Henry Bailey Oliver

Male, #5880, (24 Mar 1823 - 20 Apr 1906)

Name Variation  Henry Bailey Oliver was also known as Bailey Oliver. 
Birth*24 Mar 1823 Henry was born at North Carolina on 24 Mar 1823. 
Marriage*circa 1855 He married Cynthia Culpepper at Mississippi circa 1855. 
Death*20 Apr 1906 He died at Attala Co., Mississippi, on 20 Apr 1906. 
Burial*say 22 Apr 1906 His body was interred say 22 Apr 1906 at Jerusalem Cemetery, Attala Co., Mississippi. 
Biography* From Peggy Gresham, March 2004:
"My great grandfather, Bailey Oliver married Syntha Susie Culpepper, daughter of Benjamin R. Culpepper and Mary Mason. Bailey Oliver was married in Washington Cty. NC to Elizabeth Furlough/Furlaugh and had a son Alexander Bailey Oliver and a daughter Mary Jane Oliver (my great grandmother). Bailey's first wife died and he migrated to Mississippi where he married Syntha Susie Culpepper and had 3 sons, William Nathan, Henry Daniel, and James W. Oliver (James died at the age of 3). After Syntha's death in 1885, Bailey married Mary Elizabeth Sartin Stephens and they had one daughter Daisy Viola Oliver.

The R in Benjamin, Syntha Susie, and the Henry Bailey Oliver were given to me by family. However, in all of my researching I have only found Benjamin Culpepper (with no middle initial), Syntha S. and Bailey Oliver .... Syntha S. tombstone only gives Syntha S. wife of B. Oliver. His tombstone only gives Bailey Oliver. I did not find Benjamin Culpepper's tombstone but have been told that he is buried in Jerusaleum Cemetery also.

As for marriage license for Bailey's three wives, I have not been able to find them. The courhouses in NC burned and I have found no record nor have I found any records in Mississippi. At the Attala courthouse they told me many of their records had burned also.

I do have notes and letters from many of the Olivers to Mary Jane. I know that my grandmother, Mary Jane Oliver Sparkman was rasied by her grandparents in NC until about 1868 when Bailey went back to NC to get her and her brother, Alexander Bailey Oliver. They were in the 1870 census of Attala County (Mary Jane was on the 1860 census with her grandparents, Joseph and Arphia/Arphy Furlough/Furlaugh. Her brother Alexander Bailey was in Nathan Oliver's household (Bailey's brother)."1
 

Family

Cynthia Culpepper (2 May 1827 - 22 Nov 1885)
Child

Last Edited 3 Apr 2004

Citations

  1. E-mail from Peggy June Gresham, e-mail address, 2004.