Ashbel "Ash" P. Bailey ^{1 2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: 9NGY-VG8.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁶ The 1900 census recorded Ash B. Bailey, farmer, 44, born Apr 1856, living with wife Elelosa [sic, should be Eldora], 41, Sep 1859; Hettie S., 15, Jul 1885; Frank L., 11, Dec 1889; Hannah, 4, Jun 1896; Hellen C. 5 months, Dec 1899. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana. Eldora was married for 15 years and had birthed 4 children by 1900, all alive.
Next door is Eldora's brother, John L. Beeker, farm laborer, 38, born Aug 1861, with his wife Ada F., farmer, 31, Nov 1868; Ruby M., Sep 1890; and son Thornton, 4, Jun 1895. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Ada's mother in Sweden. John and Ada were married for 12 years and she had birthed 2 children all alive in 1900.

2. Occupation: retired farmer on 8 Oct 1932 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ²

3. Residence: 1731 Carmen Avenue, Chicago, IL on 8 Oct 1932 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ²

Ashbel married Eldora A. Beeker, daughter of Samuel Beeker and Hannah Herren, on 14 Aug 1884 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN.¹ (Eldora A. Beeker was born on 25 Sep 1859 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN,^{7 8} died on 7 Mar 1923 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN ^{7 8} and was buried on 11 Mar 1923 in Battle Ground: Pretty Prairie Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN ^{7 8}.)