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History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania : including its early settlement...
Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889
Cushing, Thomas, 1821.
Pg. 554
JAMES MADISON BAILEY, iron-manufacturer, Pittsburgh, is a native of Pittsburgh, born on what is now First Avenue, in August, 1833. His father, FRANCIS BAILEY, was a member of a family which held a 100 year lease on an estate on the River Baun, near Coleraine, Ireland; his mother was a member of the LIVINGSTONE family. FRANCIS BAILEY came to Philadelphia in 1814, and to Pittsburgh about six years later. He was a prominent Freemason, and was the first commander of the K. T. Commandery of Pittsburgh, being instrumental in the revival of Masonry here; was an adherent of democratic principles, and served as alderman under gubernatorial appointment; he died in 1849, age 62 years. His wife, MARY ANN, was a daughter of JACOB BELTZHOOVER, who came to Pittsburgh with his father, MELCHIOR BELTZHOOVER, from Maryland, before the opening of the present century. FRANCIS BAILEY’S children were six in number (only two are now living) - JUDGE JOHN H. BAILEY and JAMES M., of whom JAMES M. is the fifth... He is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. In 1867 JAMES M. married MARTHA, daughter of JAMES DALZELL, a prominent Pittsburgh manufacturer. MRS. BAILEY died in 1883, leaving three children: RUTH, MARK and LOIS.
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