Brief Life History of Mary Matilda
When Mary Matilda Bailey was born on 14 October 1867, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson Bailey, was 37 and her mother, Tabitha Jo Feagins, was 31. She married James Newton "Newt" Adams on 29 June 1882, in Newton, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Eason, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 April 1915, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Mary M Bailey in household of Andrew J Bailey, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary M Bailey, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Mary Matilda Bailey Adams, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1857–1916 Male
1867–1915 Female
Children (6)
1883–1923 Male
1884–1955 Female
1887–1927 Male
1891–1923 Male
1893–1936 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1830–1921 Male
1836–1899 Female
Siblings (12)
1855–1942 Male
1857–1931 Female
1859–1938 Female
1862–1937 Male
1864–1942 Female
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World Events (8)
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 1
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
Age 11
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 14
Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).
English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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