Alexander Bailey was born on 14 October 1842, in Will, Illinois, United States as the son of Daniel Bailey and Rebecca Boardman. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Mahulda Ibe. He lived in Channahon, Will, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Monroe Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 March 1915, in Nodaway, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Miriam Cemetery, Maryville, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1843: Nodaway was created from Non-County Area 31.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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.
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