and her son

Walter Rufus Sitlington (1914-1995)

Sarah (Sallie) Bailey was two years of age when her parents, Rufus and Elizabeth Bailey,    moved to their new home in Oklahoma Territory. She received her early education at Scott School, attended Sunday school and church with her family and played the organ for Sunday school. Sallie attended Central State Normal School at Edmond, for one full year and summers thereafter. She taught her first year at the Carpenter School in Oklahoma County in 1910-11 and returned the next fall to teach the next year. She also taught two years at the Diamond School in Canadian County in 1911. She was married on August 4 1912 to Thomas O. Sitlington.

The Sitlington farm was located on 150th Street between Meridian and MacArthur Avenues (now Oklahoma City). She enjoyed working with crops, managed the farm well, and accumulated great land holdings and large herds of cattle. Sallie maintained her interest in cattle marketing throughout her lifetime and gave no thought to retiring. She found great pleasure in her accomplishments, and at the age of 83 years remarked to her family: "I have had a good life".

OBITUARY: 11/13/1974

SITLINGTON, Mrs. Sarah Bailey, 82, of Route 2, Edmond; 11 a/m. Wednesday in Baggerly Funeral Home with private burial services pending at Olive Hill Cemetery, west of Edmond.

Walter R. Sitlington lived a quiet, hard-working life as a dairy farmer and rancher in Oklahoma City. He never attended Oklahoma State University, but he bequeathed his estate to OSU for research in agriculture and veterinary medicine, with a special emphasis on preventing diseases that affect farm animals. The gift is the largest estate bequest in OSU history. "His concern was not for himself, but for future generations. His precious gift will have a tremendous impact on our faculty and students, and on farmers and ranchers across the state," OSU President James Halligan said. Halligan described Walter as "a truly great Oklahoman who went beyond success to significance ." A descendant of Oklahoma pioneers, Walter was interested in research to solve food production problems and to create markets for state farmers and ranchers. His gift to OSU will be used for endowed faculty positions, student scholarships and equipment. A previous gift of Walter's helped create a veterinary medicine endowment to support an OSU professor's research of stress-related diseases in cattle, and another previous endowment was for food processing technology. Walter wanted people in agriculture to do better economically .

OBITUARY: 08/04/1995

SITLINGTON Walter R., age 81, died August 1st, 1995. Walt was the grandson of two Oklahoma pioneer families, Rufus Miner and Elizabeth McKeage Bailey and Walter L. and Charlotte Belt Sitlington. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas O. and Sarah Bailey Sitlington. Walt was born March 21, 1914 in rural Edmond and spent his live in farming, ranching and dairy farming in Oklahoma, Logan, and Grady Counties and in Kansas. He will be missed by his many cousins and their families as well as a wide variety of friends. He will also be remembered by several charitable and educational organizations to whom he made generous contributions. Memorial services will be Friday, August 4 at 2:00 p.m. at Demuth Funeral home 1145 West Britton Road. Interment services will be private at Olive Hill Cemetery.

Notes for Thomas O. Sitlington:

OBITUARY: 06/30/1973

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THOMAS O. SITLINGTON

EDMOND-- Thomas O. Sitlington, 86, died Friday at a city nursing home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Norman IOOF Cemetery directed by Yanda Funeral Home, Yukon.

Sitlington, who was born in Independence, MO., came to Edmond as a boy. He was a farmer and a member of the IOOF and the Woodman Lodge. Sitlington was a Baptist.

Survivors include his wife, Sarah; a son Walter, of the home; a brother, John, Bentonville, Ark., and two sisters, Ida Sitlington and Mary Sitlington, both of Norman.

More About Thomas O. Sitlington:

Burial: IOOF Norman Cemetery, Cleveland Co, OK

Obituary: Jun 30, 1973, Daily Oklahoman

 

Notes for Sarah Helen Bailey:

 

OBITUARY: 11/13/1974

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SITLINGTON, Mrs. Sarah Bailey, 82, of Route 2, Edmond; 11 a/m. Wednesday in Baggerly Funeral Home with private burial services pending at Olive Hill Cemetery, west of Edmond.

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Sarah (Sallie) Bailey was two years of age when the family moved to their new home in Oklahoma Territory. She received her early education at Scott School, attended Sunday school and church with her family and played the organ for Sunday school. She was an attractive young lady and was considered the prettiest of the Bailey sisters. She was neat in her personal appearance and popular in the community.

