• General Notes

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  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3991, Date of Import: Oct 25, 1998]
  
  Nicholas Bailhache (1791-1859) migrated to America in 1818, eventually settling in Cambridge, Ohio (though probably not at first) perhaps because of a sister of his mother who was living there, and was the second wife of Rev. Peter Sarchet, with whom Nicholas had come to America.  The Sarchets were quite prominent in early Cambridge history.
  
  Quoting from a letter written by James Cummings, son of Drusilla's favorite sister Rachel, "Grandfather Bailhache loved the sea.  When five years old, he ran away and stayed all night in a fisherman's hut.  They found him there in the morning.  When twelve years old, he shipped as a cabin boy and followed the sea until he came to this country.  He then ran a boat on the Ohio River."  (It was probably during this time that he met Ruth Hurst, for she lived not far from Wheeling, W. Va. which is on the Ohio River.)   "After that he published a newspaper in Cambridge,Ohio."  (It seems that he must have worked for a while for his brother John in Chillicothe;  at least he witnessed a legal document for John there in 1821.)  "and in 1834 he moved to Alton, Illinois."  (In his brother John's autobiography, John gives the time as the fall of 1837, a few months after John had moved there.)  "and worked on the Telegraph with John, but I think Grandfather had no money in the paper.  When he quit the newspaper office, they bought a little farm on Wood River, near Upper Alton, and lived there until they broke up housekeeping."  (Which was about 1857.)  They were living in Litchfield with their daughter Rachel at the time Nicholas died, in 1859.
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  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3991, Date of Import: Oct 25, 1998]
  
  Nicholas Bailhache (1791-1859) migrated to America in 1818, eventually settling in Cambridge, Ohio (though probably not at first) perhaps because of a sister of his mother who was living there, and was the second wife of Rev. Peter Sarchet, with whom Nicholas had come to America.  The Sarchets were quite prominent in early Cambridge history.
  
  Quoting from a letter written by James Cummings, son of Drusilla's favorite sister Rachel, "Grandfather Bailhache loved the sea.  When five years old, he ran away and stayed all night in a fisherman's hut.  They found him there in the morning.  When twelve years old, he shipped as a cabin boy and followed the sea until he came to this country.  He then ran a boat on the Ohio River."  (It was probably during this time that he met Ruth Hurst, for she lived not far from Wheeling, W. Va. which is on the Ohio River.)   "After that he published a newspaper in Cambridge,Ohio."  (It seems that he must have worked for a while for his brother John in Chillicothe;  at least he witnessed a legal document for John there in 1821.)  "and in 1834 he moved to Alton, Illinois."  (In his brother John's autobiography, John gives the time as the fall of 1837, a few months after John had moved there.)  "and worked on the Telegraph with John, but I think Grandfather had no money in the paper.  When he quit the newspaper office, they bought a little farm on Wood River, near Upper Alton, and lived there until they broke up housekeeping."  (Which was about 1857.)  They were living in Litchfield with their daughter Rachel at the time Nicholas died, in 1859.

Details of Nicholas' family with Ruth Hurst