G. N. Bailey, M. D., was born October 9, 1831, in Greene County, where he has since resided. He received an academical education, and read medicine with Dr. J. R. Young He began practice, and since 1860 has been at his present location, with marked success, professionally and financially. He owns a fine home. In September, 1854, he married Sarah, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah McAmis, of this county, and of Irish descent. Their children are James A., Thomas Y., Rufus K., Martha I., Ella C., B. K., G. N., Mary H., Benson M. and John V. He is a Methodist, and his wife is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is a Republican. He is the fourth of nine children of Thomas and Henrietta (Keel) Bailey, natives of Hamblen County, the former a justice for about eighteen years, and an excellent farmer. Thomas Bailey, of Ireland, was the next ancestor. He moved to near Chapel Hill, N. C., and entered land in our subject’s locality about 1775.
