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1. JAMES BAILEY. Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. ‘ZACHEUS CHEENEY and JAMES BAILEY of the battalion were the first persons to make brick in San Francisco. They commenced the kiln in April, after which BROTHER CHEENEY went to the mines and BROTHER BAILEY burned the bricks – 50,000 in June, 1848. Some tiles had previously been burned and perhaps some bricks may have been imported as ballast, but none had ever been made there.’ (‘The Mormon Battalion’ in Historical Record, Vol. 8, page 937).
2. James S. Brown, "LIFE OF A PIONEER: BEING THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JAMES S. BROWN," (SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH: GEO. Q. CANNON & SONS CO., Printers, 1900), has the following references to James Bailey. I believe this is the same James Brown involved in the gold discovery at Sutter's Mill:
San Pedro/Los Angeles-2 Feb 1853: "I started out alone, and turned so sick and dizzy that I had to lie down in the street on my blankets. While there I was approached by Daniel Clark and James Bailey from San Bernardino. They asked if my name was Brown, and if I was a returning missionary. I told them yes. They said they had heard of me, and that I had the smallpox, so they had been searching the town for me, and happening to see me lie down in the street, they became satisfied they had found the object of their search. Each of them threw me ten dollars in gold, and went in search of a room or place where I could be cared for. Failing in finding that, they called on the mayor, who started the marshal out to hunt a place. When Clark and Bailey had done all they could—and they were as kind as they could be—they had the mail sacks delivered, but did not find the pay that was to be all right on delivery. Then they went home to San Bernardino, while I did the best I could to find shelter, but my face was so terribly swollen that every door was shut against me; and when the news spread that there was a man around the streets with the smallpox, I could have the sidewalk to myself wherever I went."
San Bernardino: "On the 11th, W. G. Sherwood, of San Bernardino, came in, saying that the Saints had raised some money for me, and had sent him to take care of me until I was able to come out to them. Brothers D. Clark and J. Bailey had told President Seeley of my condition. I felt indeed very thankful for the favors shown me."
3. Excerpt from Biography of Mary Ann Tucker By Norma Bailey Hadlock, February 1, 1990:
"James was one of the Battalion members who stayed in California to work. He made bricks for a short time in San Francisco, in fact he was one of the first two men to make bricks in San Francisco. After gold was discovered James went to the gold fields, and from a list of the Battalion members who mined gold, James deposited the second highest amount of gold dust with Brigham Young. James returned to the Valley late in 1848 with the remainder of the Battalion members. He stayed in the Valley through the winter of 1848-1849. James was expected to return to the gold fields in California in 1849 with other members of the Battalion after the April Conference, but he couldn’t have because the 1850 Census shows that he went back to Iowa, because he had returned to Utah in time to be in the Utah Census, and then we see he had apparently kept his commitment to return to California, because we find him in a Mormon Community on a list of tithepayers in Greenwood Valley (in or near the gold fields) listed as Baley (Bailey), James – MB."
4. From Craig R. Nichols: "I also found James Bailey mention in the DUP lesson for April 1955, Stories of the Mormon Battalion, compiled by Kate B. Carter. James Bailey is covered on pages 431-434 and the information is attributed to Ruby K. Smith. Samuel Smith, 10-year-old son of Samuel H. Smith and Mary Bailey, is in SLC by September 1848 and herding sheep. He is visited by his Uncle, James Baily, and given a pair of shoes to replace the rags which wrapped his feet. James also gave Samuel "...a beautiful robe which cost $16 in California and said if I would go with him, I should have a good horse and saddle, and the privilege of going to school." James was planning to return to California after April Conference. Joshua Bailey, brother of James, stopped in SLC in 1849 to see his nephew, Samuel Smith. Joshua was going to California to join James Bailey. The article concludes, "And with this visit, young Samuel's uncles passed out of his life forever. He was never able to learn what finally became of them." This article also mentions that James Bailey was the first brick maker in San Francisco."
5. Email dated 8 Dec 2020 from Tom Brown wrote:
"Here is a sourced chronology that I have complied on James Bailey in California and Utah, circa 1848-1857:
1848-49, 1850 – James Baily is listed in Davies’ Mormon Gold as depositing to the gold account and tithing in 1850
1851 Jan, about – James Bailey was on “A list of names destined for southern California†created by Bishop William Crosby early in 1851 (CHL MS 829, Amasa M. Lyman collection, 1832-1877, 21-22 / 38)
1851 Mar – James Bailey traveled with Lyman & Rich to San Bernardino in March 1851 (1850 Federal Census, enumerated March 1851 in Utah Co, UT Territory). He shared a wagon with John and Susan Fabun. John’s was a carpenter and James’ was a brickmaker.
