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Vasti Elizabeth <I>Shrewsbury</I> Bailey

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Vasti Elizabeth Shrewsbury Bailey

Birth
Lashmeet, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Death
12 Oct 1946 (aged 85)
Duhring, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Bluewell, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Widowed, she was 85 years, 6 months, and 12 days.
The informant on death record was Ocie Bailey of Duhring.
By information from Bailey compilations, Vasti's mother died soon after her birth. Her father remarried, and the second wife raised this daughter. The second wife was the daughter of Floyd and Sylvia Bailey, and the elder sister of Vasti's husband, George.
The same volume includes that George died in Bluefield, W.V., "killed by a train".*
They were married in 1878 by Archibald McComas, and recorded in West Virginia records. His name was written "George P."
George last showed with the census in 1900, in Rock District.
Seven children for Vasti and George are included in the family compilation.
Her name is variously spelled on the different records. The death certificate says "Vesti". -a.a.-


*Without a date, cemetery, or other information. To date, have not found a death record for him. Mr. Hylton did not find a marker for George near the grave of Vasti, but there is empty space beside her grave.
Widowed, she was 85 years, 6 months, and 12 days.
The informant on death record was Ocie Bailey of Duhring.
By information from Bailey compilations, Vasti's mother died soon after her birth. Her father remarried, and the second wife raised this daughter. The second wife was the daughter of Floyd and Sylvia Bailey, and the elder sister of Vasti's husband, George.
The same volume includes that George died in Bluefield, W.V., "killed by a train".*
They were married in 1878 by Archibald McComas, and recorded in West Virginia records. His name was written "George P."
George last showed with the census in 1900, in Rock District.
Seven children for Vasti and George are included in the family compilation.
Her name is variously spelled on the different records. The death certificate says "Vesti". -a.a.-


*Without a date, cemetery, or other information. To date, have not found a death record for him. Mr. Hylton did not find a marker for George near the grave of Vasti, but there is empty space beside her grave.

Gravesite Details

Married George Paris Bailey Dec 26 1878 in Mercer Co Wv -( Did not see a marker for George)



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