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From: Sandi Gorin <>
Subject: BIOS # 1666 THRU 1670 - ARMSTRONG BAILEY, BAKER, BASS, BELL
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 05:53:29 -0600


Good rainy but warming up Monday morning to you. The bios for today are all
from our "unknown county" category - they were from KY but the bio didn't
specify where in the state. Most of these settled in IN. Wishing you a good
day! Sandi

1666 - UNKNOWN CO - ARMSTRONG, JAMES W.
Armstrong Eslinger Cromer
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Washington-IN

1667 - UNKNOWN CO - BAILEY, JESSE H.
Bailey Holman Long Henderson Mayfield Hudson
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Bedford-Lawrence-IN TN

1668 - UNKNOWN CO - BAKER, ANDREW J.
Baker Kemper Thompson Goss = Monroe-IN GA

1669 - UNKNOWN CO - BASS, GEORGE W.
Bass Robinson Herron Woods Turley Bray
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Johnson-IN MO TX AR MS LA Mooresville-Morgan-IN

1670: UNKNOWN CO - BELL, THOMAS
Bell Irvin McElroys Kyle Orr Kirtly Barber
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PA Campbell-VA

#1666:
History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the
Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical
Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co.,
Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L.
Goodspeed. Unknown County.

JAMES W. ARMSTRONG is a native of the township and county of which he is
now a resident. He is the fourth of five children born to John and
Elizabeth (Eslinger) Armstrong, who were natives respectively of Kentucky
and Virginia, the former of Irish, the latter of German descent. He was
born September 5, 1846, and has always resided on the old homestead. His
father died in 1851, and his mother March 21, 1877. December 16, 1874, his
marriage with Josephine Cromer was solemnized, and to their union two
children have been born: Walter L. and Alonzo W. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican.
He is a prominent and enterprising young farmer, and in that occupation has
been very successful. He now owns 240 acres of land, most of which are well
improved. He also raises stock quite extensively.

#1667:
History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the
Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical
Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros. & Co.
Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L.
Goodspeed. Unknown County.

JESSE H. BAILEY, is the eldest of five children born to Levi and Catharine
(Holman) Bailey, his birth occurring March 22, 1829. His father was an
Indianian and his mother a Kentuckian, who was brought to this county
(Lawrence County, Indiana) about the year 1810. Jesse remained on his
father's farm until his majority, receiving limited education. July 17,
1849, he married Virginia J. Long, to which union eight children were born,
six now living: Arthur H., who married Nannie Henderson; B. W., who wife
was Charlotte Mayfield; Achsa C., who married Reuben Hudson; A. C., Nannie
I., and Donna V. Mr. Bailey has been a successful farmer, as he now owns
590 acres mostly well improved and stocked. He and wife are members of the
Mt. Pleasant Christian Church, and he is a member of the G. A. R. at
Bedford. August 6, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Fourth Indiana Cavalry,
and was discharged December 23, 1864 for wounds received in a charge on a
rebel wagon train. He participated in the battles of Chattanooga and
Resaca. Politically he is a Democrat. He is one of the solid men of the
county.

#1668:
Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.
Unknown County.

ANDREW J. BAKER was born January 31, 1840 in Monroe County, Ind., and is
the sixth of the seven children of James H. and Nancy (Kemper) Baker,
natives respectively of Tennessee and Kentucky. Andrew was reared as a
farmer, and received some education from the public schools. In August
1861, he became a soldier of Company H, Thirty-third Indiana Volunteers,
and served in the following battles: Wild Cat, Thompson's Station, where he
was wounded in the leg, taken prisoner and confined two months in Libby
Prison. He was then exchanged and fought afterward at Resaca, Kenesaw
Mountain, New Hope Church, Marietta, Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek, siege of
Savannah, Bentonville, and the famous march to the sea. He was also present
in the grand review at Washington, and was discharged August 8, 1865.
August 17, 1865, he married Mrs. Margaret J. Goss, widow of Sims H. Goss,
which union produced five children, three of whom are living - Alvina H.,
John and Franklin. Mr. Baker has been elected Justice of the Peace of this
township, at which he is now serving, and is a Republican.

#1669:
Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.
Unknown County.

GEORGE W. BASS is a native of Johnson County, Ind., and was born June 20,
1842. His parents, Josiah H. and Elizabeth (Robinson) Bass, natives of
Kentucky, had seven children, of which George W. was the sixth, and with
three older brothers. His youth was spent upon the farm and his education
acquired at Greenwood High School in his native county. In the summer of
1862, he enrolled at Springfield, Mo., in Company I, First Missouri
Calvary, and served to the close of the war. The first year of his service
was spent in scouting in Southwestern Missouri and Northeastern Texas; and
he also participated in the battle of Prairie Grove and the Van Buren
(Arkansas) raid. He was at the siege of Vicksburg as Orderly to Gen.
Herron, and afterward saw service at the following places in their order.
Yazoo, Miss., Batton Route, Carrolton, Morganza Bend, and New Orleans, La.
From Brownsville, Tex., he returned to Baton Rouge, where he had charge of
the division mail for some time, when he was ordered to his regiment, then
at Little Rock, Ark., from which place he was honorably discharged from the
service. After leaving the army, he clerked awhile in a dry goods house, a
drug store, and finally, in the year 1874, settled down in the drug
business at New Augusta, Ind., where he remained four years. In 1878, he
removed to Mooresville, where he has since been engaged in the drug
business. On November 8, 1871, he was married at Greenwood, Ind., to Mary
E., daughter of W. A. Woods, Esq. By this marriage he has had born to him
three children - Frank R., Charlie W. and Nellie B. The mother of these
children died March 30, 1880, and October 27, 1881, Mr. Bass was married in
Morgan County to Martha T. (Turley) Bray. Both he and his wife are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Bass belongs to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and Knights of Honor, of which latter lodge he is
present Financial Reporter. He owns a small farm in Johnson County, and his
residence in Mooresville, as also the business property in which he carries
a lucrative drug trade.

#1670:
Taken from old clippings dealing with Kentucky family history, newspaper
unknown. These clippings are about 100 years old (1997). Reprinted in
Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, Number 7 - January, 1996. p. 102. Unknown
County.

Thomas Bell I have records of John Irvin, in Pennsylvania, 1747, whose
daughter intermarried with the McElroys, who subsequently moved with their
families to Campbell County, Virginia, and afterward to Kentucky, but can
find no connection with the Kyle family. My record shows that Molly Bell
married Samuel Kyle. They had children: Jane; Betsy married Orr; Ann,
Ezekiel Kirtly; Thomas, Miss Barber; Samuel, Miss Bell. I am a grandson of
Anna Bell, daughter of Tom Bell.

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