James A. Bailey

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The death of James A. Bailey formerly of this village, occurred very suddenly at his home in Caledonia Thursday afternoon, January 6. Mr. Bailey who was the son of the late Major J.J. Bailey and Theodosa DeLong Bailey, was born in this village July 18, 1874. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie Haynes Bailey; one son John, two brothers George DeLong Bailey of this village and Dwight Bailey of Lima, Ohio, also an uncle, H.W. DeLong, Sr. of this village. Funeral services were held from the late home in Caledonia on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. R.G. Higginbottom officiating. Interment was made at Mumford.
(The Dansville Express, Friday, January 13, 1928)

James Albert Bailey died suddenly at his home in Caledonia, NY on Jan. 5th. He was born in Dansville, NY on July 18, 1874, the son of John J. and Theodosia Delong Bailey. He graduated with the degree of Ph.B. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and the Savage Club. At the time of his death he was clerk of the village of Caledonia, and had been a partner in the Allen-Bailey Tag Company. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Marie Haynes Bailey, a son John, and two brothers.
(Cornell Alumni News, March 1, 1928)

Family/Spouse: Marie Haynes. Marie (daughter of John Henry Sinclair Haynes and Helen Boyd) was born on 12 Apr 1880 in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York; died on 8 Aug 1963 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Mumford Rural Cemetery, Mumford, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Named Museum Director
John H. Bailey, native of Caledonia, and formerly associated with the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed director of the Davenport Public Museum at Davenport, Iowa. Mr. Bailey is the son of the late James Bailey of Dansville and nephew of George DeLong Bailey.
(Genesee Country Express and Advertiser, January 11, 1940)

Bailey--Word has been received of the sudden death Monday night of John Haynes Bailey of Davenport, Iowa, and formerly of Caledonia. He is survived by his wife, two children, and his mother, Mrs. James A. Bailey of Davenport who is now residing with Mrs. Frank T. Bascom in Rochester.
(The Livingston County Republican, Geneseo, N.Y., Thursday, July 8, 1948)

The following is a reprint from the Davenport, Iowa, Times.
The death of John Bailey, director of the Davenport public museum, deeply shocked this community, and more particularly those who knew him intimately, since the tragedy was so sharply at variance with his nature and personality. John Bailey was as stout-hearted as he was warm hearted. He would be the last to aggrieve anyone, except as he believed that some fateful act would alleviate the suffering of others; to speed rather than delay what he obviously felt to be inevitable. Few come to enjoy in a period of ten years the affection in which he was held in so many circles and groups since his coming to Davenport. His keenly alert mind, and kindly good humor, enlivened and enriched his many associations. Members of the Comptemporary club will treasure his latest paper read before that group this spring, investing Indian and mound building relics with a measure of humor no less than interest of which few would be capable. It was this quality, combined with his deep earnestness and his scholarship, which endeared him to so many. He was exceptionally well equipped to carry on the most distinguished phase of the contribution which the Davenport museum has made to the archcology of this section, in that he had carried on similar Indian excavations in Vermont and upper New York State. He will be surely missed in the many clubs, in his church and the other circles which were mellowed and energized by his warm and vibrant personality but the greater community loss comes to the museum, whose exhibits he organized in a manner which will always remain a memorial to him.
(Livingston County Republican, Geneseo, New York)