Isaac George Bailey
Isaac George Bailey (1846 or 1847 - 1914) was an educator, Baptist minister, and member of the Arkansas legislature. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1885,[1][2] representing Desha County.[3][4] His photograph was taken as one of the 1885 Arkansas House members. The caption says he was a Republican and Tillar Station was his post office.[5]
He was born 1847 in Arkansas City to Perry and Virginia Bailey,[6] although some sources say 1846.[1] He was educated in Pine Bluff at the Branch Normal College now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.[6] He served as a pastor at both First Baptist Church in Dermott and the Log Bayou Church in Tillar Station, just west of Tillar, Arkansas.[6]
In 1866, he married Winnie White with whom he had two children, Charles H. Bailey and Maude Bailey Frazier.[6] In 1884, he married his second wife Susie E. Ford (d. 1948) and together they were prominent religious leaders. They had nine children together but six died before reaching adulthood.[6]
He was a co-founder of the Dermott Baptist Industrial School in Dermott.[7] The school preceded Chicot County Training School and Morris-Booker Memorial College.
He died in early 1914 and had a large funeral, as he was respected in both the black and white communities.[7]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Reserved, The Higher Learning Commission All Rights. "Arkansas African American Legislators, 1868-1893". Magale Library.
- ^ Co, Goodspeed Publishing. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas: Comprising a Condensed History of the State, a Number of Biographies of Its Distinguished Citizens, a Brief Descriptive History of Each of the Counties Mentioned, and Numerous Biographical Sketches of the Citizens of Such County. ISBN 9780893080839.
- ^ "The legislature". Arkansas Democrat. 30 December 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas".
- ^ Dawson, R. (December 31, 1885). "1885 House of Representatives composite photo of the Twenty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas". Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2011.
- ^ a b c d e Bailey, I. G. (Isaac George) (28 February 2005). "I.G. Bailey and Thurman family papers, circa 1882-1995". findingaids.library.emory.edu.
- ^ a b "Many Attend Funeral". Daily Arkansas Gazette. 19 February 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
