Mendocino County Biographies

Caleb Bailey

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

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	Born I Missouri, May 7, 1827, where he resided on a farm until 
1854, when he, leaving his parents behind, went to Oregon, across the plains, 
with ox-teams. After spending two years on Oregon, farming and mining, he came 
to California and mined for nine years. In 1865 he came to this county, and in 
1869 settled on his present place, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, 
located on the Potter Valley road leading from Ukiah, about four miles from the 
last-mentioned place, where he is engaged in farming and wool-growing. He was 
married February 14, 1852, to Miss Arilla Cox. They have six children: Thomes E. 
C.; Flora C.; Eltoa R.; Emma D.; Eva L., and Mary.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 561