Newton Bailey was the eldest son of John P. Bailey b. 14 Jan 1804 Edgefield Co, SC and his first wife Ellen McMillin who died between 1836-1838.
Newton left Platte County Missouri in December of 1863 arriving at Virginia City, Montana. He was a miner in Jefferson Co, Montana in the 1870's and 80's. Newton came back to Platte Co, MO from 1883-1887, but returned to Livingston by 1888, when he submitted his name to the Montana Pioneers for membership from which he was admitted. Newton was mentioned in many newspaper articles of the area chronicling his gold prospecting on the Yellowstone river.
From the Butte Inter Mountain, 16 Sept 1901 page 10 lists his obit. (note 3 living brothers were in Platte Co, Missouri, and Winthrop in Buchanan Co, Missouri not Ohio)
NEVER STRUCK THE PAY SHOOT
An Old Montana Prospector Dies in the Poor House of Park County.
The old prospector who toils year in and year out with the expectation that some day he will strike the pay shoot and then dies of old age without having found anything in life save a very rocky road, is entitled to no small degree of consideration while alive and a monument when his earthly career is ended. It is not often that one of the old boys dies in the poor house, but once in a while it happens. Last week Newton Bailey died in the poor house in Park County and of him the Livingston Post says;
Newton Bailey, one of the old time prospectors of Montana, died at the poor farm Wednesday about noon. The dead man was taken to the poor farm last week on Tuesday. He had been ill about town for several days and had one or two hemorrhages. Pneumonia developed after his removal to the poor farm and he did not last long afterward. Newton Bailey must have been more than 70 years of age. He came to Montana with the earliest pioneers and had made his home in this state continuously for 30 years. He was a prospector by occupation. Of late years he has worked the bars along the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. He usually had a boat with which he traveled down the stream, hunting for gold bearing bars and panning the ground until he had cleaned up the gold and moving on to another. In this manner he has made enough money to keep him through the winters, which he generally spent in Livingston. He was known all over the state, but strange to say, little is known of his relatives. He told Mr. Cady at the poor farm that he had three brothers in Ohio, but that he did not wish them told anything about his condition. He was buried indeed sad and it seems a pity that some of his old time friends did not rescue him from a pauper's grave.
Bio written by Mary Bailey
Newton left Platte County Missouri in December of 1863 arriving at Virginia City, Montana. He was a miner in Jefferson Co, Montana in the 1870's and 80's. Newton came back to Platte Co, MO from 1883-1887, but returned to Livingston by 1888, when he submitted his name to the Montana Pioneers for membership from which he was admitted. Newton was mentioned in many newspaper articles of the area chronicling his gold prospecting on the Yellowstone river.
From the Butte Inter Mountain, 16 Sept 1901 page 10 lists his obit. (note 3 living brothers were in Platte Co, Missouri, and Winthrop in Buchanan Co, Missouri not Ohio)
NEVER STRUCK THE PAY SHOOT
An Old Montana Prospector Dies in the Poor House of Park County.
The old prospector who toils year in and year out with the expectation that some day he will strike the pay shoot and then dies of old age without having found anything in life save a very rocky road, is entitled to no small degree of consideration while alive and a monument when his earthly career is ended. It is not often that one of the old boys dies in the poor house, but once in a while it happens. Last week Newton Bailey died in the poor house in Park County and of him the Livingston Post says;
Newton Bailey, one of the old time prospectors of Montana, died at the poor farm Wednesday about noon. The dead man was taken to the poor farm last week on Tuesday. He had been ill about town for several days and had one or two hemorrhages. Pneumonia developed after his removal to the poor farm and he did not last long afterward. Newton Bailey must have been more than 70 years of age. He came to Montana with the earliest pioneers and had made his home in this state continuously for 30 years. He was a prospector by occupation. Of late years he has worked the bars along the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. He usually had a boat with which he traveled down the stream, hunting for gold bearing bars and panning the ground until he had cleaned up the gold and moving on to another. In this manner he has made enough money to keep him through the winters, which he generally spent in Livingston. He was known all over the state, but strange to say, little is known of his relatives. He told Mr. Cady at the poor farm that he had three brothers in Ohio, but that he did not wish them told anything about his condition. He was buried indeed sad and it seems a pity that some of his old time friends did not rescue him from a pauper's grave.
