Alva Scott BAILEY

1839 - 1927  (87 years)

• Name	Alva Scott BAILEY  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	18 Apr 1839	, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jan 1927	Hemet, Riverside, California, USA   [7]
  Obituary	21 Jan 1927	Hemet, Riverside, California, USA
  Hemet News, pg 1
  Death Removes Local Citizen Well Known in Valley A S Bailey Meets Peaceful End Sunday Afternoon; Here Since 1907 Alva Scott Bailey, beloved father of Mrs J H McClure, Miss Elsie L Bailey and Harold L Bailey, all of Hemet, also of Merritt Bailey Of Tonopah, Nevada, having attained the ripe old age of almost 88 years, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his children at the late residence on the corner of Yale and Florida, Hemet, at 4:04 o'clock, Sunday afternoon. Preceding Mr Bailey in death were the eldest son, Clarence, also an infant son, and his lifelong companion, Mrs Crilla Farver Bailey, who died in Hemet 16 years ago. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Pilgrim Congregational Church with his pastor, the Rev Harold V Hartshorn officiating ... Interment was made in the San Jacinto Valley cemetery beside the remains of his wife ... Pioneer Type Alva Scott Bailey was of the sturdy pioneer type which will soon be extinct. Born in Sandy Lake [Township], Pennsylvania, on April 18, 1939, married in 1868 at Meadville, Pennsylvania, to Crilla Farver, he lived as a farmer successfully in Paxton, Knoxville and Rossville all in Illinois.
  Buried	24 Jan 1927	Hemet, Riverside, California, USA   [7]
  	Address: San Jacinto Valley Cemetery Riverside County Riverside County, California
  Person ID	I23797	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Homer BAILEY,   b. 1801, , , Connecticut, USA ,   d. 1876, , , Illinois, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Minerva ???,   b. 1810, , , New York, USA ,   d. 1886, Knoxville, Knox, Illinois, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	Abt 1827
  Family ID	F8918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Crilla FARVER,   b. Mar 1845, , , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 16 Nov 1910, Hemet, Riverside, California, USA  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Married	1868	, , Pennsylvania, USA   [8]
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2019
  Family ID	F8920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2613] 1850 Mercer PA, pg 578-79 (259B-260A), d/f #140/140. Alba Bailey [S2610] 1860 Mercer PA, pg 181 (645A), d/f #1291/1247. Alva Bailey [S767] Obituary, Hemet News, 21 Jan 1927, pg 1, "Death Removes ... Alva Scott Bailey [S2613] 1850 Mercer PA, pg 578-79 (259B-260A), d/f #140/140. age 7, Pennsylvania [S2610] 1860 Mercer PA, pg 181 (645A), d/f #1291/1247. age 21, Pennsylvania [S767] Obituary, Hemet News, 21 Jan 1927, pg 1, "Death Removes ... 18 Apr 1839, Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania [S767] Obituary, Hemet News, 21 Jan 1927, pg 1, "Death Removes ... [S767] Obituary, Hemet News, 21 Jan 1927, pg 1, "Death Removes ... ... "married in 1868 at Meadville, Pennsylvania, to Crilla Farver" ...