Rev. Josiah Clanton BAILEY^[1]

1813 - 1881  (68 years)

• Name	Josiah Clanton BAILEY
  Title	Rev.
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	12 Sep 1813	Sussex Co, VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  marriage bond	2 Jan 1837	Greensville Co, VA   [3]
  Death	19 Dec 1881	Greensville Co, VA   [2, 4]
  Burial	21 Dec 1881	Greensville Co, VA   [2, 5]
  Person ID	I25894	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	Sarah Howell COOPER,   b. 14 Mar 1820   d. 22 Dec 1884, Greensville Co, VA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1837	Hicksford, Greensville Co, VA   [6, 7]
  	The couple was married on 13 Jan 1837 in Hicksford, now Emporia, Greensville Co, VA. 2nd cousins.
  Children	1. Annie Sallie BAILEY,   b. 25 Jun 1838, Greensville Co, VA d. 18 Feb 1931, Raleigh, Wake Co, NC (Age 92 years)   2. Robert R. BAILEY,   b. 1841   d. Bef 19 Dec 1881 (Age < 40 years)   3. Joseph Edward BAILEY,   b. c. 1843, Greensville Co, VA d. Bef 19 Dec 1881 (Age < 38 years)   4. Mary E. BAILEY,   b. 31 Jan 1846, Greensville Co, VA d. 17 Mar 1909, Portsmouth, VA (Age 63 years)   5. Lucy Cooper BAILEY,   b. 1851   6. George Howell BAILEY,   b. 12 Nov 1853, Greensville Co, VA d. 05 Mar 1911, Emporia, Greensville Co, VA (Age 57 years)   7. William E. BAILEY,   b. 27 Apr 1856   d. Feb 1905 (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F1056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  GO TO OBIT FOR MORE INFO. HE was a Trustee at Chowan Female Institute, Murfreesboro, NC. Hattie Herbert, Rosa Jane Bailey attended.

  
  

• Sources

  [S380] "Bailey family Bible record, 1779 - 1866", Accession no. 22248.. [S4112] Rev. Josiah Clanton Bailey obituary, The Religious Herald, (Richmond, VA) 12 January 1882. [S381] John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr, compilers, Vogt & Kethley, Greensville County Marriages 1781 - 1853, ((Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co, 1989)), ISBN 0-935931-48-1. p. 10. [S440] George Braxton Taylor, Taylor, Virginia Baptist Ministers (Third Series), ((Lynchburg, VA: J. P. Bell, 1912)). [S4020] P.F. Tuck, compiler, Tuck, "Bailey family genealogical notes"., Accession no. 25584.. [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)), ISBN 0-935931-48-1.