Enos Lore Bailey's home in Baileytown, circa 1917
Photographed by Wilbert Sheldon of Millville, NJ
While
Enos was building this "new and better home" for his family, his wife Mary died suddenly at the age of 24
leaving him with two young children, John age 5 and Florence age 1. Enos,
who had his hands full with the farm, sent his two young
children to live with relatives. He remarried in 1884, and he and his
second wife Hannah (nee Deppe) had five more children, Elizabeth, Ralph,
Gertrude, Enos Jr., and Edna.
It's been said that Enos' home in Baileytown was
very well built -- even the attic was finished off. One of Enos' granddaughters
readily recalled this farm and described it as "a lovely, lovely place" with its
large cornfields, chickens, ducks and sheep. She also related that Baileytown's school teacher boarded here.
Enos and Hannah, sold this home and moved to Millville before the government
took over. The house burned to the ground prior to World War II.
Enos Lore Bailey
Mary Jane Bailey (nee Kennedy)
1851 - 1929
1857 - 1882