Sallie attended Norman School at Edmond, for one full year and summers thereafter. She taught her first year at the Carpenter School in Oklahoma County in 1910-11 and returned the next fall to teach the next year. She also taught two years at the Diamond School in Canadian County in 1911. She was married on August 4 1912 to Thomas O. Sitlington.

The Sitlington farm was located on 150th Street between Meridian and MacArthur Avenues (now Oklahoma City). She enjoyed working with crops, managed the farm well, and accumulated great land holdings and large herds of cattle. She attended farm and livestock sales far and near, and had great success in buying and selling cattle. She studied the markets and seemed to have a gift in profiting from cattle sales. Sallie maintained her interest in cattle marketing throughout her lifetime and gave no thought to retiring. She found great pleasure in her accomplishments, and at the age of 83 years remarked to her family: "I have had a good life".

 

1 i. Walter Rufus Sitlington, born Mar 21, 1914 in Edmond, OK; died Aug 01, 1995 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK; married Lucille Green Oct 28, 1940 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK.

 

More About Walter Lowery Sitlington:

Burial: IOOF Norman Cemetery, Cleveland Co, OK

SpringCreek Section: 10.2 NE 10-13-4

 

More About Charlotte Elizabeth Belt:

Burial: IOOF Norman Cemetery, Cleveland Co, OK

i. Ida M. Sitlington^14,14, born Sep 22, 1880 in MO; died Jul 15, 1974 in Norman, Cleveland Co, OK.

More About Ida M. Sitlington:

Burial: IOOF Norman Cemetery, Cleveland Co, OK

ii. Bessie B. Sitlington¹⁴, born Dec 13, 1882 in MO; died Jan 15, 1969 in Norman, Cleveland Co, OK.

More About Bessie B. Sitlington:

Burial: IOOF Norman Cemetery, Cleveland Co, OK

iii. Wanda Sitlington¹⁴, born Dec 25, 1884 in MO; died Jul 1972 in Norman, Cleveland Co, OK.

More About Wanda Sitlington:

Burial: IOOF Norman Cemetery, Cleveland Co, OK

2 iv. Thomas O. Sitlington, born Feb 18, 1887 in Alville, MO; died Jun 29, 1973 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK; married Sarah Helen Bailey Aug 04, 1912 in Edmond, OK.

v. Mary Florence Sitlington¹⁴, born May 20, 1891 in OK; died Jan 16, 1986 in Norman, Cleveland Co, OK.

Notes for Mary Florence Sitlington:

OBITUARY: 01/17/1986

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SITLINGTON, Mary Florence, 94, Oklahoma City, died Thursday. Services pending (Primrose, Norman).

More About Mary Florence Sitlington:

Burial: IOOF Norman Cemetery, Cleveland Co, OK

Obituary: Jan 17, 1986, Daily Oklahoman

vi. John D. Sitlington¹⁴, born Dec 03, 1893 in OK; died Dec 1985 in Waldron, Scott, AR.

 

Notes for Rufus Miner Bailey:

OBITUARY: 12/20/1925

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Mr. R. M. Baley

R. M. Baley, 73 years old, died at his home in Britton, Okla., Saturday evening. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Watts and McAtee funeral home. Mr. Baley is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Olive Meeker, Mrs. Sara Sitlington of Edmond; Mrs. Berta Lay, Norman; and five sons, J. M. Baley, Britton; W. H. Baley, Buenos Aires, Argentine; R. M. Baley, Calumet; H. L. Baley, Bethany and Fred Baley, Yukon.

 

OBITUARY: 12/21/1925

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R. M. Bailey

R. M. Bailey, 73 years old, Britton, died at the family home Saturday night. Funeral services will be conducted from Carson schoolhouse Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, it was announced at Watts and McAtee's Funeral home. Burial will be in Olive Hill cemetery.

More About Rufus Miner Bailey:

Burial: Dec 21, 1925, Olive Hill Cemetery [44], Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK

Obituary: Dec 20, 1925, Daily Oklahoman

SpringCreek Section: 19.3 SW 19-13-4

 

Notes for Elizabeth Wiser McKeage:

 

OBITUARY: 01/03/1944

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Pioneer State Woman Dies; Rites Tuesday

Memorial services for Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bailey, pioneer resident of Britton who died late Saturday at her home there, will be held at 10:30 a. m. Monday in the home. Mrs. Bailey, 87, came to Britton in 1894 with her husband. R. M. Bailey who died in 1925. They settled on a farm eight miles west of Britton and lived there until 1923 when they moved into town.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Sarah H. Sitlington, Edmond, and Mrs. Berta B. Lay, Britton; four sons, J. M. Bailey, Britton; Ralph and Fred Bailey, both of Yukon, and Harry Bailey of Bethany; 18 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Scott school house northwest of Britton, with burial in Olive Hill cemetery under the direction of Watts funeral home.

i. James Miner Bailey^{25,26,27,28,29}, born Nov 14, 1879 in Hoyt, KS; died Oct 21, 1953 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK.

