Essie Edgar Bailey 
Essie Edgar was born on July 5th, 1890 in Wyoming Co., West Virginia. Essie Edgar's father is James Kennedy Bailey and his mother was Sarah Catherine Strong. His maternal grandparents were Daniel Strong and Mary Elizabeth Bailey. He had two brothers and a sister, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Alonzo Kinnerly, Dewey James, Fanella G. and Bailey. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Linden Overstreet and Ora Zetta. He died at the age of 87 on March 25th, 1978 in Mercer Co., West Virginia.General Notes
Buried in Resthaven Memorial Park on west end of Princeton. Rose from
position of teller for the Bank of Princeton in 1923, which later became
Princeton Bank & Trust Co. He spent fifty five years with this
institution retiring as its president in 1973.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1869 in Mercer Co., West Virginia
- b.05 Jul 1890 in Wyoming Co., West Virginia d.25 Mar 1978 in Mercer Co., West Virginia
- b.1857 in Mercer Co., Virginia d.1922 in Mercer Co., West Virginia
- b.~ 1765 in Bedford County, Virginia d.~ 1854 in Mercer County, West Virginia
- b.03 Mar 1793 in Tazewell Co., Virginia d.10 Mar 1873 in Mercer Co., West Virginia
- b.21 Mar 1766 in Fincastle Co., Virginia d.1837 in Rock, Mercer Co., Virginia
- b.15 Sep 1817 in Tazewell Co., Virginia d.1886 in Mercer Co., West Virginia
- b.~ 1783 in Orange Co., Virginia d.1850 in Mercer Co., Virginia
- b.18 Nov 1796 in Dunns, Wythe Co., Virginia d.~ 1865 in Mercer Co., West Virginia
- b.1776 d.> 1850
- b.1841 in Mercer Co., Virginia d.1872 in Mercer Co., West Virginia
- b.~ 1781 in Augusta Co., Virginia d.~ 1853 in Spanishburg, Mercer Co., West Virginia
- b.1795 in Franklin Co, Virginia d.< 1848 in Mercer Co., Virginia
- b.~ 1785 in Wythe Co., Virginia d.~ 1866 in Spanishburg, Mercer Co., West Virginia
- b.30 Apr 1818 in Tazewell Co., Virginia d.30 Sep 1873 in Mercer Co., West Virginia
- b.~ 1765 in Bedford County, Virginia d.~ 1854 in Mercer County, West Virginia
- b.~ 1797 in Giles Co., Virginia d.~ 1866 in Spanishburg, Mercer County, West Virginia
- b.21 Mar 1766 in Fincastle Co., Virginia d.1837 in Rock, Mercer Co., Virginia
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Essie Edgar and Maude were married in a religious ceremony in 1919.
Essie Edgar and Mamie were married in a religious ceremony in 1951.