from Report of the Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin State Bar Association, Volume 7:
When Abraham was a year old, his father moved to New York City to engage in the mercantile business with his brother, John Bailey. At the age of three years, Abraham commenced attending a private school where he studied until he was placed in a boarding school at Kinderhook. Graduating from there in 1830, he entered Union College, Schenectady.
Dr. Eliphalet Nott, who has the record of serving the longest presidential term in the history of colleges in the United States, was then president, and Alonzo Potter, later bishop of Pennsylvania, was professor of rhetoric and ethics. Finishing his college course in 1834, he began reading law in the office of Judge Hayes of Schenectady.
His father having retired from business, he returned to Waterford to live. Mr. Bailey finished reading the law with Judge N.B. Doe of Waterford. He was admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Nelson in 1837.
He began the practice of law, but, in 1839, he and his cousins, Eliphalet and William Cramer, decided to go West and look over the country. Taking the boat at Buffalo, they made the journey via the Great Lakes to Milwaukee. From there they took a wagon overland to Janesville, attracted by the fertility of the land in this vicinity. Part of the way was through a swampy district which had been made passable by a corduroy road. One of the party remarked when they struck this road, that Janesville must be Paradise for they were passing through Purgatory to get there. Here Mr. Bailey bought land, but his cousins, seeing the possibilities of Milwaukee as a commercial center, returned there to invest.
Remaining in Janesville for a year, Mr. Bailey was admitted to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. He then returned to Waterford, and in May, 1842, was married in Grace Church, Albany, to Sarah Viola Prescot. He brought his bride to Janesville where he made his home until his death. He saw Janesville grow from a small village of log huts, containing but one frame house, to a prosperous city. He built one of the first brick houses in Janesville, which is still standing on North Main street, being the only one left of the three built about the same time.
He held offices of court commissioner, justice of the peace and judge of probate. Isaac Woodle and James H. Knowlton read law in his office. He never associated himself with any firm but Judge E.V. Whiton, at one time occupied the same office with him.
His health, which had never been good, became so impaired that in the fall of 1860 he went to Racine for treatment. While there he contracted a severe cold which culminated in quick consumption, causing his death in April of the next year.
When Abraham was a year old, his father moved to New York City to engage in the mercantile business with his brother, John Bailey. At the age of three years, Abraham commenced attending a private school where he studied until he was placed in a boarding school at Kinderhook. Graduating from there in 1830, he entered Union College, Schenectady.
Dr. Eliphalet Nott, who has the record of serving the longest presidential term in the history of colleges in the United States, was then president, and Alonzo Potter, later bishop of Pennsylvania, was professor of rhetoric and ethics. Finishing his college course in 1834, he began reading law in the office of Judge Hayes of Schenectady.
His father having retired from business, he returned to Waterford to live. Mr. Bailey finished reading the law with Judge N.B. Doe of Waterford. He was admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Nelson in 1837.
He began the practice of law, but, in 1839, he and his cousins, Eliphalet and William Cramer, decided to go West and look over the country. Taking the boat at Buffalo, they made the journey via the Great Lakes to Milwaukee. From there they took a wagon overland to Janesville, attracted by the fertility of the land in this vicinity. Part of the way was through a swampy district which had been made passable by a corduroy road. One of the party remarked when they struck this road, that Janesville must be Paradise for they were passing through Purgatory to get there. Here Mr. Bailey bought land, but his cousins, seeing the possibilities of Milwaukee as a commercial center, returned there to invest.
Remaining in Janesville for a year, Mr. Bailey was admitted to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. He then returned to Waterford, and in May, 1842, was married in Grace Church, Albany, to Sarah Viola Prescot. He brought his bride to Janesville where he made his home until his death. He saw Janesville grow from a small village of log huts, containing but one frame house, to a prosperous city. He built one of the first brick houses in Janesville, which is still standing on North Main street, being the only one left of the three built about the same time.
He held offices of court commissioner, justice of the peace and judge of probate. Isaac Woodle and James H. Knowlton read law in his office. He never associated himself with any firm but Judge E.V. Whiton, at one time occupied the same office with him.