Bio written by Mary Bailey
Newton Bailey was the eldest son of John P. Bailey b. 14 Jan 1804 Edgefield Co, SC and his first wife Ellen McMillin who died between 1836-1838.
Newton left Platte County Missouri in December of 1863 arriving at Virginia City, Montana. He was a miner in Jefferson Co, Montana in the 1870's and 80's. Newton came back to Platte Co, MO from 1883-1887, but returned to Livingston by 1888, when he submitted his name to the Montana Pioneers for membership from which he was admitted. Newton was mentioned in many newspaper articles of the area chronicling his gold prospecting on the Yellowstone river.
From the Butte Inter Mountain, 16 Sept 1901 page 10 lists his obit. (note 3 living brothers were in Platte Co, Missouri, and Winthrop in Buchanan Co, Missouri not Ohio)
NEVER STRUCK THE PAY SHOOT
An Old Montana Prospector Dies in the Poor House of Park County.
The old prospector who toils year in and year out with the expectation that some day he will strike the pay shoot and then dies of old age without having found anything in life save a very rocky road, is entitled to no small degree of consideration while alive and a monument when his earthly career is ended. It is not often that one of the old boys dies in the poor house, but once in a while it happens. Last week Newton Bailey died in the poor house in Park County and of him the Livingston Post says;
Newton Bailey, one of the old time prospectors of Montana, died at the poor farm Wednesday about noon. The dead man was taken to the poor farm last week on Tuesday. He had been ill about town for several days and had one or two hemorrhages. Pneumonia developed after his removal to the poor farm and he did not last long afterward. Newton Bailey must have been more than 70 years of age. He came to Montana with the earliest pioneers and had made his home in this state continuously for 30 years. He was a prospector by occupation. Of late years he has worked the bars along the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. He usually had a boat with which he traveled down the stream, hunting for gold bearing bars and panning the ground until he had cleaned up the gold and moving on to another. In this manner he has made enough money to keep him through the winters, which he generally spent in Livingston. He was known all over the state, but strange to say, little is known of his relatives. He told Mr. Cady at the poor farm that he had three brothers in Ohio, but that he did not wish them told anything about his condition. He was buried indeed sad and it seems a pity that some of his old time friends did not rescue him from a pauper's grave.
Bio written by Mary Bailey
Newton left Platte County Missouri in December of 1863 arriving at Virginia City, Montana. He was a miner in Jefferson Co, Montana in the 1870's and 80's. Newton came back to Platte Co, MO from 1883-1887, but returned to Livingston by 1888, when he submitted his name to the Montana Pioneers for membership from which he was admitted. Newton was mentioned in many newspaper articles of the area chronicling his gold prospecting on the Yellowstone river.
From the Butte Inter Mountain, 16 Sept 1901 page 10 lists his obit. (note 3 living brothers were in Platte Co, Missouri, and Winthrop in Buchanan Co, Missouri not Ohio)
NEVER STRUCK THE PAY SHOOT
An Old Montana Prospector Dies in the Poor House of Park County.
The old prospector who toils year in and year out with the expectation that some day he will strike the pay shoot and then dies of old age without having found anything in life save a very rocky road, is entitled to no small degree of consideration while alive and a monument when his earthly career is ended. It is not often that one of the old boys dies in the poor house, but once in a while it happens. Last week Newton Bailey died in the poor house in Park County and of him the Livingston Post says;
Newton Bailey, one of the old time prospectors of Montana, died at the poor farm Wednesday about noon. The dead man was taken to the poor farm last week on Tuesday. He had been ill about town for several days and had one or two hemorrhages. Pneumonia developed after his removal to the poor farm and he did not last long afterward. Newton Bailey must have been more than 70 years of age. He came to Montana with the earliest pioneers and had made his home in this state continuously for 30 years. He was a prospector by occupation. Of late years he has worked the bars along the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. He usually had a boat with which he traveled down the stream, hunting for gold bearing bars and panning the ground until he had cleaned up the gold and moving on to another. In this manner he has made enough money to keep him through the winters, which he generally spent in Livingston. He was known all over the state, but strange to say, little is known of his relatives. He told Mr. Cady at the poor farm that he had three brothers in Ohio, but that he did not wish them told anything about his condition. He was buried indeed sad and it seems a pity that some of his old time friends did not rescue him from a pauper's grave.
Bio written by Mary Bailey
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