Husband Charles Lukens Bailey 1 2
Born: 9 Mar 1821 - Chester Co, PA 1 2
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Father: Joseph Bailey (1796- ) 1 2
Mother: Martha Lukens ( - ) 2
Marriage: 1856 2 3
• Business: Chesapeake Nail-Works & Central Iron-Works: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA. THE CHESAPEAKE NAIL-WORKS.-These extensive works, located near the canal, along the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in the First Ward of the city, were built in 1866 by Charles L. Bailey & Brother. Of the twelve acres of land owned by the company, seven are covered by tenement-houses and the nail-works. The shops comprise a puddle-mill, nail-plate mill and nail-factory, and a variety of other buildings necessary in connection with works of this kind. The puddle-mill has fourteen puddling-furnaces, squeezer, and one train of rolls. The nail-plate mill has three heating-furnaces, one train of rolls, and shears for cutting nail-plate. In the nail-factory are sixty-six nail-machines, and the machinery throughout is of the latest and most approved pattern, and has a producing capacity of two hundred and sixty thousand kegs of nails per year, and employs about three hundred men. The present officers are Charles L. Bailey, president; A. S. Patterson, secretary; G. M. McCauley, treasurer.
CENTRAL IRON-WORKS.-The old mill was built in 1853 by Charles L. Bailey & Brother, and changed and enlarged in 1879. The new mill was built in 1877-78 and enlarged in 1881, and contains one single and six double puddle-furnaces, one squeezer, five heating-furnaces, and five train-rolls (one muck, one thirty-one-inch and one twenty-five-inch roughing, one Lauth 3-high thirty-one-inch and one Lauth 3-high twenty-five-inch chilled finishing), with shears, cranes, etc. The product of the works are boiler-plate and tank-iron. The annual capacity of the works is about thirteen thousand net tons, and employ one hundred and fifty men. The officers are: President, Charles L. Bailey; Secretary, Abraham S. Patterson; Treasurer, G. M. McCauley.
Wife Emma Harriet Doll 2 3
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Father: William H. Doll (1796-1852) 4
Mother: Sarah McAllister Elder (1803-1895) 4
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1 M Joseph Bailey 5
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2 M William Elder Bailey 3 5
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Spouse: [Unk] Alger ( - ) 5
3 M Edward Bailey 3 5
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Spouse: Elizabeth H. Reily ( - ) 5
4 M Charles Lukens Bailey 3 5
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Spouse: Mary F. Seiler ( - ) 5
5 M Morris Patterson Bailey 5
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6 M James Bradshaw Bailey 3 5
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7 F Emma Doll Bailey 3 5 6
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Spouse: Robert Elliott Speer ( - ) 5 6
8 M Henry Bent Bailey 5
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General Notes: Husband - Charles Lukens Bailey
He obtained his early education at the Westtown school, Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1838 he began to clerk for his father at Coatesville, where he became thoroughly conversant with the details of the iron business carried on at that place. He removed with his parents to Berks County, where he continued his clerkship for five years, and from 1849 to 1852 was a partner with his father in the Pine Iron Works. In August of the latter year, Mr. Bailey removed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and founded the old Central Iron Works. Here he continued business until 1859, when he became interested in the nail-works at Fairview, Cumberland County, rebuilt the works, and carried them on successfully until 1866, when he retired from the firm, and in connection with his brother, Dr. George Bailey, founded and erected the Chesapeake Nail-Works in Harrisburg, later carried on under the firm name of Charles L. Bailey & Co. In 1869, Mr. Bailey removed to Pottstown, and until 1875 was the treasurer and general manager of the Pottstown Iron Company, manufacturing nails, boiler-plate and pig-iron. Closing out his interests there, he returned to Harrisburg, and in 1877-78 erected the Central Iron-Works contiguous to the Chesapeake Nail-Works, of which he was president. He was one of the directors of the Harrisburg National Bank, and in 1880 was appointed by Governor Hoyt a trustee of the Pennsylvania Insane Asylum He was elected a member of the select council of the city of Harrisburg in 1877, was a member of the State Legislature in 1879, and in 1881 was again elected a member of the select council of the city.
He obtained his early education at the Westtown School, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and for some time thereafter was a clerk in the drug-store of Thomas Evans & Co., Philadelphia. His career in the iron business began in 1838 as a clerk for his father at Coatesville, where he became thoroughly conversant with the details of the business carried on at that place. He removed with his parents to Berks County, where he continued his clerkship for five years, and from 1849 to 1852 was a partner with his father in the Pine Iron-Works.
In August of the latter year, Mr. Bailey removed to Harrisburg and founded the old Central Iron-Works, which he later used as a puddling-mill. Here he continued business until 1859, when he became interested with the late James McCormick in the nail-works at Fairview, Cumberland County, rebuilt the works, and carried them on successfully until 1866, when he retired from the firm, and in connection with his brother, Dr. George Bailey (Charles L. Bailey & Bro.), founded and erected the present Chesapeake Nail-Works in Harrisburg, later carried on under the firm-name of Charles L. Bailey & Co., Artemus Wilhelm being a part owner in the concern.
In 1869, Mr. Bailey removed to Pottstown, and until 1875 was the treasurer and general manager of the Pottstown Iron Company, manufacturing nails, boiler-plate, and pig-iron. Closing out his interests there he returned to Harrisburg, and in 1877-78 erected the present Central Iron-Works, contiguous to the Chesapeake Nail-Works, of which he was president. Mr. Bailey was thoroughly imbued with the spirit of progress and enterprise, as his various industrial undertakings attest. He was one of the directors of the Harrisburg National Bank, president of the board of trustees of the Market Square Presbyterian Church, and in 1880 he was appointed by Governor Hoyt a trustee of the Pennsylvania Insane Asylum. He was elected a member of the Select Council of the city in 1877, was a member of the State Legislature in 1879, and in 1881 he was again elected a member of the Select Council, chosen president, and served as chairman of the Finance Committee. [HDLC 1883, 560]