WRIGHT BAILEY (1854 – 1941)
Picture of Wright Bailey –Appleton City Centennial 1870-1970
From Appleton City Centennial Book 1870-1970:
Wright Bailey was born in Howard County, Missouri on March 3, 1854. In 1865 the family moved to Bates County. As a young man he was a farmer and stock grower. After reaching his legal majority he moved to Appleton City and in 1871 was concerned with the loading of the first car of livestock shipped from the new town.
His business was of major economic importance to Appleton City. From his youth until a week before he died at the age of 86, he had active association with the livestock industry and shipped stock weekly to the markets of St. Louis, Kansas City and sometimes Chicago.
During the later years, his son W. E. (Dick) Bailey joined his father in buying and shipping livestock. They conducted an enormous volume of business.
A Tornado Started It All, by Wilbur Zink:
WRIGHT BAILEY STOCKYARDS
The first train shipment of cattle from the new city of Appleton City was the year 1870 which was the year it was founded. A Young man of 16 who participated in this first shipment was Wright Bailey. He is still remembered as the Stockyard Cattle Man.
He came to St. Clair County as a lad of 10 years. His parents were Moses and Margaret Bailey. Young Wright grew up and rode a horse around the country buying cattle and driving them to his stockyard in Appleton City. He built a large house at Third & Poplar and built his stockyard across the street. It was known as The Bailey Cattle Company. He put in a scale as everything was purchased by the pound. He also had another stockyard in the vacated lumberyard directly behind Citizens Bank and yet another on the north side of Appleton City.
His son, Dick, joined the business and continued to operate it after Wright died in 1941. Dick Bailey died in 1945 and the yards were sold.
1850 Howard Co., MO Census – 16 August:
Mintor H. Bailey, age 40, male, $50 real estate value, birthplace Virginia
Nancy Bailey, age 36, female, birthplace Kentucky, cannot read or write
Moses B. Bailey, age 21, male, birthplace Virginia
John Bailey, age 13, male, birthplace Missouri
Jonas Bailey, age 10, male, birthplace Missouri
Samuel Bailey, age 8, male, birthplace Missouri
Reuben Beckett, age 24, male, birthplace Missouri
1860 Boone Co., MO Census – Bourbon Township, Rocheport Post Office:
Page 64, Line 2, 20 July
466/514 Moses Bailey, age 31, male, farmer, $100 personal estate, birthplace Missouri
Margaret Bailey, age 29, female, birthplace Missouri
Nancy A. Bailey, age 8, female, birthplace Missouri
Wright Bailey, age 6, male, birthplace Missouri
1870 Bates Co., MO Census – Pleasant Gap, Pleasant Gap Post Office:
Page 25, Line 37, 17 June
178/191 Moses Bailey, age 41, male, white, farmer, $3800 real estate value, $1970 personal estate value, birthplace Virginia, male citizen over age 21
Margret Bailey, age 40, female, House Keeper, birthplace Missouri
Wright Bailey, age 16, male, white, Farm Hand, birthplace Missouri
Sylvanus Bailey, age 10, male, birthplace Missouri
(next page) Fannie Bailey, age 8, female, white, birthplace Missouri, attended school
Luna Bailey, age 5, female, white, birthplace Missouri, attended school
Lucy Bailey, age 2, female, white, birthplace Missouri
Joseph J. Bailey, age 5 months, male, birthplace Missouri, born January
Esan Bailey, age 5 months, male, birthplace Missouri, born January
1880 Bates Co., MO Census – Hudson Township:
Dist. 6, ED 163, Page 16, Line 16, 16 June
131/140 Margaret Bailey, white female, age 48, widowed, Keeping House, birthplace Missouri, both parents born Kentucky
Sylvanus, white male, age 19, son, single, farmer, birthplace Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Missouri
Lennah, white female, age 15, daughter, single, at home, attended school, birthplace Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Missouri
Lucy, white female, age 12, daughter, at home, suffers from Fever & Ague, attended school, birthplace Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Missouri
Edgar, white male, age 10, son, attending school, birthplace Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Missouri
1880 Bates Co., MO Census – Hudson Township:
Dist. 6, ED 163, Page 16, Line 21, 16 June
(Living next door to mother Margaret Bailey)
Wright Bailey, white male, age 26, married, farmer, birthplace Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Missouri
Frances R., white female, age 23, wife, married, keeping house, birthplace Ohio, both parents born Ohio
1900 Bates Co., MO Census – Hudson Township:
Dist. 6, ED 9, Page 10, Line 60, 23 June
194/195 Wright Bailey, head, white male, born March 1856, age 44, married 21 years, birthplace Missouri, both parents born Missouri, dealer in Livestock, unemployed 0 months, can read & write, speaks English, owned farm free, farm # 181
