Thomas Bailey
Thomas Bailey, retired farmer, Germantown. His grandparents, Thomas and Mary (Crittenden) Bailey, natives of Virginia, came to Warren County, Ohio, at an early day, when they spent their lives. His parents were William and Sarah (Rison) Bailey, also from Virginia, who had a family of six children -- three sons and three daughters -- viz.: Thomas, Francis, William, Maria, Elizabeth and Nancy. The subject of this sketch was born in Warren County, Ohio, July 29, 1810, and in 1819 his mother died, thus leaving him at a tender age without her loving counsel. On December 6, 1832, he married Ann Denice, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Bound) Denice, born in New Jersey, September 27, 1815, of which union eleven children were born, as follows: William, Abraham C., Sarah Jane, Sidney D., Samuel F., Anna Maria, Mary E., George P., Helanor C., Rachel and one died in infancy. Mr. Bailey following milling for about twenty-one years, and in 1847 located on a farm in German Township; purchased 170 acres of land in 1853, upon which he resided until 1866, when he moved to Germantown, where he has since lived, owning a residence and two acres of ground on Main street. His farm lays four miles west of town, on the State road. His five living children are all residing in this vicinity, and worthy members of society, whose ancestors have done their part toward the civilization of this portion of the Buckeye State. Mr. Bailey and family belong to the United Brethren Church.
From History of Montgomery County, Ohio, W. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1882