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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IA-IRISH] Bio of Samuel Bailey
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:37:32 -0600

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Union Counties...Chicago:
Lewis Pub. Co., 1887.

Samuel Bailey, M.D., located in Mt. Ayr, Iowa, in March, 1879, and has
built up a good practice, having gained the confidence and esteem of his patrons
and brethren in the profession. He is a native of Rock Island County, Illinois,
born September 1, 1851, a son of James and Anna (Blakely) Bailey, natives of
Ireland, who came to America in their youth, and were married in Rock Island.
His father died when he was an infant three months old, and he was reared by his
widowed mother, and was given the benefit of a good education. He began the
study of medicine with Dr. J.H. Seyler, of Preemption, Mercer County, Illinois,
and subsequently entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, from which he
graduated in February, 1879, and immediately after his graduation located in Mt.
Ayr, where, for seven years, he has been identified with all that pertains to
the social and material development of the place. In 1882 he was elected coroner
of Ringgold County, and has held the office since by re-election. He is a member
of the Masonic fraternity, lodge and chapter, and also of the lodge and
encampment of the Odd Fellow order. He is a member of the Epsicopal church,
being confirmed by Bishop Lee, in 1866.

Cathy Joynt Labath
Irish in Iowa
http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm

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