Alexander H. Bailey

Brief Life History of Alexander H.

When Alexander H. Bailey was born on 23 February 1858, in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, his father, William Carroll Bailey, was 43 and his mother, Nancy Emily Reynolds, was 36. He lived in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Mulberry Township, Franklin, Arkansas, United States in 1870. He died in 1893, at the age of 35.

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Family Time Line

William Carroll Bailey
1814–1898
Nancy Emily Reynolds
1821–1882
F M Bailey
1840–1841
Ann Eliza Wilson Bailey
1842–1915
Frances Bailey
1844–
Elizabeth Bailey
1845–1899
Laura Bailey
1845–
Thomas Wilson
1845–
Richard Henry Clay Bailey Sr.
1845–
Mary J Bailey
1846–
Otis O D Bailey
1847–1864
James Wilson
1849–1853
Johnathan W Bailey
1851–
William Randolph Bailey
1853–1919
George Washington Bailey
1855–1922
Alexander H. Bailey
1858–1893
Sterling P Bailey
1861–

Sources (2)

  • Alexander Bailey in household of William Bailey, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Alexander H Barley in household of Wm C Barley, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1861

Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.

1862 · Battle of Pea Ridge

By the time the Battle of Pea Ridge happened the Union forces had pushed Confederates through Missouri and Arkansas. This battle was important in securing Missouri for the Union and opening Arkansas for the Union.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

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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