George W. Dailey was born April 6, 1835, in Monroe County, New York, and grew up and received his early education there. His parents were Thomas and Lydia L. (Whitney) Dailey, and his grandfather Thomas Dailey was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was a weaver. Going from Ireland to Scotland, he became a shepherd. This Thomas Dailey was a Mason and he married a Protestant girl after coming to America. He arrived in this country just prior to the Revolutionary war.
While living in New York state George W. Dailey acquired more of an education than most boys of the time and place enjoyed. He attended the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and College and for four terms was a teacher in New York state. In March, 1857, he went to Albia, Iowa, where he followed teaching and also clerking in a store. Two years later he came to Kansas, and in this state found the arena of his serious efforts, which have been attended with a generous degree of prosperity.
In March, 1860, he arrived in Topeka on horseback, he having traveled that way from Marshall, Missouri. He went direct from Topeka to Mission Creek, now called Dover, and with his cousin Charles W. Dailey acquired 800 acres of land in Wabaunsee county, just across the Shawnee County line. Thus he entered upon his life in Kansas on a comparatively large scale even for those days. After two years on that land he moved to Mission Creek and bought the Doty farm, now known generally as the Dailey farm. On March 7, 1862, Mr. Dailey married Eliza J. Doty.
They had seven children: Belle, who married John Christian; Addie, who married James Riley , Thomas C., Mattie and Hattie, twins, the former married Frank McClelland of Maple Hill, and the latter married William F. Riley of Dover; Lizzie, who died at the age of twenty-five; and Charles.
In 1864 Mr. Dailey enlisted in Company D of the Seventeenth Kansas volunteer Infantry, serving as commissary sergeant of his company. He was on duty as a guard at Lawrence immediately following the sacking of that town. His business success has come from farming and cattle raising. For a time he operated a store at Dover with Harvey Loomis, and was also interested in a creamery. He was a charter member of the Dover cemetery. Mr. Dailey was a member of Lincoln Post, No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, of Topeka, and was a member of the Masonic order since 1866; was a notary public while living on the farm; and was a member of the school board for several years.
While living in New York state George W. Dailey acquired more of an education than most boys of the time and place enjoyed. He attended the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and College and for four terms was a teacher in New York state. In March, 1857, he went to Albia, Iowa, where he followed teaching and also clerking in a store. Two years later he came to Kansas, and in this state found the arena of his serious efforts, which have been attended with a generous degree of prosperity.
In March, 1860, he arrived in Topeka on horseback, he having traveled that way from Marshall, Missouri. He went direct from Topeka to Mission Creek, now called Dover, and with his cousin Charles W. Dailey acquired 800 acres of land in Wabaunsee county, just across the Shawnee County line. Thus he entered upon his life in Kansas on a comparatively large scale even for those days. After two years on that land he moved to Mission Creek and bought the Doty farm, now known generally as the Dailey farm. On March 7, 1862, Mr. Dailey married Eliza J. Doty.
They had seven children: Belle, who married John Christian; Addie, who married James Riley , Thomas C., Mattie and Hattie, twins, the former married Frank McClelland of Maple Hill, and the latter married William F. Riley of Dover; Lizzie, who died at the age of twenty-five; and Charles.
In 1864 Mr. Dailey enlisted in Company D of the Seventeenth Kansas volunteer Infantry, serving as commissary sergeant of his company. He was on duty as a guard at Lawrence immediately following the sacking of that town. His business success has come from farming and cattle raising. For a time he operated a store at Dover with Harvey Loomis, and was also interested in a creamery. He was a charter member of the Dover cemetery. Mr. Dailey was a member of Lincoln Post, No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, of Topeka, and was a member of the Masonic order since 1866; was a notary public while living on the farm; and was a member of the school board for several years.
George W. Dailey was born April 6, 1835, in Monroe County, New York, and grew up and received his early education there. His parents were Thomas and Lydia L. (Whitney) Dailey, and his grandfather Thomas Dailey was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was a weaver. Going from Ireland to Scotland, he became a shepherd. This Thomas Dailey was a Mason and he married a Protestant girl after coming to America. He arrived in this country just prior to the Revolutionary war.
While living in New York state George W. Dailey acquired more of an education than most boys of the time and place enjoyed. He attended the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and College and for four terms was a teacher in New York state. In March, 1857, he went to Albia, Iowa, where he followed teaching and also clerking in a store. Two years later he came to Kansas, and in this state found the arena of his serious efforts, which have been attended with a generous degree of prosperity.
In March, 1860, he arrived in Topeka on horseback, he having traveled that way from Marshall, Missouri. He went direct from Topeka to Mission Creek, now called Dover, and with his cousin Charles W. Dailey acquired 800 acres of land in Wabaunsee county, just across the Shawnee County line. Thus he entered upon his life in Kansas on a comparatively large scale even for those days. After two years on that land he moved to Mission Creek and bought the Doty farm, now known generally as the Dailey farm. On March 7, 1862, Mr. Dailey married Eliza J. Doty.
They had seven children: Belle, who married John Christian; Addie, who married James Riley , Thomas C., Mattie and Hattie, twins, the former married Frank McClelland of Maple Hill, and the latter married William F. Riley of Dover; Lizzie, who died at the age of twenty-five; and Charles.
In 1864 Mr. Dailey enlisted in Company D of the Seventeenth Kansas volunteer Infantry, serving as commissary sergeant of his company. He was on duty as a guard at Lawrence immediately following the sacking of that town. His business success has come from farming and cattle raising. For a time he operated a store at Dover with Harvey Loomis, and was also interested in a creamery. He was a charter member of the Dover cemetery. Mr. Dailey was a member of Lincoln Post, No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, of Topeka, and was a member of the Masonic order since 1866; was a notary public while living on the farm; and was a member of the school board for several years.
While living in New York state George W. Dailey acquired more of an education than most boys of the time and place enjoyed. He attended the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and College and for four terms was a teacher in New York state. In March, 1857, he went to Albia, Iowa, where he followed teaching and also clerking in a store. Two years later he came to Kansas, and in this state found the arena of his serious efforts, which have been attended with a generous degree of prosperity.
In March, 1860, he arrived in Topeka on horseback, he having traveled that way from Marshall, Missouri. He went direct from Topeka to Mission Creek, now called Dover, and with his cousin Charles W. Dailey acquired 800 acres of land in Wabaunsee county, just across the Shawnee County line. Thus he entered upon his life in Kansas on a comparatively large scale even for those days. After two years on that land he moved to Mission Creek and bought the Doty farm, now known generally as the Dailey farm. On March 7, 1862, Mr. Dailey married Eliza J. Doty.
They had seven children: Belle, who married John Christian; Addie, who married James Riley , Thomas C., Mattie and Hattie, twins, the former married Frank McClelland of Maple Hill, and the latter married William F. Riley of Dover; Lizzie, who died at the age of twenty-five; and Charles.
In 1864 Mr. Dailey enlisted in Company D of the Seventeenth Kansas volunteer Infantry, serving as commissary sergeant of his company. He was on duty as a guard at Lawrence immediately following the sacking of that town. His business success has come from farming and cattle raising. For a time he operated a store at Dover with Harvey Loomis, and was also interested in a creamery. He was a charter member of the Dover cemetery. Mr. Dailey was a member of Lincoln Post, No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, of Topeka, and was a member of the Masonic order since 1866; was a notary public while living on the farm; and was a member of the school board for several years.
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