificate to that effect.
Mr. Bailey was a veteran of Company G, 'Kith Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,'.' and belonged to the G. A. R. at Tidlouto, Pa. He is survived by a wife, Mrs. Tryphena Bailey and one daughter, Mrs. Plummer, of Shemekl, Pa., and son, Jesse Bailey, of West Lirtt, Pa. The arrangements for the funeral have hot yet been made.—Jamestown Morning Post.

Research Notes

Eli Bailey

Residence: Occupation:     
Enlist Date:  01 September 1862  State:  Pennsylvania  

MILITARY IMAGES

Civil War/Eli Bailey, 18th SCV, photo  
 Locality:  United States, South Carolina   Record Type: Milita
 Volume:  15  Number:  5 (March 1994)  
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Allen County Public Library Genealogy Department P. O. Box 2270 Ft. Wayne, IN 46801-2270

Name: Eli Bailey , Enlistment Date: 01 September 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE State Served: Pennsylvania Unit Numbers: 2135 2135 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 01 September 1862 Enlisted in Company I, 148th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 01 September 1862. Transferred Company I, 148th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 14 April 1864 Transfered in on 14 April 1864.

Bailey Eli I 148 Pennsylvania Inf. Private Private V. R. C. Union Sep. 1, 62 Tr. to Vet. Res. Corps, Apr, 14, 1864.Distinguished Service Medal

Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890: Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type Database ID#
1830 BAILEY ELI Crawford County PA 106 Greenwood Township Federal Population Schedule PA 1830
Federal Census Index PA55869136
1840 BAILEY ELI Crawford County PA 324 Greenwood Township Federal Population Schedule PA 1840
Federal Census Index PAS4a97702
1850 BAILEY ELI Crawford County PA 446 Greenwood Township Federal Population Schedule PA 1850
Federal Census Index PAS6a103138

1. ↑ 1750 US Census North Carolina ) Davidson ) Southern Division.

   Date of Import: 4 Jul 2005

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).

   Prairie Du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin, ED 51, roll T9_1421, page 118.1000

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).
4. ↑ Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432).
5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Seneca, Crawford, Wisconsin, ED 53, roll T9_1421, page 144.1000, image .

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Greenwood, Crawford, Pennsylvania, post office Fallowfield, roll 1330, page 166, image 334
   Eli Baley Greenwood, Crawford, PA abt 1843 Pennsylvania White Male
   Jesse M Baley Greenwood, Crawford, PA abt 1867 Wisconsin White Male
   Johnathan Baley Greenwood, Crawford, PA abt 1869 Pennsylvania White Male
   Tryphena Baley Greenwood, Crawford, PA abt 1843 Pennsylvania White Female