Francis, wife, white female, born April 1858, age 42, married 21 years, 6 children, 5 living, birthplace Ohio, both parents born Ohio, can read & write, speaks English
Everett, son, white male, born November 1881, age 18, single, birthplace Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Ohio, at school 4 months, can read & write, speaks English
Charles, son, white male, born March 1884, age 16, single, single, birthplace Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Ohio, at school 4 months, can read & write, speaks English
Pearl, daughter, white female, born July 1885, age 14, single, single, birthplace Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Ohio, at school 9 months, can read & write, speaks English
Lota, daughter, white female, born November 1892, age 7, single, single, birthplace Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Ohio, at school 2 months
Myra, daughter, white female, born February 1896, age 4, single, single, birthplace Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Ohio
1910 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Appleton Township, Appleton City:
2nd Ward, 19 April, Dist. 6, ED 124, Page 7B, Line 90
185/188 Wright Bailey, head, white male, age 56, married 33 years, 1st marriage, birthplace Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Missouri, Stock Buyer, Live Stock, can read & write, owned farm free
Fannie, wife, white female, age 55, married 33 years, 1st marriage, 7 children, 5 living, birthplace Ohio, both parents born Ohio, no occupation, can read & write
Pearl, daughter, white female, age 24, divorced, birthplace Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Ohio, Milliner, Millinery Store, can read & write
Lottie, daughter, white female, age 16, single, birthplace Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Ohio, no occupation, can read & write, attended school
Myra, daughter, white female, age 14, single, birthplace Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Ohio, no occupation, can read & write, attended school
1920 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Appleton Township, Appleton City:
2nd Ward, 7 January, Dist. 6, ED 133, Page 6B, Line 87
310 Third Street
155/160 Wright Bailey, head, owned home free, white male, age 64, married, can read & write, birthplace Indiana, both parents born U.S., speaks English, Stock Man, Stock Yards
Fannie, wife, white female, age 62, married, can read & write, birthplace Ohio, both parents born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation
Myra, daughter, white female, age 23, single, can read & write, birthplace Missouri, father born Indiana, mother born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation
1930 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Appleton Township, Appleton City:
ED 93-1, Dist. 10, Page 6B, Line 90, living on Third Street
182/183 Wright Bailey, head, owned home, $200 value, owned radio, not living on farm, white male, age 76, married, 1st marriage at age 23, not attending school, can read & write, birthplace Missouri, father born West Virginia, mother born Missouri, speaks English, Stock Farmer, employed 1st April, not a Veteran
Francis, wife, white female, age 71, married, 1st marriage at age 19, not attending school, can read & write, birthplace Ohio, both parents born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation
International Genealogical Index:
Batch M515142, Source Call No. 0946602 V. B-C
Wright Bailey & Francis R. Stephenson, married 8 March 1877, Henry Co., MO
LDS file, Submission AF93-109257 by Warner J. McIntire, Jr., AFN: 14WX-CHX:
Wright Bailey, born 3 March 1854 Howard Co., MO; died 8 January 1941 Bates Co., MO; married Frances “Fannie” Stephenson 8 March 1877 Bates Co., MO.
Frances “Fannie” (Stephenson) Bailey, born 2 April 1856 Jackson Co., OH; died 22 January 1947 Appleton City, St. Clair Co., MO. Daughter of Jared & Elizabeth W. (Ridgeway) Stephenson.
Jared Stephenson, born 1 January 1824 Jackson Co., OH; died 21 April 1908 Henry Co., MO. Buried Snodgrass Cemetery, Deepwater Twp., Henry Co., MO. Married 21 April 1846 Jackson Co., OH to Elizabeth W. Ridgeway.
Elizabeth W. Ridgeway, born 26 November 1828 Jackson Co., OH; died 7 January 1914 Appleton, MO. Buried Snodgrass Cemetery, Deepwater Twp., Henry Co., MO. Daughter of John S. & Mary Ann (Callahan) Ridgeway.
John S. Ridgeway, also buried in Snodgrass Cemetery, son of David & Elizabeth (Wagoner) Ridgeway.
David Ridgeway, son of John & Charity (Ridgeway) Ridgeway.
John Ridgeway, son of Samuel & Elizabeth (Woodson) Ridgeway.
Samuel Ridgeway, son of Dr. George Ridgeway.
St. Clair Co., MO Cemetery Records:
Bailey, Wright, 1854 – 1941, Appleton City Cemetery
Bailey, Fannie (Stephenson), 1856 – 1947, Appleton City Cemetery
Bailey, William Everett, 1881 – 1945, Appleton City Cemetery
