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HENRY BAILEY 1541 is identified with the Sunfield mine of the company; George, one of the brothers who comprise the firm, resides at Sunfield, and is married to Mary Terry; Henry; Charles, who grew up in and about the mines owned and operated by members of his family and who is now identified with the company, is the husband of Minnie Bishop; Mary, the widow of James Lockhart, is a resident of Sunfield. Henry Bailey and his brothers were educated in the common schools and he began his career as a miner at Sunfield with one of the local companies. He began with the simplest manual labor and steadily advanced until he held the position of chief to the commissary of the company. In 1900 he and his brothers came into the possession of the property by lease, and operated the mines at Sunfield as the Bailey Brothers Coal Company, he being chosen as chief officer of the company. The lease covers three mines in this section, and they have a heavy interest in the Pond Creek Coal Company at Herrin, Illinois, of which compa~iy he and his brother Joe are directors, the latter being secretar of t e company as well. The Sunfield and Tamaroa properties have united capacity of something like fifteen hundred tons output daily, and employ a working force of three hundred men. The marriage of Henry Bailey took place at DuQuoin on Decepiber 23, 1900, his wife being Lizzie, the daughter of B. A. Terry, a miner of English birth. Mrs. Bailey was born in Perry county on May 1, 1882, and she and her husband are the parents of three children, - Harley R., Hazel and Ray. Mr. Bailey is a Republican, as are the other members of his family who are voters, and he is a Master Mason and a Pythian Knight. |
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