William Bailey
William Bailey, a farmer, and one of the trustees of Washington Township, was born in Montgomery County, O., in 1839. He has devoted his life to farming, except three years that he was part owner of the Lockington Lumber Mills. In 1863 he married Cynthiann Valentine, a daughter of David Valentine. She was born in Shelby County in 1842. They have a family of four children, viz., Laura E., Anna M., Carrie M., and Lida. They reside on section 16, where he commenced when his land was nearly all in the woods. Beside this he has another farm of eighty acres of improved land.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883