George Henry BAILEY^{[1, 2]}

1820 - 1896  (76 years)

• Name	George Henry BAILEY
  Birth	24 Feb 1820	Sussex Co, VA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  CWSV	13 Apr 1862	Currituck, Currituck Co, NC   [4]
  	On 13 April 1862 at Currituck Court House in Currituck County, North Carolina, 42 year old George enlisted as a Private in Company C., 5th Reg't, Virginia Cavalry. His enlistment was for one year, but it appears from his muster cards that he served for only two months and that he was never paid for his service.
  Death	5 Jun 1896	Sussex Co, VA   [1, 3]
  	George died in Sussex County, Virginia at 8:00pm on 5 June 1896. He was 76 years old. Cause was noted as "congestive chill," which would most likely have been pneumococcal pneumonia.
  Person ID	I21634	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Edmund BAILEY,   b. 7 Jan 1779   d. 5 Apr 1847, Sussex Co, VA (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Rebecca CLANTON,   b. 27 Feb 1785   d. 10 Aug 1846 (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucy Wyche COLLIER,   b. 18 Feb 1831, Virginia d. 30 Nov 1897 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1852	Greensville Co, VA   [2, 3, 5, 6]
  	The couple was married in Greensville County, Virginia by Rev. Josiah C. Bailey, Baptist minister on 22 December 1852.
  Notes	George & Lucy were 2nd cousins through Henry & Wilmouth Bailey.
  Children	1. Rosa Jane BAILEY,   b. 15 Oct 1853, Sussex Co, VA d. 6 Aug 1899 (Age 45 years)   2. Flora Wyche BAILEY,   b. 22 Oct 1855, Sussex Co, VA d. 29 Nov 1893 (Age 38 years)   3. George Edmund BAILEY,   b. 8 Sep 1857, Sussex Co, VA d. 06 Apr 1899 (Age 41 years)   4. Walter Edward BAILEY,   b. 18 Jun 1865, Virginia d. 13 Mar 1928 (Age 62 years)   5. Robert Henry BAILEY,   b. 11 Nov 1866, Sussex Co, VA d. 18 Jun 1923 (Age 56 years)   6. Daisey Irene BAILEY,   b. 26 Aug 1869, Sussex Co, VA d. 11 Mar 1941 (Age 71 years)   7. Anna Collier BAILEY,   b. 4 Dec 1874, Virginia
  Family ID	F967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  No will was filed with the Sussex County, Virginia Court, according to Gary M Williams, Clerk, 8 December 1995.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2715] Geo. H. Bailey, Sussex Co, VA death record (1896). [S380] "Bailey family Bible record, 1779 - 1866", Accession no. 22248.. [S377] "Bailey family Bible record, 1820 - 1941", Accession no. 22249.. [S4252] George H. Bailey, Confederate military service record., ((Washington: NARA, GSA, 1960)). [S378] "Collier family Bible record, 1786 - 1865", Accession no. 22247.. [S381] John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr, compilers, Vogt & Kethley, Greensville County Marriages 1781 - 1853, ((Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co, 1989)), p. 10., ISBN 0-935931-48-1.