When Jairus Harrison Bailey was born on 10 September 1888, in Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, his father, Henry Warren Bailey, was 49 and his mother, Rizpah Estelle Brown, was 26. He married Olive Eugenie Killam on 9 October 1916, in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1930 and Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1940. He died on 22 June 1960, in Maine, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, Maine, United States.
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This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
During the Cuban War for Independence, the USS Maine had been sent to Havana to look out for the interests of the United States. On February 15, 1898, at approximately 21:40, an explosion on USS Maine was caused by roughly 5 long tons of powder. The front of the ship was demolished and the remains quickly sunk to the bottom of the ocean. 260 men lost their lives in the explosion itself, with at least six more dying afterwards from related injuries. The event kicked off an atmosphere of contention that would eventually lead to the Spanish-American War.
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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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Possible Related NamesJarius Harrison Bailey BIRTH 10 Sep 1888 DEATH 22 Jun 1960 (aged 71) BURIAL Pleasant Valley Cemetery East Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA MEMORIAL ID 166431273 · View Source
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