Lewis E. Bailey enjoyed excellent school advantages, attending the Pleasant Grove school, the Curwensville public schools and for two years was a student in the University of Pennsylvania. Although well qualified for a professional life.

Mr. Bailey preferred agriculture and returned and engaged in fanning [Farming?] and dairying on the homestead. Although his father built the present farm house, Mr. Bailey has put up a number of the other substantial farm structures and has made many improvements. He carries on agriculture according to modem methods and is one of the active members of the Susquehannah Grange [in 1911], which is largely made up of the most intelligent and progressive farmers of this section.

Mr. Bailey was married in 1888, to Miss Jennie M. Adams, who was born at Philipsburg. Pa., a daughter of Alexander and Margaret B. Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have had ten children.4153
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Lewis resides at present [1897] on the homestead.3472
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A Lewis E. Bailey is the Vice President of the Pike Township Schools Board of Directors in 1949. He was a former teacher and was 86 years old at the time. [His birth year would be about 1863.]3246

Also living in the home with Lewis and Jennie is a 14 year old neice Grace Stean(?), born March 1886.2097
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According to the 1910 census Jennie was the mother of ten children, nine living. The family are next door neighbors to the John (abt 1879-1950) and Mahilda (Bloom) Way family.4157

Note: The Way family also is found in this database, but no relationship between the two families is currently known.3
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What appears to be an Abram (middle initial S or G) Baliey (age 18?) is listed as a boarder living next door with the Sheridan Curry family in the 1910 census.2225