JABEZ BAILEY DEAD.
Passed Away Last Night, Following An Illness of Four Months of Cancer of Stomach.
After four months of the most intense suffering, Jabez W. Bailey, for many years a farmer living eleven miles southeast of the city, died last night at 7:20 in the Bailey apartments in the Berner building. Death has been expected for many months and while Mr. Bailey realized he could never recover he was not afraid to die. He was brave until the end when life ebbed away peacefully.
Mr. Bailey was born in Kilbourne City, Wis., March 16, 1857, being just a trifle over 56 years of age. He moved to the Drywood neighborhood and soon became one of the most prosperous farmers in the southern part of the county.
For the past few months, while suffering from cancer of the stomach, Mr. Bailey has been living in apartments in the Berner building, where he could receive treatments. He is survived by a wife and two daughters, Lois, who teaches school, and Rouie, who is employed at the White Mercantile store. He is also survived by a brother, Ed Bailey, and a sister, Ellen, both of whom live near Drywood.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Bailey farm and will be conducted by Rev. Palmer, pastor of the Christian church of Arcadia, and interment will be made in the Arcadia cemetery.
Jabez Bailey was the youngest son of Brigadier General Joseph Bailey one of the well known generals of the Civil war, much of whose part in the war was played near this city. The death of Jabez Bailey recalls memories of the old general, and the tragic manner in which he met his death. Long after the war he served as sheriff of Vernon county, Mo. One day a complaint was lodged with him concerning the stealing of some pigs by two certain boys. He rode out to the home of the boys, saw them, told them of the complaint, and directed them to come to Nevada the next day. He had no warrant, showed great leniency to the boys in allowing them to come to Nevada without being in the custody of an officer, and said or did nothing to arouse their anger; and yet, hardly had he started on the return trip to Nevada, before they started off in pursuit of him. A short distance from their home they caught up with him, and one of them shot him in the back of the head, killing him instantly. He had on a fur cap, and around the hole in this cap made by the ball were powder burns, showing that the revolver had been held very close to him when the shot was fired. His murderers disappeared, and to this day have not been apprehended.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. Jabez Bailey was drowned about twelve years ago.
[The Fort Scott Tribune & Fort Scott Monitor, Fort Scott, Bourbon Co, Kansas. Saturday, January 10, 1914.]
Passed Away Last Night, Following An Illness of Four Months of Cancer of Stomach.
After four months of the most intense suffering, Jabez W. Bailey, for many years a farmer living eleven miles southeast of the city, died last night at 7:20 in the Bailey apartments in the Berner building. Death has been expected for many months and while Mr. Bailey realized he could never recover he was not afraid to die. He was brave until the end when life ebbed away peacefully.
Mr. Bailey was born in Kilbourne City, Wis., March 16, 1857, being just a trifle over 56 years of age. He moved to the Drywood neighborhood and soon became one of the most prosperous farmers in the southern part of the county.
For the past few months, while suffering from cancer of the stomach, Mr. Bailey has been living in apartments in the Berner building, where he could receive treatments. He is survived by a wife and two daughters, Lois, who teaches school, and Rouie, who is employed at the White Mercantile store. He is also survived by a brother, Ed Bailey, and a sister, Ellen, both of whom live near Drywood.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Bailey farm and will be conducted by Rev. Palmer, pastor of the Christian church of Arcadia, and interment will be made in the Arcadia cemetery.
Jabez Bailey was the youngest son of Brigadier General Joseph Bailey one of the well known generals of the Civil war, much of whose part in the war was played near this city. The death of Jabez Bailey recalls memories of the old general, and the tragic manner in which he met his death. Long after the war he served as sheriff of Vernon county, Mo. One day a complaint was lodged with him concerning the stealing of some pigs by two certain boys. He rode out to the home of the boys, saw them, told them of the complaint, and directed them to come to Nevada the next day. He had no warrant, showed great leniency to the boys in allowing them to come to Nevada without being in the custody of an officer, and said or did nothing to arouse their anger; and yet, hardly had he started on the return trip to Nevada, before they started off in pursuit of him. A short distance from their home they caught up with him, and one of them shot him in the back of the head, killing him instantly. He had on a fur cap, and around the hole in this cap made by the ball were powder burns, showing that the revolver had been held very close to him when the shot was fired. His murderers disappeared, and to this day have not been apprehended.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. Jabez Bailey was drowned about twelve years ago.
[The Fort Scott Tribune & Fort Scott Monitor, Fort Scott, Bourbon Co, Kansas. Saturday, January 10, 1914.]
