Bailey
Dawson Inks
(1860-1940)
Bailey Dawson Inks was
born near Farmington, Fayette County, PA on Nov. 23, 1860, the son of Andrew
J. and Minerva (Minerd) Inks.
At Cumberland, MD, on Sept. 8, 1890, Bailey married Mary Jane Treacher (1872-1922), an immigrant who had come to the United States from Murray Fields, Newlands, Northumberland, England.
A few weeks after the wedding, the Uniontown Genius of Liberty reported that Bailey "was visiting the home folks Saturday. He is saw-milling west of Uniontown." The following year, on Jan. 8, 1891, the Genius reported that he "came up from the county Capital Saturday, to spend Sabbath with the home folks" in Farmington.
They had three children – Sylvia 'Mae' Campbell-Rose, Andrew T. Inks and Clarence R. Inks.
The Inkses lived at Dunbar, Fayette County,. PA in the 1890s. Later, they moved to Wilson Avenue in Uniontown.
Bailey worked as a fireman,
likely on the railroad. Mary Jane was a was a "well and favorably known ... caterer at the
Laurel Club from the time of its establishment in its present quarters until
about [1919] when she retired."
When she was 34, Mary Jane and 11-year-old son Clarence traveled to England for a visit. They returned home on the ship Lucania, which sailed from Liverpool, England to Ellis Island, New York, arriving on Sept. 22, 1906, a fact recorded in the newly released American Family Immigration History Center web database.
Mary Jane battled through the years with asthma. On Jan. 9, 1922, during a bout with the illness, she suffered a heart attack, and died. She was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown.
After her death, Bailey moved
to Monongahela, PA, residing with daughter Mae at 1302 Fourth Street. He died
there at the age of 80, in 1940, and was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Son Andrew, seen at left, was a salesman, and served in World War I. He married Anna Belle Kramm, and lived in McKeesport, near Pittsburgh, PA. He died in a veteran’s hospital in Coatesville, PA, and is buried at Versailles Cemetery in McKeesport.
Son Clarence,
seen at right, served in World
War I, and later lived in Uniontown, PA. He was a member of American Legion Post
No. 51. His tragic death in 1934 made front page news in the Uniontown
newspapers. He is buried in the soldiers' plot at Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Daughter
Mae, seen here, was "well known ... [and] one of Uniontown's many
popular young girls," a newspaper once said. She first was married to George W. Campbell, an electrician who had
been born in New York City. They resided in Philadelphia, but sadly, George died
of the influenza epidemic in 1918. After his burial in Philadelphia, Mae
returned to Uniontown. She married Frederick A. Rose, settling
in Monongahela circa 1928.
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