Notes for James Miner Bailey:

OBITUARY: 10/22/1953

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Jim Bailey, 74, Pioneer Dies

James Miner Bailey, 74, pioneer state resident, died late Wednesday in St. Anthony hospital following an illness of two years. He had recently suffered a hip injury and had been hospitalized for about two weeks.

Born in Hoyt, Kan., Bailey came to Oklahoma territory as a boy in 1894. He homesteaded with his parents 13 miles northwest of Oklahoma City.

He first was associated with the J. I. Case Co. here as a salesman and demonstrator of threshing machines. In 1902, the company sent him to South America as their representative in Argentina. He returned to Oklahoma in 1915 and engaged in a number of business ventures here. In 1922, he moved to Britton. He served as a member of the Britton City council for several terms.

Two years ago he took up his residence with his sister, Mrs. Berta B. Lay, northwest of the city.

In addition to Mrs. Lay, he is survived by another sister, Mrs. Sara Sitlington, Dexter, Kan., and two brothers, Ralph Bailey, Albuquerque, N.M. and Fred Bailey, Yukon.

Services are pending at the Watts funeral home.

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OBITUARY: 10/23/1953

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Britton Man's Services Today

Services will be at 4 p.m. Friday in the Britton Methodist church for James Miner Bailey, 74, former councilman who died late Wednesday in St. Anthony hospital following an illness of two years. The body will be taken to Tulsa for cremation.

Bailey was born in Hoyt, Kan., and came to Oklahoma territory in 1894, settling with his parents on a homestead 13 miles northwest of Oklahoma City.

He later served as a salesman and demonstrator of threshing machines for the J. I. Case Co. of Oklahoma City. The company in 1902 sent him to South America where he spent the next 13 years. Following his return, he engaged in a number of business ventures.

In 1922 he moved to Britton and served as a member of the city council there for several terms. Two years ago he made his home with his sister, Mrs. Berta B. Lay NW of city.

Also surviving are another sister, Mrs. Sarah Sitlington, Dexter, Kan., and two brothers, Ralph Bailey, Albuquerque, N.M.; and Fred Bailey, Yukon.

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James Miner (Jim) Bailey was the eldest of nine children and was fourteen years old when the family moved from Kansas to Oklahoma Territory in 1894. He received his education in the public schools of Hoyt, Kansas and Oklahoma Territory. He developed a natural interest in machinery and completed a correspondence course in Mechanical Engineering.

He was first associated with the J. I. Case Company of Racine, Wisconsin, maker of farm machinery and was their sales representative and demonstrator of threshing machines in the Oklahoma City area. In 1902 the company sent him to South America as their representative in Argentina. He also spent one year in Russia demonstrating threshing machines.

During those years different kinds of machinery had to be modified to meet the agricultural needs of the country, so he had many inventions to his credit. One of his inventions was new and useful improvement in Internal Combustion Engines for which he received a patent in 1914.

He severed his relations with the J. I. Case Company and returned to the United States in 1915. There he engaged in a number of business ventures. He owned a steam engine and threshing equipment and spent several summers threshing grain for farmers. He owned and operated a cotton gin at Bethany, Oklahoma for many years. He was co-developer of Silver Lake, Oklahoma City and did all the engineering work on the project. He moved to Britton in 1922 and served on the Britton City Council for several terms.

Jim never married and after his father passed away his mother depended on him to take care of her business. He became the "head of the clan" and the young members of the family often sought his counsel. Many friends depended upon him.

While Jim did not have as much formal education as some members of the family, he read widely, was a student of world affairs, spoke several languages, and was an interesting conversationalist (but did not speak without definite knowledge of his subject).

His character and integrity were above reproach. He was strong, honest, courageous, plain spoken, convincing, gentle, and generous.

