Family:William Bailey and Caroline Staats (1)

Notes for CAROLINE B. STAATS: Caroline is reported to have been a very musical person and able to play almost all stringed instruments.

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OBITUARY OF CAROLINE B. STAATS BAILEY PARK RAPIDS NEWSPAPER "Another Life Called Beyond" Mrs Carrie Bailey passed away at the Home of Len Grover. Mrs. Carrie Bailey, aged 82 passed away Wednesday evening of last week at the country home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Len Grover of Henrietta township following an illness of four days duration, the cause being a stroke. Several years ago Mrs Bailey had suffered a stroke of paralysis from which she had apparently recovered so that she was able to get about the home and even up town when occasion come that she wanted to. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the Grover home which was filled with sorrowing relatives, neighbors and friends and a wealth of floral offerings further attested to the esteem in which "Grama" Bailey, as she was affectionately called, was held. Rev. P. A. St. John officiated and a choir sang. The Ladies of the G. A. R. Park Circle No. 28 of which Mrs Bailey was an honored member, attended the services in a body and conducted their burial service at the grave at Greenwood Cemetery where interment was made. John E. Erickson of the Erickson Funeral Home being in charge of arrangements. Caroline B. Staats was born June 21, 1850 in the State of New York and had lived during her life in the states of Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. In 1868 she was united in marriage to William A. Bailey, a civil war veteran at Cedar Rapids, IA., and to the couple was born eight children, a son Franklin dying in infancy. The year 1903 they came to Hubbard County, locating at a farm on Big Sandy Lake near Evergreen Camp where five years later, 1908, Mr Bailey answered the last roll call. Soon after, Mrs Bailey moved to this city where she had a comfortable home on the east side. Of late years when her health began to fail, she had made her home with the Groves and with her son Earl and family, who had done all they could to brighten her stay on earth. Mrs Bailey was a gentle little lady who to know was to love her. She was a most devoted mother and grandmother and was proud of the fact that she was a great, great grandmother. She will be keenly missed by the neighbors and friends as well as family. Those who survive are the seven children, Mrs. Harry Davis of San Jose, CA., Mrs. C. A. A. Nelson of Lake Emma township; Walter and Earl Bailey of this city; Bert B. Bailey of Minneapolis; Mrs Len Grover of Henrietta township and Chas. Bailey of Sidney, Montana. She leaves a sister whose address is unknown. There are thirty-five grandchildren, twenty-three great-grandchildren and one great, great-grandchild.

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More About CAROLINE B. STAATS: Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Park Rapids, MN.

Notes for WILLIAM ALBERT BAILEY: 1870 U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS FRANKLIN, BREMER CO., IOWA William, Carrie, & Alice Baily are living with Abraham & Mila Staats.

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1900 US FEDERAL CENSUS Delaware Twp., Grant Co., MN. BAILEY, WILLIAM A., head, white, male, b. June 1843, age 56, married 32 yrs., b. NY. Father b. Scotland. Mother b. Ireland, Occupation: Farmer. BAILEY, CARRIE B., wife, white, female, b. June 1850, age 49, married 32 years, 8 children born, 7 children living. b. NY. Both parents. b. NY BAILEY, CHARLEY AL, son, white, male, b. Oct. 1887, age 13, single, b. MN., Parents b. NY. BAILEY, EARL M., son, white, male, b. Apr 1892, age 8, single, b. MN. Parents b. NY STAATS, MILLA, mother-in-law, white, female, b. June 1815, age 84, wd., 9 children born, 7 living; b. NY. Both parents b. NY. BICKFORD, SETH D., border, white, male, b. May 1876, age 26, single, b. New Hamshire. Father b. New Hamshire, Mother b. Maine, Occupation: Farm labor. GREERER, GEORGE D., border, white, male, b. Feb 1878, age 22, single, b. Iowa. Father b. NY. Mother b. England, Occupation: Farm Laborer

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William had tuberculosis and moved to the San Francisco, CA., area about 1870, hoping to improve his health. He returned to Iowa and decided to move his family to Minnesota where he heard the climate was drier. In 1873 he, his wife and three children went by covered wagon to Minnesota. The two older children, Alice and Walter, walked most of the way. They settled on a homestead on Elbow Lake, Steain County. They moved to Douglas County, MN. in 1877, then in 1885 they moved to Grant Co., MN. On February 1, 1889, Carrie Bailey bought the Central House Hotel in Alexandria, Minnesosta, with the help of Mila and Abraham Staats. They later sold the hotel and bought a farm in Alexandria. William always had a lot of farm machinery, tools, teams of horses and mules and raised and trained hunting dogs. His hobby was cabinet work and he was very good at it. William helped with a forest fire near Big Sand Lake, and over did it. He came home exhausted. His health continued to grow worse and he died of a hemorrhage in his lungs at 11p.m. on May 16, 1908. At the time of his death he had TB, rheumatism, volvalar heart and nephritis. Williams beloved mules were hitched to his own buggy and his casket was hauled to a memorial service which was held in a small grove of trees near their house. The casket was set on a picnic table during the service. After the service the coffin was placed back on the wagon and then hauled 8 miles to the Greenwood Cemetery in Park Rapids where he was buried.

More About WILLIAM ALBERT BAILEY: Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Park Rapids, MN. Military service: 20 Aug 1863, 89th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Company A (also known as the Railroad Regiment), June 6, 1865 transferred to the 59th Ill. Inf. Reg., Co.D. Honorable discharge Dec. 8, 1865, New Bramfills, TX.

Children of CAROLINE STAATS and WILLIAM BAILEY are: 63. i. ALICE EDITH4 BAILEY, b. 22 Jul 1869, Sauk Centre, Minn.; d. 01 Aug 1944, San Jose, CA.. 64. ii. WALTER ALBERT BAILEY, b. 25 Feb 1871. iii. LENORA BAILEY, b. 27 Oct 1872; m. C. A. NELSON. iv. FRANK C. BAILEY, b. Feb 1874, Elbow Lake, Steain Co., MN.; d. Infancy. v. BIRTON C. BAILEY, b. 16 Jun 1878, Douglas Co., MN.. vi. GEORGIE EDNA BAILEY, b. 05 Aug 1884, Douglas Co., MN.; m. LEN GROVE. vii. CHARLES AL BAILEY, b. 19 Oct 1887, Grant Co., MN.. viii. EARLE M. BAILEY, b. Apr 1892, Grant Co., MN..