JABEZ BAILEY DEAD.
Passed Away Last Night, Following An Illness of Four Months of Cancer of Stomach.
After four months of the most intense suffering, Jabez W. Bailey, for many years a farmer living eleven miles southeast of the city, died last night at 7:20 in the Bailey apartments in the Berner building. Death has been expected for many months and while Mr. Bailey realized he could never recover he was not afraid to die. He was brave until the end when life ebbed away peacefully.
Mr. Bailey was born in Kilbourne City, Wis., March 16, 1857, being just a trifle over 56 years of age. He moved to the Drywood neighborhood and soon became one of the most prosperous farmers in the southern part of the county.
For the past few months, while suffering from cancer of the stomach, Mr. Bailey has been living in apartments in the Berner building, where he could receive treatments. He is survived by a wife and two daughters, Lois, who teaches school, and Rouie, who is employed at the White Mercantile store. He is also survived by a brother, Ed Bailey, and a sister, Ellen, both of whom live near Drywood.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Bailey farm and will be conducted by Rev. Palmer, pastor of the Christian church of Arcadia, and interment will be made in the Arcadia cemetery.
Jabez Bailey was the youngest son of Brigadier General Joseph Bailey one of the well known generals of the Civil war, much of whose part in the war was played near this city. The death of Jabez Bailey recalls memories of the old general, and the tragic manner in which he met his death. Long after the war he served as sheriff of Vernon county, Mo. One day a complaint was lodged with him concerning the stealing of some pigs by two certain boys. He rode out to the home of the boys, saw them, told them of the complaint, and directed them to come to Nevada the next day. He had no warrant, showed great leniency to the boys in allowing them to come to Nevada without being in the custody of an officer, and said or did nothing to arouse their anger; and yet, hardly had he started on the return trip to Nevada, before they started off in pursuit of him. A short distance from their home they caught up with him, and one of them shot him in the back of the head, killing him instantly. He had on a fur cap, and around the hole in this cap made by the ball were powder burns, showing that the revolver had been held very close to him when the shot was fired. His murderers disappeared, and to this day have not been apprehended.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. Jabez Bailey was drowned about twelve years ago.
[The Fort Scott Tribune & Fort Scott Monitor, Fort Scott, Bourbon Co, Kansas. Saturday, January 10, 1914.]
Passed Away Last Night, Following An Illness of Four Months of Cancer of Stomach.
After four months of the most intense suffering, Jabez W. Bailey, for many years a farmer living eleven miles southeast of the city, died last night at 7:20 in the Bailey apartments in the Berner building. Death has been expected for many months and while Mr. Bailey realized he could never recover he was not afraid to die. He was brave until the end when life ebbed away peacefully.
Mr. Bailey was born in Kilbourne City, Wis., March 16, 1857, being just a trifle over 56 years of age. He moved to the Drywood neighborhood and soon became one of the most prosperous farmers in the southern part of the county.
For the past few months, while suffering from cancer of the stomach, Mr. Bailey has been living in apartments in the Berner building, where he could receive treatments. He is survived by a wife and two daughters, Lois, who teaches school, and Rouie, who is employed at the White Mercantile store. He is also survived by a brother, Ed Bailey, and a sister, Ellen, both of whom live near Drywood.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Bailey farm and will be conducted by Rev. Palmer, pastor of the Christian church of Arcadia, and interment will be made in the Arcadia cemetery.
Jabez Bailey was the youngest son of Brigadier General Joseph Bailey one of the well known generals of the Civil war, much of whose part in the war was played near this city. The death of Jabez Bailey recalls memories of the old general, and the tragic manner in which he met his death. Long after the war he served as sheriff of Vernon county, Mo. One day a complaint was lodged with him concerning the stealing of some pigs by two certain boys. He rode out to the home of the boys, saw them, told them of the complaint, and directed them to come to Nevada the next day. He had no warrant, showed great leniency to the boys in allowing them to come to Nevada without being in the custody of an officer, and said or did nothing to arouse their anger; and yet, hardly had he started on the return trip to Nevada, before they started off in pursuit of him. A short distance from their home they caught up with him, and one of them shot him in the back of the head, killing him instantly. He had on a fur cap, and around the hole in this cap made by the ball were powder burns, showing that the revolver had been held very close to him when the shot was fired. His murderers disappeared, and to this day have not been apprehended.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. Jabez Bailey was drowned about twelve years ago.
[The Fort Scott Tribune & Fort Scott Monitor, Fort Scott, Bourbon Co, Kansas. Saturday, January 10, 1914.]
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