James William Bailey

James William Bailey, son of Joseph Bailey and Rhoda Parsons (NOT Anna Gordon), was born in Washington (close to the Hillsborough line), New Hampshire on Aug. 13, 1801. He and most of his siblings settled in the West and South,

James William Bailey ... Birth: Aug. 13, 1801 Washington Sullivan County New Hampshire, USA Death: Jul. 31, 1880 Houston Harris County Texas, USA

. 9th Mayor of the City of Houston. .
1st wife: Anvernette Broun (Brown) b: 20 Aug 1809, CT d: 10 Oct 1854, Houston, Harris Co., TX marr: 19 Jul 1837, CT .
2nd wife: Anna J. Mallory .
"An Old Citizen Gone," Houston Daily Post (Houston, Harris Co., TX), Wed., 1 Aug 1880, p. 4, c. 1 .
Yesterday evening at 4 o'clock Mr. Jas. Bailey, one of the oldest residents of Houston departed this life at the advanced age of seventy-eight years, his seventy-ninth birthday falling on the 13th of the present month. .
Mr. Bailey was a very promment (sic) man in Houston in his prime of life, and in the city's early days, and held many positions of trust in the infantine administration of her government. As early as 1846 he was mayor of Houston, and subsequently has worthily filled other public positions to which the confidence of the people exalted him in bringing Houston out of a wilderness. .
He died of old age and general debility. .

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Parents:

 Joseph Bailey (1772 - 1862)

 Anna Gordon Bailey (1772 - 1842)

NOTE: Anna Gordon Bailey canNOT be his mother; she and Joseph Bailey were not married until 1814; and her 1st husband Robert Rand, did not die until 1814.

• https://archive.org/details/historyofwashing00wash. Pg. 290-291

Spouse:

 Anna J Bailey (1828 - 1908)

Children:

 Francis Hosmer Bailey (1839 - 1912)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Glenwood Cemetery Houston Harris County Texas, USA Plot: Sec. E-2, Lot 132

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Created by: Lynna Kay Shuffield Record added: Sep 28, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 77222120

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