Brief Life History of Thomas C.
When Reverend Thomas C. Bailiff was born on 27 June 1820, in Christian, Kentucky, United States, his father, Reverend Robert Bailiff, was 21 and his mother, Nancy Anna Buckner, was 20. He married Malinda Draper on 1 July 1841, in Hutsonville, Crawford, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 6 March 1891, in Melrose, Clark, Illinois, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Clark, Illinois, United States.
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- Thomas Bailiff, "United States Census, 1860"
- Illinois Marriages to 1850
- Thomas Bailiff, "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1835
Historical Boundaries: 1835: Clark, Illinois, United States
1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for an officer of a court of justice, from Middle English bailli, baillif ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French bailli(s), baillif). The term could denote the king's officer in a county, hundred, town, castle, or forest, or an elected town officer, a magistrate, an officer of a court, serving warrants and enforcing judgments. In Middle English, a bailiff often denoted the agent of a lord in managing a manor, collecting rents, etc., but in the early modern period the term gradually because specialized as denoting an officer of justice under a sheriff, who executes writs and processes, distraints, and arrests. Compare the variant Bayliff , Bayliss and also Bailey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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