More About James Miner Bailey:

Burial: Oct 26, 1953, Olive Hill Cemetery [44], Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK

Obituary: Oct 22, 1953, Oklahoma City Times

ii. William Henry Bailey^30,31,32,33, born Mar 07, 1882 in Hoyt, KS; died May 08, 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Notes for William Henry Bailey:

OBITUARY: 04/28/1940

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WILLIAM H. BAILEY

Memorial services for William H. Bailey, 58-year-old employe of the J. I. Case Co., who died May 8 at Buenos Aires, will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the First Methodist church, Britton.

Bailey's body was cremated and his ashes will be buried in the family cemetery northwest of Britton. He was the son of Mrs. I. M. Bailey, Britton. The family has requested no flowers be sent.

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William Henry (Billy) Bailey was twelve when the family moved to Oklahoma Territory. He received his education in the public schools of Hoyt, Kansas and Oklahoma Territory. He became a mechanical engineer. He was twenty-four when he joined a Mr. Narbor in shipping a threshing machine to Iowa, where they threshed grain for the farmers there. When the season was finished they went on to North Dakota and Minnesota.

In 1908, he was employed by the J. I. Case Company of Racine, Wisconsin and sailed October 8th from New York to represent the company in South America. He spent thirty-two years demonstrating, selling, and adapting their machinery in the agricultural areas of Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru. In 1909, he spent one year in Russia teaching the use of farm machinery.

Billy had many inventions to his credit. He planned to retire and return home in 1940 and was acquainting associates with a new vineyard plow he had invented for use in Peru, when he was stricken with a fatal illness.

Billy's years of travel, work, and reading became his education. He spoke many foreign languages. On his trips home, he and his brother Jim would alternate between Spanish and English in the same conversation. Billy was kind, gentle, and thoughtful of everyone, especially his mother. He had a treat sense of humor and was always playing jokes on the younger members of the family.

Billy never married. He said he thought the primitive countries of South America were not suited to an American wife.

More About William Henry Bailey:

Burial: May 29, 1940, Olive Hill Cemetery [44], Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK

Obituary: Apr 28, 1940, Daily Oklahoman

iii. Ralph M. Bailey^34,35,36,37, born Aug 07, 1884 in Hoyt, KS; died Jul 19, 1965 in El Paso, TX; married Maud M. Benge Jan 11, 1911 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK; born Jan 11, 1891 in Oklahoma Co, OT; died Sep 27, 1988 in El Paso, TX.

Notes for Ralph M. Bailey:

OBITUARY: 07/22/1965

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RITES CONDUCTED AT EL PASO FOR FORMER RESIDENT

Funeral services for Ralph M. Bailey, former Yukon area resident were conducted Wednesday, July 21, in Kaster-Maxon Funeral Home chapel at El Paso, Texas with Rev. J. R. Bunts, pastor of Ysleta Methodist church officiating. Burial was in the El Paso cemetery. Bailey died Monday, July 19, in El Paso.

He came with his family in 1894, where the settled on a farm in the Scott community near Yukon. He grew to manhood there.

In 1911 he married Maude Benge of a neighboring community. He spent his life as a farmer, thresher-man and stock raiser in Oklahoma. He retired in 1953 and moved to El Paso to be near his children.

He is survived by his wife of the home; one son, Wayne, Gallup, N.M., and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Ramsdale and Mrs. Ruby Andrews both of El Paso.

Also surviving are a brother Fred Bailey, Yukon; two sisters, Mrs. Berta Lay of Yukon and Mrs. Sarah Sitlington, Edmond; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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Ralph Miner (Buck) Bailey had not reached his tenth birthday when the family moved from Kansas to Oklahoma Territory (1894). He received his education in the public schools of Hoyt, KS and Oklahoma Territory. Like the other members of the family, he attended Sunday school and church at the Scott School. He was a handsome young man and very popular in the community.

Buck was the third son and was his father's helper on the farm. He enjoyed farming and after his marriage to Maud Benge, January 11 1911, made a career as a farmer, stock raiser and thresher man. He owned a steam engine and threshing equipment, which he operated during the summers before 1920.

After many years of farming in Oklahoma, he moved to the west Texas area to farm wheat. About 1939, he returned to Oklahoma County.

As a natural mechanic he was a help to his brother Jim in operating the cotton gin at Bethany, Oklahoma. He was also a good carpenter and helped build the barn on his brother Fred's place. He retired in 1953, sold his Oklahoma farm and retired to El Paso, Texas to be near his children.

Buck's character and integrity were above reproach. He was a wonderful husband and father, worked hard, was gentle, kind, generous, and helpful to his parents, children, and neighbors. He was held in high esteem in each community where he made a home.

He was greatly admired by the younger generation and was considered a "family favorite" by many.

