James M. Bailey

Birth Date

c1830

Death Date

c1883

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Logan County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret J. R. Davies Bailey in Logan County, Kentucky, on November 5, 1856. Father of Prentice Bailey, Kittie Bailey, and Rosie Bailey. Physician in Logan County in 1860. Served in the 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as assistant surgeon and surgeon from March 5, 1862, to December 17, 1864. Served in Southwestern Kentucky as the acting chief surgeon of U.S. forces in July 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 648.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Hogan, p. 416A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Logan County Marriages, Film #002134965, p. 484 of 1276 of microfilm.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #353510, Certificate #324406.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 374.
Find A Grave, "Dr. James Marion Bailey (1830-1883)," Memorial 101688610, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101688610 (accessed July 31, 2020).

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