His health, which had never been good, became so impaired that in the fall of 1860 he went to Racine for treatment. While there he contracted a severe cold which culminated in quick consumption, causing his death in April of the next year.
from Report of the Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin State Bar Association, Volume 7:
When Abraham was a year old, his father moved to New York City to engage in the mercantile business with his brother, John Bailey. At the age of three years, Abraham commenced attending a private school where he studied until he was placed in a boarding school at Kinderhook. Graduating from there in 1830, he entered Union College, Schenectady.
Dr. Eliphalet Nott, who has the record of serving the longest presidential term in the history of colleges in the United States, was then president, and Alonzo Potter, later bishop of Pennsylvania, was professor of rhetoric and ethics. Finishing his college course in 1834, he began reading law in the office of Judge Hayes of Schenectady.
His father having retired from business, he returned to Waterford to live. Mr. Bailey finished reading the law with Judge N.B. Doe of Waterford. He was admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Nelson in 1837.
He began the practice of law, but, in 1839, he and his cousins, Eliphalet and William Cramer, decided to go West and look over the country. Taking the boat at Buffalo, they made the journey via the Great Lakes to Milwaukee. From there they took a wagon overland to Janesville, attracted by the fertility of the land in this vicinity. Part of the way was through a swampy district which had been made passable by a corduroy road. One of the party remarked when they struck this road, that Janesville must be Paradise for they were passing through Purgatory to get there. Here Mr. Bailey bought land, but his cousins, seeing the possibilities of Milwaukee as a commercial center, returned there to invest.
Remaining in Janesville for a year, Mr. Bailey was admitted to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. He then returned to Waterford, and in May, 1842, was married in Grace Church, Albany, to Sarah Viola Prescot. He brought his bride to Janesville where he made his home until his death. He saw Janesville grow from a small village of log huts, containing but one frame house, to a prosperous city. He built one of the first brick houses in Janesville, which is still standing on North Main street, being the only one left of the three built about the same time.
He held offices of court commissioner, justice of the peace and judge of probate. Isaac Woodle and James H. Knowlton read law in his office. He never associated himself with any firm but Judge E.V. Whiton, at one time occupied the same office with him.
His health, which had never been good, became so impaired that in the fall of 1860 he went to Racine for treatment. While there he contracted a severe cold which culminated in quick consumption, causing his death in April of the next year.
When Abraham was a year old, his father moved to New York City to engage in the mercantile business with his brother, John Bailey. At the age of three years, Abraham commenced attending a private school where he studied until he was placed in a boarding school at Kinderhook. Graduating from there in 1830, he entered Union College, Schenectady.
Dr. Eliphalet Nott, who has the record of serving the longest presidential term in the history of colleges in the United States, was then president, and Alonzo Potter, later bishop of Pennsylvania, was professor of rhetoric and ethics. Finishing his college course in 1834, he began reading law in the office of Judge Hayes of Schenectady.
His father having retired from business, he returned to Waterford to live. Mr. Bailey finished reading the law with Judge N.B. Doe of Waterford. He was admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Nelson in 1837.
He began the practice of law, but, in 1839, he and his cousins, Eliphalet and William Cramer, decided to go West and look over the country. Taking the boat at Buffalo, they made the journey via the Great Lakes to Milwaukee. From there they took a wagon overland to Janesville, attracted by the fertility of the land in this vicinity. Part of the way was through a swampy district which had been made passable by a corduroy road. One of the party remarked when they struck this road, that Janesville must be Paradise for they were passing through Purgatory to get there. Here Mr. Bailey bought land, but his cousins, seeing the possibilities of Milwaukee as a commercial center, returned there to invest.
Remaining in Janesville for a year, Mr. Bailey was admitted to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. He then returned to Waterford, and in May, 1842, was married in Grace Church, Albany, to Sarah Viola Prescot. He brought his bride to Janesville where he made his home until his death. He saw Janesville grow from a small village of log huts, containing but one frame house, to a prosperous city. He built one of the first brick houses in Janesville, which is still standing on North Main street, being the only one left of the three built about the same time.
He held offices of court commissioner, justice of the peace and judge of probate. Isaac Woodle and James H. Knowlton read law in his office. He never associated himself with any firm but Judge E.V. Whiton, at one time occupied the same office with him.
His health, which had never been good, became so impaired that in the fall of 1860 he went to Racine for treatment. While there he contracted a severe cold which culminated in quick consumption, causing his death in April of the next year.
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