 

More About Ralph M. Bailey:

Burial: Jul 21, 1965, Restlawn, El Paso, TX

Obituary: Jul 22, 1965, Daily Oklahoman

 

More About Maud M. Benge:

Burial: Restlawn, El Paso, TX

Obituary: El Paso, TX

iv. Olive Eleanor Bailey^38,39,40,41, born Jan 22, 1887 in Hoyt, KS; died Sep 20, 1935 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK; married Grover Cleveland Meeker Dec 20, 1910 in Britton, OK; born Dec 23, 1886 in Marysville, Indian Territory, OK; died Jul 08, 1958 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK.

Notes for Olive Eleanor Bailey:

OBITUARY: 09/21/1935

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MEEKER RITES TO BE SUNDAY

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Pioneer Britton Woman Is Claimed by Death

Services for Mrs. Grover Meeker, 48 years old, Britton, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Britton Methodist church. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery under direction of the Britton funeral home.

Mrs. Meeker, wife of a pioneer Britton livestock and oil lease dealer, died Friday morning in a city hospital of complications following an appendicitis operation a week ago.

Active in church and women's club work, Mrs. Meeker was president of The Britton home Demonstration club and was a member of the Eastern Star. She had been a resident of Oklahoma county nearly 40 years.

Last month, the second oil well in the new Britton field was drilled in on Meeker's property near Britton.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Meeker is survived by three daughters, Geneva, Olive and Dorothy Meeker; two sons, Thomas and James Meeker; two sisters, Mrs. Berta Lay, Britton, and Mrs. Sarah Sitlington, Edmond, and five brothers, Jim Bailey, Britton; William Bailey, South America; Ralph Bailey, Hereford, Texas; Fred Bailey, Yukon, and Harry Bailey, Bethany.

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Olive Eleanor (Nellie) Bailey came to Oklahoma Territory with her family at the age of seven. She was one of those unusual characters born to be agreeable, dutiful and patient. As a child, she was loving and obedient. As a youth, she was a daughter devoted to her parents and forgetful of self in service to her siblings. She was faithful to every trust placed on her by her parents. She was very popular in the community.

After graduating from the Scott School, she enrolled at the Normal School at Edmond, Oklahoma. She earned her teaching certificate after one year and taught her first year at the Lynch School in Oklahoma County (1910-11). She married Grover Meeker during that year and retired to homemaking.

The first sixteen years of her married life was spent on a farm in the Cleveland School community (Oklahoma County). Then the family resided on the Meeker farm at the northwest corner of Britton, Oklahoma. She was a devoted wife and mother and active in the community.

Nellie was a member of the Britton Chapter of the Eastern Star, member of the Rainbow Advisory Board, president of the Home Demonstration Club, member of the Britton Study Club, member of the Oklahoma City Hospitality Club, and member of both Junior-Senior and Elementary P.T.A. In each of these organizations she was known as a worker and leader of the first rank.

Her untimely passing at the age of 48 years brought great sorrow to the entire family. Years later, one of her brother's remarked " Nellie was most nearly perfect person I ever knew."

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More About Olive Eleanor Bailey:

Burial: Memorial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK

Obituary: Sep 21, 1935, Daily Oklahoman

More About Grover Cleveland Meeker:

Burial: Memorial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK

v. Harry Lee Bailey^{42,43,44,45,46}, born Sep 26, 1889 in Hoyt, KS; died Apr 13, 1945 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK; married Henrietta N. Brown Jul 26, 1911 in Yukon, Canadian Co, OK; born Apr 02, 1885 in Henderson Grove, Knox Co, IL; died Aug 22, 1941 in Bethany, Oklahoma Co, OK.

Notes for Harry Lee Bailey:

OBITUARY: 04/15/1945

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HARRY L. BAILEY

Services for Harry L. Bailey, 55, retired farmer and educator who died late Friday at his home in Bethany, will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Nazarene church in Bethany, under direction of the Merritt funeral home.

Bailey was former superintendent of schools in Bethany. He moved there from Topeka, Kan., in 1894.

He is survived by his wife, Anna; a son, Russell, 1118 N. Olie; a daughter, Harriet, Denver; three brothers, Ralph and Fred, both of Yukon and J. M., Britton; and two sisters, Mrs. Sara Sitlington, Edmond; and Mrs. Berta Lay, Britton. Burial will be in the Bethany cemetery.

