H. C. BAILEY, Webster County, is a native of Hopkins County, Ky., was born January 3, 1841, and is a son of Richard and Lutitia (Yeager) Bailey. He is the twelfth of a family of fourteen children, and is of English origin. His forefathers came from Virginia to Kentucky, and were among the early settlers of this State. His father was born in Virginia, and lived in the pioneer times and ways of his native State. Before H. C. had attained his majority, he began life for himself; he clerked in a store for some time and afterward taught one public school, at Dixon, which was the first public school at the county seat of Webster County. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate army, Company A, Eighth Kentucky Infantry, and served fourteen months, during which time he was a prisoner of war seven months, having been captured at the battle of Fort Donelson. In 1863 he went to Illinois, and after remaining two years, returned to his native county. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Frances J. Parker, of Slaughterville, Ky. Mrs. Bailey was born March 6, 1852. This union has been blessed with five children, viz.; Blondle, born July 20, 1870; Gratz, January 3, 1872; Froy, December 25, 1874; Clyde, December 8, 1877, and Joel, August 3, 1879. In 1869 Mr. Bailey came to Webster County, and settled on a farm five miles southwest of Sebree, where he resided ten years, and then removed to his present place of residence in Sebree. He now owns 750 acres of land, and is one of the leading farmers of Webster County. He is a Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for Seymour. He is a Mason.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1023.