Hezekiah M. Bailey, farmer, P. O. Sterling Run, was born in what is now Gibson township, Cameron Co., Penn., April 18, 1832, and is a son of Aaron and Savilla (Myers) Bailey, formerly of Lycoming county, Penn., and among the pioneers of Gibson township, where they cleared and improved a farm on which they lived and died. Aaron Bailey was twice married; his first wife was Mary Rutty, a daughter of John Rutty, of Tioga county, Penn., by whom he had two children: Susan (Mrs. William Sterling) and Samuel. By his second wife, Savilla (Myers), he had five children: Solomon, Mary A. (Mrs. Nathan Housler), James, Hezekiah M. and Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Barr). The subject of these lines has always resided in Gibson township. In 1858 he settled on the farm he now occupies, all of which he cleared and improved. He was married in September, 1858, to Jemima, daughter of William and Sarah (Miller) Barr, of Gibson township, and they have three children, Monroe, McClellan and Ella. Mr. Bailey has held several offices in Gibson township; in politics is a Democrat.

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