Melvin Bailey - Melvin Bailey my great grandpa -- This may help; Melvin Bailey [Parents] was born in Aug 1861 in McDowell Co,WV. He died on 30 Jul 1926 in McDowell Co, WV. He married Mary Blankenship on 9 Jun 1884 in McDowell Co,WV. [Notes] Mary Blankens

Melvin Bailey [Parents] was born in Aug 1861 in McDowell Co,WV. He died on 30 Jul 1926 in McDowell Co, WV. He married Mary Blankenship on 9 Jun 1884 in McDowell Co,WV.

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Mary Blankenship [Parents] was born in Jun 1866 in McDowell Co,WV. She married Melvin Bailey on 9 Jun 1884 in McDowell Co,WV.

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They had the following children:

F i Tennessee Bailey was born on 6 Jun 1886. She died on 6 Jul 1931.
F ii Lydia Bailey was born in Mar 1887. She died on 30 May 1941.
M iii Dennis Bailey was born on 6 Aug 1890. He died on 18 Apr 1947.
M iv Emerson Bailey was born in Mar 1892. He died on 22 Jan 1940.
M v Calloway Bailey was born on 6 Oct 1895. He died on 6 May 1969.
M vi Dillard Bailey was born in Sep 1898.
M vii Wyatt Pemberton Bailey was born on 17 Jan 1901. He died on 1 May 1950.
F viii Lillie Bailey was born in 1903.
F ix Birchie Bailey was born in 1906 in McDowell Co, WV. [Notes]
M x Okey Taft Bailey was born in 1908.
M xi Beecher G."Beechie" Bailey Sr was born on 15 Nov 1912. He died on 13 Jul 1956.
Calloway was a big guy My dad and Aunts and Uncles called him Uncle Calloway now I know why. There was another gig guy on Mary Blankenship's side of the family named Uncle Matthew Blankenship.Matthew and Calloway both married Cline women who were sisters. They were both big but Calloway had reddish hair and Matthew had black hair.