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Harry Lee (Ned) Bailey was four when the family moved to Oklahoma Territory. He grew up in the Scott community, attended Sunday school and received his early education at the Scott School. He decided in early years that teaching was is avocation.

He enrolled at Central State Normal School, Edmond, Oklahoma and attended one year. He obtained a teacher's certificate and taught school the following year. He returned to Edmond each summer until his graduation from Normal School.

He taught in the schools of Oklahoma and Canadian Counties for many years. After his marriage to Henrietta Brown July 26, 1911, he combined teaching and farming for a few years. He moved his family to Bethany, Oklahoma in 1923. He obtained his BA from Bethany Nazarene College and his MA from Oklahoma City University. He taught in the Bethany Public Schools for nine years (six as the Superintendent of the school).

Because of failing health he moved to a farm at Calumet, Oklahoma. Two years later he returned to Oklahoma County. In later years he returned to Bethany. He was an active member of the First Nazarene Church in Bethany.

Ned had majored in history at college and took great pleasure in traveling about Oklahoma researching Indian lore and Oklahoma history.

More About Harry Lee Bailey:

Burial: Bethany Cemetery, Oklahoma Co, OK

Obituary: Apr 15, 1945, Daily Oklahoman

 

More About Henrietta N. Brown:

Burial: Bethany Cemetery, Oklahoma Co, OK

3 vi. Sarah Helen Bailey, born Jan 24, 1892 in Hoyt, KS; died Nov 11, 1974 in Edmond, OK; married Thomas O. Sitlington Aug 04, 1912 in Edmond, OK.

vii. Alberta Blanche Bailey^47,48,49,50, born Jan 09, 1895 in Spring Creek Twp, Oklahoma Co, OT; died Apr 03, 1981 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK; married Lawrence Lay Apr 03, 1918 in Okemah, OK; born Jun 18, 1880 in Yellville, AR; died Sep 17, 1943 in Britton, OK.

Notes for Alberta Blanche Bailey:

OBITUARY: 04/06/1981

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LAY Berta, age 86, died April 3. She was a retired school teacher, member of Britton United Methodist Church, Springcreek Home Demonstration Club. Services will be Monday, 11 a.m., Sherman Desmuth Memorial Chapel. She is survived by sons Bob of Choctaw, 3 daughters, Frances Morris of OKC, Ruth Stabler of Florida & Kathryn Hollingsworth of Dallas, 15 grandchildren & 23 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her daughter Margaret Young of OKC. Donations may be made to Neighbor For Neighbor Assoc.

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It was in the fall of 1911 that Berta Bailey started to Normal School at Edmond. She taught her first school at the Lynch School in Oklahoma County 1912-13, then returned to Edmond for another year of school. After that it was teaching and attending summer school until her graduation in 1918, which was also the year of her marriage to Lawrence Lay (also a teacher). After the birth of her first child she returned to teaching. She continued her education and got her BA from Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma in 1925. She enjoyed teaching and was dedicated to her students. In Comanche, Oklahoma a shortage of funds caused the school to close before the end of the year. Berta and Lawrence Lay taught the full term without pay to allow the seniors to graduate.

In September 1928, Berta the family moved to Britton, Oklahoma to be near her mother. During the depression years, her hard work and good management kept the hard-times at a minimum. In 1939, Berta took the civil service examination and then worked for the State Employment Service until she retired in 1947.

She was widowed in 1943. In 1946 she took the first vacation of her life (to New York and Canada). In 1949, Berta decided to return to farming. She had a house built on the farm in Yukon (formerly Miller), and began farming at the age of 51. She did all the chores herself and loved the farm and prized her cattle. She lived on the farm until 1970 when her health forced her to move into Oklahoma City.

Berta was a devoted daughter, wife, and mother. She cared for her mother and brother Jim during the last years of their lives. She also cared for old friends in their final years.

Her determination and hard work produced great accomplishments. She was a remarkable lady.

 

More About Alberta Blanche Bailey:

Burial: Apr 08, 1981, Olive Hill Cemetery [45], Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK

Obituary: Apr 06, 1981, Daily Oklahoman

 

Notes for Lawrence Lay:

OBITUARY: 09/18/1943

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Lawrence Lay Rites Pending

Lawrence Lay, 63, a veteran Oklahoma school teacher, died unexpectedly Friday afternoon of a heart attack, while en route from his home in Britton to an Oklahoma City hospital.

