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William Henry BAILEY was born on 6 Apr 1814 in Hazel Grove, Cheshire, England. He died on 6 Dec 1901 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. He was a Shoemaker.
On 6 April 1815 (alternatively 1811 or 1814) in Hazel Grove, Cheshire, England, Henry Bailey was born to William Bailey and his second wife, Mary Bailey.

Three years later, Amelia Read was born 2 October 1818 in North Crowley, Buckinghamshire, England, the oldest daughter and second of 11 children of William Read and Sarah Brimley.

Henry and Amelia were married on 2 April (or 20 June) 1838; their firstchild, William Henry, was born 16 October 1838 in Cheshire.

Henry joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Raunds branch of the British Mission on 3 March 1841.

Nearly five years after Henry joined the church, Amelia was baptized on30 January 1846. At that time, Henry was "commencing to travel and labor in the Manchester conference, and [the family made its] home at New Hills, in Derbyshire, where [Henry] raised up a branch in that town, andrepresented them in the general conferences.

Following in the footsteps of his father, William, Henry was a shoemaker (a cordwainer); he taught the trade to his son Nephi.

Henry and Amelia were the parents of ten children: five boys and five girls:

+ The oldest, William Henry, was born 16 October 1838 in Cheshire (he was lost at sea).
+ Sarah Elizabeth (who died as an infant) and Joseph Moroni were born one year apart, on 16 November 1842 and 16 December 1843, in Crawley, Buckinghamshire.
+ Another Sarah Elizabeth (who only lived to age three), was born in Bedfordshire in 1844.
+ Nephi was born 19 November 1846 in Derbyshire.
+ Leonora (14 July 1849), Tryphena (22 September 1851), Alvin (28 January 1856) and Mary Ellen (26 January 1858), were all born in Raunds, Northhamptonshire.
+ On 16 May 1858 the Baileys were received into a branch of the London Conference. Their youngest child, John Ezra, was born in London on 22 November 1862.

At the time of the 1851 British Census, the family, with William, Joseph Moroni, Nephi and Lenore at home, were living in the village of Raunds. Henry's father and mother, William and Mary Bailey, were living nearby in North Raunds.

While in the Raunds branch of the British Mission, Henry Bailey baptized or confirmed several of his wife's family; ordained one of her brothers a priest; and in 1854 ordained her father, William Read, an elder.

Years later a church leader "spoke of his long acquaintance with FatherBailey and his wife in London for many years, and [said he] always looked upon them as a father and mother through their loving kindness shown to all that had anything to do with them."

Henry and Amelia, with their children Tryphena, Mary Ann and John, emigrated to America from London, leaving on the ship Minnesota on 4 September 1872; they crossed the plains with what Henry later called the "10 pound company" (letter) and settled in Ogden, Utah.

On 10 October 1896, at the age of 78, Amelia died in Ogden "without a moment's warning" of "neuralgia of the heart" (June 1897 obituary) or "fatty degeneration of the heart" (death certificate). At that time she had a posterity of ten children, 42 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

At her death Nephi wrote, "She died as she had lived, a faithful Latter-day Saint, a kind and faithful wife and devoted mother, and was beloved by all who knew her." (February 1897 obituary)

Less than one year later, on 20 September 1897, Henry wrote to his son Nephi, who was then serving a mission for the L.D.S. Church in England; Henry was approximately 86, Nephi was 50: "My dear boy, your poor fatheris worrying and feels lost, almost living all alone and feels at timesif I went to my Darling Lamb's grave I should lay down on the grave and stop there, and I can't help it." He then relates how his wife's sister-in-law, Ellen Read had been sick for several weeks. "When she was taken sick the family went to fetch the Doctor to her, but she told your uncle [Josiah Read] to come down and fetch me. She said she has got morefaith in me that all the Doctors combined, so I went and administered to her. She is quite low now, but I pray she may be made whole." Lastly he tells Nephi of Bailey family relations and admonishes him to greet them and collect information. "Give my kind love to all of them, Find outif you can if they have forgave their Brother."

On 7 December 1901, Henry died at his home, 2743 Lincoln Avenue, in Ogden, of "general debility" and "old age."

William is our 2nd Great Grandfather Parents: William BAILEY and Mary (Bailey). Parents: William BAILEY JR. and Mary (Bailey).
He was married to Amelia READ. Children were: William Henry BAILEY, Joseph Moroni BAILEY, Sarah Elizabeth BAILEY, Nephi BAILEY, Lenora BAILEY,Tryphena BAILEY, Alvin BAILEY, Mary Ellen BAILEY, John Ezra BAILEY.
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