Residence: Iowa
Age at Enlistment: 21
Enlistment Date: 29 Sep 1864
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Iowa
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Iowa 2nd Infantry Regiment on 29 Sep 1864.Mustered out on 01 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.
Birth Date: 27 Nov 1836
Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion Research by R. Ross Houston
History of Cedar Co., Iowa, 1878 page 578
Center Township
Bailey, Harrison W., Manager Tipton Co-operative Store, Tipton; born in Columbiana Co., O., Nov. 27, 1836; lived there sixteen years; came to Cedar Co., town of Rochester, in March, 1851; engaged in farming until the breaking out of the war; enlisted in the 2d Iowa Inf., Co C, in 1864; was with Gen. Sherman in his march to the sea, and was with his regiment in its fights and skirmishes. He has held the office of Secretary of the Cedar County Agricultural Society, and is now its President, and has held all the various town and school offices; owns a farm of 250 acres; was elected General Manager of the Tipton Co-operative Store. Married Miss Catharine E. Thayer, from Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1857. They have seven children--William F., Leslie H., Anna E., Sherman C., Omar E., Ida H., Delia A.
There was also another son, Thayer Bailey born in 1884
Residence: Iowa
Age at Enlistment: 21
Enlistment Date: 29 Sep 1864
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Iowa
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Iowa 2nd Infantry Regiment on 29 Sep 1864.Mustered out on 01 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.
Birth Date: 27 Nov 1836
Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion Research by R. Ross Houston
History of Cedar Co., Iowa, 1878 page 578
Center Township
Bailey, Harrison W., Manager Tipton Co-operative Store, Tipton; born in Columbiana Co., O., Nov. 27, 1836; lived there sixteen years; came to Cedar Co., town of Rochester, in March, 1851; engaged in farming until the breaking out of the war; enlisted in the 2d Iowa Inf., Co C, in 1864; was with Gen. Sherman in his march to the sea, and was with his regiment in its fights and skirmishes. He has held the office of Secretary of the Cedar County Agricultural Society, and is now its President, and has held all the various town and school offices; owns a farm of 250 acres; was elected General Manager of the Tipton Co-operative Store. Married Miss Catharine E. Thayer, from Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1857. They have seven children--William F., Leslie H., Anna E., Sherman C., Omar E., Ida H., Delia A.
There was also another son, Thayer Bailey born in 1884
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