Lay, a native of Arkansas, moved to Oklahoma in 1902 and had lived in Britton 14 years. A veteran of 35 years as an instructor, he had taught in many different sections of the state, and had been employed this year as grad principal in Blanchard. He was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and for a number of years had been interested in progressive religious work.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Berta B. Lay, of the home address; one son, S/Sgt. Bob M., who is in the army overseas; and four daughters, Mrs. Margaret Young, 1738 NE 19; Miss Ruth Lay, St. Louis, Mo., and Misses Kathryne and Francis Lay, both of the home address.

He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Maud Elton, Atlanta, Ga.; and three brothers, Floyd, McAlester; Eldred, Harrison, Ark., and William, Yelleville, Ark.

Services will be announced by the Britton Funeral Home.

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OBITUARY: 09/19/1943

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LAY--Lawrence. Funeral services Monday 2 p.m. at Methodist church in Britton, Okla. Britton Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

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Lawrence Lay was the fifth of the eight children of Dr. Shelby Lay and Margaret Younger Lay. He received his license to teach school at 18 and from that time on he was teacher, student, lecturer and preacher. He received his BA from the University of Oklahoma in 1918 and a Master of Theology degree from Phillips University (Enid, OK) in 1923. At 21 Lawrence married Mylissa Sasser; they divorced in 1918. Then he married Berta Bailey. They had 5 children.

More About Lawrence Lay:

Burial: Sep 20, 1943, Olive Hill Cemetery [45], Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK

Obituary: Sep 18, 1943, Daily Oklahoman

viii. Frederick Peter Bailey^51,52,53,54, born Aug 06, 1898 in Spring Creek Twp, Oklahoma Co, OT; died Oct 06, 1977 in Yukon, Canadian Co, OK; married (1) Inez Johnson McCallon Jan 01, 1923 in Britton, OK; born Jul 29, 1902 in Greenville, TX; died Aug 02, 1946 in Yukon, Canadian Co, OK; married (2) Lola Louise Nicholson Oct 27, 1948 in Coyle, OK; born Apr 27, 1901 in Douglas, OT; died Nov 08, 1995 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK.

Notes for Frederick Peter Bailey:

OBITUARY: 10/07/1977

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Fred Bailey Rites Monday

YUKON--Services for Fred Bailey, 79, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Bill Merritt Funeral Service with burial in Yukon Cemetery. Bailey died Thursday at his home.

Bailey lived in Oklahoma county all his life and was a retired farmer.

He was president of his local and the Oklahoma County Farmers Union for 16 years and he was a member of the Oklahoma Threshers Association.

During World War II he was a member of the three member ration board for Oklahoma County.

He was a member of the Highland Hills Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Lola; a son, Ross, London, England; a daughter, Mrs. Don Fuhrman, Oklahoma City; a sister, Mrs. Berta B. Lay, Oklahoma City; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Memorials may be made to the donor's favorite charity.

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Fred Bailey, the youngest of the five brothers, also had a flair for machinery. After finishing rural school at Scott, he went to Kansas City, Missouri, to take a mechanic course at an automotive school. Then he came home and found employment at a garage in Oklahoma City. He did not like "city living" and after a few weeks, returned to the farm to help his father. He was married January 1, 19233 to Inez Johnson McCallon and started farming for himself. He too owned steam-powered threshing equipment which he operated during the threshing seasons of the 1920's when the combine came into existence.

Fred was involved in public and community service throughout his lifetime. He served as president and/or secretary of his local Farmer's Union and during World War II was one of the three member Ration Board for Oklahoma County. He was a charter member of the Oklahoma Steam Threshing Association and participated in the Threshing Bee held at Waukomis, Oklahoma every summer for many years.

Fred inherited the family homestead from his mother and passed it on to his two children. He was born on the homestead and a few years after his marriage he purchased the farm joining it on the east. He spent his 79 years on the same half-section of land in Oklahoma County. He retired from farming in 1964 but lived on the farm his entire life.

Fred was an active church member. As a child, the family attended Sunday school and church at the Scott schoolhouse where he was converted and united with the Methodist Church at Yukon. He later was a member of the Putnam City Methodist Church and served there as chairman of the church board. In 1951, he united with a Baptist church and was active in the Highland Hills Baptist Church as long as his health permitted.

Fred worked hard and, like his brothers, possessed those qualities of character and integrity that were the legacy of a wonderful mother and father.

