Peoria Allen Bailey is the daughter of WILLIAM POWELL ALLEN. She is the granddaughter of EDMUND Allen,and the great great granddaughter of RICHARD R. Allen and Mary Braxton. Her father William Powell Allen was born 1820 in Georgia, and died in Attala County,
MS. Peoria's mother is MARY EMMA COOPER. She was born 1825 in Georgia, and died in Attala County, MS.
Children of WILLIAM ALLEN and MARY COOPER are:
i. Samual ALLEN, b. Attala County, MS.
ii. EDMUND Braxton ALLEN, b. 06 Jan 1847, Alabama.
More About EDMUND B. ALLEN:
Residence: 1860, Township 13 Range 6, Attala, Mississippi
iii. NANCY W. ALLEN, b. 06 Oct 1848, Attala County, MS; d. Bef. 1860.
iv. MARTHA ALLEN, b. 1852, Attala County, MS.
v. ELIZABETH ALLEN, b. 1854, Attala County, MS.
vi. MARY LOU ALLEN, b. 1855, Attala County, MS.
vii. MISSOURI ALLEN, b. 1858, Attala County, MS.
viii. WILLIAM THURBER ALLEN, b. 1859, Attala County, MS.

ix. PEORIA ALLEN, b. 25 Sep 1865, Attala County, MS; d. 28 May 1933, Lula, Coahoma County, Mississippi.
She married STONEWALL JACKSON BAILEY, son of JOHN BAILEY and SUSANNA SHULER. He was born 30 Oct 1862 in Attala County, MS, and died 07 Dec 1944 in Coahoma County, MS.
More About PEORIA ALLEN:
Burial: 29 May 1933, Drew, Sunflower County, Mississippi
Notes for STONEWALL JACKSON BAILEY:
They are both buried in Drew Mississippi at Sandy Bayou Cemetary. Go to Drew Mississippi turn west on East
Park Street. East Park will change to West Park as you drive through town going west. West Park will change to
Lombardy Road as you continue west (total distance from hwy 49w to Lombardy road is about 4 miles). Keep
going til you get to Long Lake Road (gravel road at this time), then turn right going north about 1 mile, the
cemetary is on the right. Not much to the cemetery, it is very small.
Children of PEORIA ALLEN and STONEWALL BAILEY are:
i. JOHN WILLIE BAILEY, b. 06 Feb 1882, Attala County, MS.
ii. CLAUDE ROMER BAILEY, SR., b. 24 Jul 1889, Attala County, MS; d. Coahoma County, MS.
iii. DAVE HENRY BAILEY, SR., b. 07 Jan 1891, Attala County, MS; d. Jul 1982, Clarksdale, Coahoma,
Mississippi.
iv. VICTOR EARL BAILEY, b. 18 Jun 1894, Arkansas; d. 14 Sep 1976, Clarksdale, Coahoma, MS.
v. IVA PEARL BAILEY, b. 1896, Arkansas; m. ANDREW HOUSTON, 16 Sep 1916, Attala County, MS.
vi. Neely Mae Bailey, b. 1898, Arkansas.
vii. CARL J BAILEY, SR., b. 1900, Attala County, MS.
viii. GRACIE BAILEY, b. 1902, Attala County, MS.
ix. MAUD ERCILLE BAILEY, b. 1904, Attala County, MS.
x. STONEWALL JACK BAILEY Jr., b. 09 Feb 1905, Kosciusko, Mississippi; d. 19 Jan 1969, Bruce, Calhoun
County, Mississippi.
xi. LEILA BAILEY, b. 1910, Attala County, MS; d. Bef. 1920, Attala County, MS.
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