1851 Apr 20 – James Bailey was on a list created at Parowan of those “who gave their names as being subject to the Council of Elders Lyman and Rich in relation to their settlements and operations in California…†(CHL MS 889, Charles C. Rich Collection, Papers 1832-1908, California Papers 1851-1856, 1-4 / 18; note added by CHL: ca. April 1851)
1852 – 1854 – James Bailey tithed in wheat and cash to the San Bernardino Branch on 16 Mar 1852, 18 Jun 1853, and 9 Jan 1854. $36.19 (CHL, San Bernardino Branch tithing record 1853 Oct – 1857 Mar; San Bernardino Branch tithing accounts 1851-1857; San Bernardino Branch tithing papers circa 1856-1857)
1857 Jan 28 – Jas. Bailey purchased property from Lyman, Rich, and Hanks in San Bernardino (San Bernardino County Assessor, Book A, Page 253)"
Tom also added this:
"Given the fact that Lyman and Rich were called away from the colony and departed in April 1857, and given that the San Bernardino saints did not receive word of the recall until late fall, James Bailey made a purchase in January long before it was known that Brigham Young was calling the Saints to Utah. I see on our spreadsheet that we believe that Bailey departed the colony in 1857 (but I don't see a source).
We have not found James Bailey on any federal census in 1860, 1870, or 1880. Nor any other post-1857 source.
I forgot to mention previously that he was on the 1852 California state census in Los Angeles County (which included San Bernardino at the time). His neighbors included Robert Baldwin a mason from England and Thomas Bingham a farmer. James' place of birth is listed as "Michn" (not sure not MA was not listed). https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1767/images/32300_224253-00257?pId=150231.
Tom's research partner Kristine Forbes added this comment:
"Kerry, when James Bailey bought property in San Bernardino January 1857, although rumors of their possible departure were going around, Lyman and Rich had not yet revealed to anyone that Brigham Young wanted them to return to Utah. Lyman and Rich were delaying their departure because they wanted to get their large outstanding personal loan repaid before they departed, and announcing their departure would prevent people from purchasing property (which would mean they could not pay the loan off). They had not yet released the deeds to the property people had paid for, because the creditors would not release them until the loan payments were made. The church historian recorded that people were quite agitated about the delay in their deeds, and the rumors were making it worse. On Feb 8, 1857 we have these three accounts:
Richard Hopkins: "the mail arrived with news that Lyman & Rich were to leave in a few weeks for a mission to Europe."
missionary Hammond: “I attended meeting today and heard Bro. Lyman preach upon the necessity of the saints having wisdom enough to know for selves as to the truth of reports, such as the report from the valley that all the saints in California are called home and yet two apostles in their midst and they never hear a word of it."
Caroline Crosby: "brother Lyman preached concerning a false report in circulation relating to church being called back from San Bernardino to Utah."
Lyman didn't announce their own departure until the April conference. On April 7, 1857 the SB Branch journal says that "Chapman, Sparks and others went to El Monte and L.A. to raise a "mob" to prevent L&R from leaving SB [without paying their debts]." On the 11th "Sparks, Van Leuven and 10 others come armed with pistols and swords to ask L&R to repay debt. L&R agreed to give them a bond."
Lyman and Rich gave Sparks a bond on April 13th, and the Apostles departed on April 18th, but even then did not mention the colony being closed.
On May 3rd, Caroline Crosby recorded that the new branch president William Cox said that "the Saints should consider SB their abiding home. They should build houses and make improvements."
Brigham Young did not notify the colonists that they needed to return to Utah until Oct 11. President Cox received this letter on Oct 30th. The recall began after that. That is when property values dropped precipitously. Those who purchased property earlier that year, as did James Bailey, could not have been happy with that.
MARRIAGE:
1. From the dairy of Amasa M. Lyman at San Bernardino, California; "December 18, 1853; Sunday …I married Mr. James Baily and Miss Imogene Winers…"[Emma Gene Winner, daughter of George King Winner was 16 years old.] A James Baily (Bailey) was making adobe bricks for Amasa M. Lyman in San Bernardino, California June 1854 (Amasa M. Lyman Diary for June 5, 1854.)
2. Another version of the Lyman diary is from https://www.familysearch.org/service/records/storage/das-mem/patron/v2/TH-904-77227-1080-15/dist.txt?ctx=ArtCtxPublic accessed 8 Dec 2020:
"July 19, 1853: Today I purchased adobes for the store, and engaged Brother James Bailey to make adobes for the Domingues house."
"December 18, 1853: In the evening I married Brother James Bailey and Miss Emogene Wimmer."
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