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Burial: Oct 10, 1977, Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian Co, OK

 

Notes for Inez Johnson McCallon:

OBITUARY: 08/04/1946

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MRS. INEZ BAILEY

Services will be at 3:30 P.M. Sunday in Putnam City Methodist Church for Mrs. Inez Bailey, 44, Route 3, Yukon who died at her home Friday after a 10-weeks illness. Mrs. Bailey, wife of Fred Bailey, was a pioneer resident of Canadian county coming here with her parents from Greenville, Texas in 1908.

Survivors are her husband, a daughter, and a son, Ross, all of the home; her mother, Mrs. R. M. McCallon, Bethany; two sisters, Mrs. Opal Burkhead, Piedmont, and Mrs. Trellis Purvis, Chicago; and two brothers, Wade, of Yukon, and R. M. McCallon, Wichita.

Burial will be in the Yukon Cemetery.

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Burial: Aug 04, 1946, Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian Co, OK

Obituary: Aug 04, 1946, Daily Oklahoman

ix. Sylvia Hazel Bailey^55,56,57, born Jan 21, 1900 in Spring Creek Twp, Oklahoma Co, OT; died Oct 15, 1912 in Yukon, Canadian Co, OK.

 

i. Sarah I. Sitlington, born 1844 in VA.

ii. John W. Sitlington, born 1846 in VA.

iii. Robert S. Sitlington⁵⁸, born 1848 in VA.

iv. Elizabeth B. Sitlington, born 1850 in VA.

4 v. Walter Lowery Sitlington, born May 05, 1854 in Crab-Bottom, VA; died 1922 in OK; married Charlotte Elizabeth Belt Dec 24, 1879 in Napoleon, Lafayette, OK.

vi. Thomas O. Sitlington⁵⁸, born 1858.

 

Notes for James Miner Bailey:

The family immigrated to the territory of Ohio, Hardin County, near Kenton. We do not know the exact date but it was between 1845 and 1855. After the Civil War ended many families were immigrating to the new territory of Kansas.

About 1867, the Bailey family again made a long journey and settled on a farm in Jackson county, near Hoyt, Kansas, where they lived until after the death of James Miner Bailey.

Only 4 of the 8 children of James and Olive Hand lived to maturity.

More About James Miner Bailey:

Burial: Stewart Cemetery, Hoyt, KS

 

More About Olive Hand:

1889 Homestead: William F. Jenks

Burial: Olive Hill Cemetery [44], Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK

SpringCreek Section: 29.2 NE 29-13-4

 

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i. Laura Elnet Bailey⁶³, born Feb 02, 1835 in Potten, Quebec; died Apr 02, 1836 in Potten, Quebec.

ii. Helen Esther Bailey^63,64, born Jun 06, 1836 in Potten, Quebec; died Dec 16, 1913 in Woodville, Marshall Co, OK; married Joseph Pine Carson Nov 15, 1854 in Kenton, OH; born Jan 09, 1836 in Leesburg, Highland Co, OH; died Jan 12, 1915 in Woodville, Marshall Co, OK.

More About Helen Esther Bailey:

Burial: Hainline Cemetery, Woodville, OK

 

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Burial: Hainline Cemetery, Woodville, OK

iii. Frederick Miner Bailey⁶⁵, born Sep 16, 1839 in Potten, Quebec; died May 13, 1841 in Potten, Quebec.

iv. Flora Bailey⁶⁵, born Feb 16, 1844 in Providence Hill, Quebec; died Feb 1844 in Providence Hill, Quebec.

v. Frederik Preston Bailey^65,66, born Feb 16, 1844 in Providence Hill, Quebec; died Jan 01, 1930 in Delta, CO; married Clara Elizabeth Hite Jul 19, 1866 in Patterson, OH; born Oct 02, 1847 in Patterson, OH.

vi. Martha Bailey⁶⁷, born Mar 06, 1847 in Kenton, OH; died Mar 06, 1847 in Kenton, OH.

vii. John Leveret Bailey⁶⁷, born May 03, 1848 in Kenton, OH; died Jul 01, 1879 in Hoyt, KS.

More About John Leveret Bailey:

Burial: Stewart Cemetery, Hoyt, KS

6 viii. Rufus Miner Bailey, born Jan 03, 1852 in Kenton, OH; died Dec 19, 1925 in Britton, Oklahoma Co, OK; married Elizabeth Wiser McKeage Feb 06, 1879 in Hoyt, KS.

 

8 i. Thomas Oliver Sitlington, born 1818 in Pendleton, VA; died 1883; married (1) Sarah J. Hunter Aug 25, 1840 in Augusta, VA; married (2) Margaret Ann Sterrett May 17, 1843 in Rockbridge Co, VA.

 

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