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Robert Dowling Bailey

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Robert Dowling Bailey

Birth
Huntsville, Logan County, Ohio, USA
Death
16 Feb 1965 (aged 75)
Belle Center, Logan County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Jumbo, Hardin County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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ROBERT BAILEY

Robert Bailey, 75, Delta, died at 5 am Tuesday at the home of a cousin, Mrs. Wilbur Spurgeon, Belle Center, where he has been the past week following dismassal at Mary Rutan hospital. He had been ill a number of years and had resided for the past five years in Delta. Prior to that, he and his family lived in the Huntsville area.

Born June 18, 1889 in McArthur Twp., a son of Robert and Susan Foulk Bailey. He retired 10 years from employment by the State Highway Department, he was also a member of the Church of Christ and a veteran of WWI, 326th Field Artillery, and served in France. He was a former member of the American Legion post in Huntsville, and of Logan County Barracks #1042, Bellefontaine.

Robert enlisted in the US Army on May 25, 1918 from Logan Co., Ohio, age 22, Private.
15 Co. 4 Bn 158 Depot Brigade to Apr 22, 1918.
Co. K 330 Inf to July 27, 1918.
Co. G 104 Inf to date of discharge, St. Mihiel.
Defensive Sector.
Wounded in action slightly about Oct 16, 1918.
AEF June 12, 1918 to Dec 23, 1918.
Honorable discharge Feb 17, 1919.

Robert married Thelma McGinnis on Apr 4, 1936, in Kenton, Ohio., who survives along with a step son, Roger McGinnis; four step grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. J.C. (Ursula "Sula") Law, Mrs. Lawrence (Rosa) Beemer and Miss Ellen Mary Bailey. Two brothers and one sister are deceased.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 pm at Wendell Swoope Funeral Home, Belle Center. Burial is in Fairview-McDonald Cemetery.
ROBERT BAILEY

Robert Bailey, 75, Delta, died at 5 am Tuesday at the home of a cousin, Mrs. Wilbur Spurgeon, Belle Center, where he has been the past week following dismassal at Mary Rutan hospital. He had been ill a number of years and had resided for the past five years in Delta. Prior to that, he and his family lived in the Huntsville area.

Born June 18, 1889 in McArthur Twp., a son of Robert and Susan Foulk Bailey. He retired 10 years from employment by the State Highway Department, he was also a member of the Church of Christ and a veteran of WWI, 326th Field Artillery, and served in France. He was a former member of the American Legion post in Huntsville, and of Logan County Barracks #1042, Bellefontaine.

Robert enlisted in the US Army on May 25, 1918 from Logan Co., Ohio, age 22, Private.
15 Co. 4 Bn 158 Depot Brigade to Apr 22, 1918.
Co. K 330 Inf to July 27, 1918.
Co. G 104 Inf to date of discharge, St. Mihiel.
Defensive Sector.
Wounded in action slightly about Oct 16, 1918.
AEF June 12, 1918 to Dec 23, 1918.
Honorable discharge Feb 17, 1919.

Robert married Thelma McGinnis on Apr 4, 1936, in Kenton, Ohio., who survives along with a step son, Roger McGinnis; four step grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. J.C. (Ursula "Sula") Law, Mrs. Lawrence (Rosa) Beemer and Miss Ellen Mary Bailey. Two brothers and one sister are deceased.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 pm at Wendell Swoope Funeral Home, Belle Center. Burial is in Fairview-McDonald Cemetery.

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Pvt. Sup Co. 326 Field Arty
WWI



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