James Lawrence Bailey
b. 1 April 1843, d. 28 April 1913
- Father: Edward Burke Bailey b. circa 7 May 1793, d. circa 15 October 1870
- Mother: Mary Corrie b. 1803, d. 20 February 1862
- James Lawrence Bailey was born on 1 April 1843 in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Virginia (later West Virginia).
- Edward Burke Bailey and Mary Corrie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Greenbrier County, Virginia (later West Virginia). Other members of the household included James Lawrence Bailey, Frances F. Bailey, Alexander C. Bailey and Robert Augustus Bailey.
- Edward Burke Bailey and Mary Corrie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Fayetteville PO, Fayette County, Virginia (later West Virginia). Other members of the household included James Lawrence Bailey, Alexander C. Bailey, Mariah C. Easley, Frances F. Bailey, Robert Augustus Bailey and Edward H. C. Bailey.
- He served as a staff sergeant with the 22nd Virginia Infantry, CSA.
- James Lawrence Bailey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama, and John was also enumerated with his parents.. Other members of the household included John Shrewsbury Bailey.
- He was proprietor of a drug store, according to the 1870 census.
- He married Anna Edna Cornish, daughter of Timothy Gillette Cornish and Louisa Jane Torbert, on 6 July 1871 in Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama.
- James Lawrence Bailey and Anna Edna Cornish appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama, at Strawberry and also a cook and a nurse, living in the same dwelling as Timothy Cornish.. Other members of the household included Timothy Cornish Bailey, Edward Burke Bailey and Louisa Jane Bailey.
- He was a druggist, according to the 1880 census.
- James Lawrence Bailey and Anna Edna Cornish appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Timothy Cornish Bailey, Edward Burke Bailey, Louisa Jane Bailey, Margaret Shrewsbury Bailey and Edward Seymour Cornish.
- James Lawrence Bailey and Anna Edna Cornish appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama, at Strawberry Street. Other members of the household included Margaret Shrewsbury Bailey, Louisa Jane Bailey and James Lawrence Bailey.
- He was a druggist working in a drug store, according to the 1910 census.
- James Lawrence Bailey became a widower at the 16 December 1912 death of his wife Anna Edna Cornish.
- James Lawrence Bailey died on 28 April 1913 at age 70 in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas.
- He was interred at Riverside Cemetery, Marengo County, Alabama.
- For a short time Jim Torbert operated a drug store in Jasper, Walker County, but returned to Marengo County in 1927 as proprietor of Bailey's Drug Store on Washington Street in Demopolis. Bailey's was first established by James Lawrence Bailey, husband of James E. Torbert's father's first cousin Anna Edna Cornish. Some items from the old drugstore are treasured by his descendants.
- Last Edited: 15 Jul 2014
Family: Anna Edna Cornish b. 21 June 1851, d. 16 December 1912
- Timothy Cornish Bailey b. 25 July 1873, d. 19 February 1949
- Edward Burke Bailey+ b. 11 March 1876, d. 5 January 1937
- Louisa Jane Bailey+ b. 27 September 1878, d. 12 September 1954
- Mary Corrie Bailey b. 17 February 1881, d. 13 August 1882
- Margaret Shrewsbury Bailey b. 30 March 1883, d. 21 November 1928
- James Lawrence Bailey b. 19 January 1886, d. 21 August 1918
- Sidney Leverette Bailey b. 24 August 1891, d. 4 July 1892