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Roanna Pepper (nee Bailey) was born on May 10, 1810 and died on July 7, 1901 at age 91. She was the wife of Johnson Pepper, and together they had 12 children, including three sons who apparently all served in Civil War: Marshal (Confederate), Thomas B. (Confederate), and James B. (Union--he was the youngest).
[http://www.lindapages.com/wvcw/12wvi/12-tbailey.txt] has a seemingly reliable tree for Roanna that starts with Thornsberry Bailey as follows:
THORNSBERRY2 BAILEY was born 1782 in (W)VA, and died January 24, 1853 in Taylor County. WV. He married MARY BARTLETT August 24, 1806 in Monongalia County, WV, daughter of THOMAS BARTLETT and SARAH RYDER. She was born 1787.
I'll be updating my tree with this info, but the question is, did all the WV Baileys come from one progenitor? And if so, how does my Bailey tree (Taylor and Harrison Cos.) connect with my friend's Bailey tree here: [http://www.westvirginiabaileys.com/BAILEY ANCESTRY.HTM (Tazwell and Calhoun Cos.)