John Henry Sinclair Haynes

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1881 living in Geneseo as a farmer with 153 acres of land.

John married Helen Boyd in 1878. Helen was born in 1853; died in 1942; was buried in Mumford Rural Cemetery, Mumford, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Funeral services were conducted by Rev. John O. Meloy for Mrs. Marie Haynes Bailey, widow of James A. Bailey, former resident of Caledonia, Monday August 12, 1963 in the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Bailey died Thursday, August 8, in the Presbyterian Home, Rochester where she had resided for several months. Mrs. Bailey was born in Geneseo, April 12, 1880, the daughter of Henry and Helen Boyd Haynes. Her early life was spent in Geneseo. In September 1904, she married James Bailey of Dansville, where they resided for several years. To them was born a son, John. In 1914 Mr. Bailey came to Caledonia where he was one of the co-founders of the Allen Bailey Tag Co. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bailey____ to the civic life of the community. Mrs. Bailey was a member of the Caledonia Library Association, having joined in 1919. For many years she served on the Landscape Committee of the Library. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church for 40 years, and the Monday Evening Club. She contributed much to all of them. For several years, she sang in the choir and on special occasions. The death of her only son in 1948 saddened her life. Since then she has made her home in Rochester. Her home reflected her artistic ability. She had a wide circle of friends, who mourn her loss. Mrs. Bailey is survived by her two grandsons, John who is in the Air Force, and James, who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is also survived by several cousins. Interment was in the family lot in Mumford Rural Cemetery.
(Caledonia Advertiser, Caledonia, New York, Thursday, August 15, 1963)

Family/Spouse: James A. Bailey. James was born on 18 Jul 1874 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York; died on 6 Jan 1928 in Caledonia, Livingston 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)