Daughter of John Burroughs Westlake and Jemima Pettit.
Jemima Westlake married Charles Bailey about 1828 at Bridgewater, Beaver, Pennsylvania, where they settled and had three daughters.
About 1835-1836 they moved to Mercer County, where their next three children, a daughter and two sons, were born. They returned to Beaver County where their last two sons were born.
In about 1844 the entire family moved to Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. While there, they acquired three pieces of property. Just a year later, February of 1845, Jemima's husband Charles passed away at only fifty two years old. Her son, John, who was only about six, also died there that August. They were buried at Nauvoo.
Keeping the promise to Charles, Jemima began making preparations to undertake the trek along the Mormon Trail to Utah Territory. She began making quilts, and gathering material to make jackets, hats, mittens and suitable underclothing which might be needed for the long journey. She made sure she and her children had sturdy shoes.
Jemima may have started out with and "unknown company" of LDS Church members, who were headed toward the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory, when she met widower, John Pea. They married about 1848/49 at Pottawattamie, Iowa, where they were enumerated on the US Census in 1850.
Some of her older children had married, and some seem to be unaccounted for because only Susan, 14 and Charles Westlake, age 7 are in the Pea household in 1850. Two daughters may have died young. Nancy Maude, the eldest, had married at Adams Illinois in 1847 to Horatio L. Orton. They had two little girls and he died at Nauvoo in 1850.
George Westalke Bailey, her first son, died in Pennsylvania, so he evidently stayed behind, or returned to the East. Martha also stayed behind where she married John Wesley Farrington in 1852 at Pottawattamie County. Most of her children were born in Iowa and Missouri but some ended up in Colorado and Montana, Martha eventually dying in Granite County Montana in 1910.
John Pea, Jemima, and young Charles W. Bailey were with the Morris Phelps Company which departed from Kansville, Iowa on 9 June 1851. Susan, then about 15 and unmarried, must have also been with them, because she lived and later married Alma Fenner Fairchild in Utah. Nancy Maude Orton and her two girls were also with her mother and John Pea in the wagon company.
They were a courageous group of pioneers seeking religious freedom at all costs. Walking over 1,300 miles in all types of terrain, they struggled with the harsh weather conditions and food rationing. They reached the Valley of Great Salt Lake between the dates of 26 September and 1 October of 1851.
After reaching the Salt Lake Valley, Nancy Maude Orton was married to Samuel Hamblin Steele, who's wife had left him with two small children. The mother had gone to California with a gold seeker. Steele had no option but to let another family take his children while he traveled with the Joshua Grant Freight Company in 1851. When he reached the valley, Nancy was caring for his abandoned children and they made a life together, having 12 more children.
Children of Charles and Jemima Westlake Bailey:
Nancy Maude Bailey, 1830 -1921, md [1] Horatio L. Orton, [2] Samuel Hamblin Steele
Rhonda Bailey 1832 - unknown
Martha Bailey 1834 -1910, md. [1] John Westley Farrington, [2] Alfred H. G. Hawes
Rebecca Bailey 1835- unknown
Susan Elizabeth Bailey 1836 -1911, md Alma Fenner Fairchild
George Westlake Bailey 1837 - 1882
John Bailey 1839 - 1845
Charles Westlake Bailey 1843-1929
Research continues and will be added after the information has proven accurate.
Jemima Westlake married Charles Bailey about 1828 at Bridgewater, Beaver, Pennsylvania, where they settled and had three daughters.
About 1835-1836 they moved to Mercer County, where their next three children, a daughter and two sons, were born. They returned to Beaver County where their last two sons were born.
In about 1844 the entire family moved to Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. While there, they acquired three pieces of property. Just a year later, February of 1845, Jemima's husband Charles passed away at only fifty two years old. Her son, John, who was only about six, also died there that August. They were buried at Nauvoo.
Keeping the promise to Charles, Jemima began making preparations to undertake the trek along the Mormon Trail to Utah Territory. She began making quilts, and gathering material to make jackets, hats, mittens and suitable underclothing which might be needed for the long journey. She made sure she and her children had sturdy shoes.
Jemima may have started out with and "unknown company" of LDS Church members, who were headed toward the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory, when she met widower, John Pea. They married about 1848/49 at Pottawattamie, Iowa, where they were enumerated on the US Census in 1850.
Some of her older children had married, and some seem to be unaccounted for because only Susan, 14 and Charles Westlake, age 7 are in the Pea household in 1850. Two daughters may have died young. Nancy Maude, the eldest, had married at Adams Illinois in 1847 to Horatio L. Orton. They had two little girls and he died at Nauvoo in 1850.
George Westalke Bailey, her first son, died in Pennsylvania, so he evidently stayed behind, or returned to the East. Martha also stayed behind where she married John Wesley Farrington in 1852 at Pottawattamie County. Most of her children were born in Iowa and Missouri but some ended up in Colorado and Montana, Martha eventually dying in Granite County Montana in 1910.
John Pea, Jemima, and young Charles W. Bailey were with the Morris Phelps Company which departed from Kansville, Iowa on 9 June 1851. Susan, then about 15 and unmarried, must have also been with them, because she lived and later married Alma Fenner Fairchild in Utah. Nancy Maude Orton and her two girls were also with her mother and John Pea in the wagon company.
They were a courageous group of pioneers seeking religious freedom at all costs. Walking over 1,300 miles in all types of terrain, they struggled with the harsh weather conditions and food rationing. They reached the Valley of Great Salt Lake between the dates of 26 September and 1 October of 1851.
After reaching the Salt Lake Valley, Nancy Maude Orton was married to Samuel Hamblin Steele, who's wife had left him with two small children. The mother had gone to California with a gold seeker. Steele had no option but to let another family take his children while he traveled with the Joshua Grant Freight Company in 1851. When he reached the valley, Nancy was caring for his abandoned children and they made a life together, having 12 more children.
Children of Charles and Jemima Westlake Bailey:
Nancy Maude Bailey, 1830 -1921, md [1] Horatio L. Orton, [2] Samuel Hamblin Steele
Rhonda Bailey 1832 - unknown
Martha Bailey 1834 -1910, md. [1] John Westley Farrington, [2] Alfred H. G. Hawes
Rebecca Bailey 1835- unknown
Susan Elizabeth Bailey 1836 -1911, md Alma Fenner Fairchild
George Westlake Bailey 1837 - 1882
John Bailey 1839 - 1845
Charles Westlake Bailey 1843-1929
Research continues and will be added after the information has proven accurate.
Daughter of John Burroughs Westlake and Jemima Pettit.
Jemima Westlake married Charles Bailey about 1828 at Bridgewater, Beaver, Pennsylvania, where they settled and had three daughters.
About 1835-1836 they moved to Mercer County, where their next three children, a daughter and two sons, were born. They returned to Beaver County where their last two sons were born.
In about 1844 the entire family moved to Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. While there, they acquired three pieces of property. Just a year later, February of 1845, Jemima's husband Charles passed away at only fifty two years old. Her son, John, who was only about six, also died there that August. They were buried at Nauvoo.
Keeping the promise to Charles, Jemima began making preparations to undertake the trek along the Mormon Trail to Utah Territory. She began making quilts, and gathering material to make jackets, hats, mittens and suitable underclothing which might be needed for the long journey. She made sure she and her children had sturdy shoes.
Jemima may have started out with and "unknown company" of LDS Church members, who were headed toward the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory, when she met widower, John Pea. They married about 1848/49 at Pottawattamie, Iowa, where they were enumerated on the US Census in 1850.
Some of her older children had married, and some seem to be unaccounted for because only Susan, 14 and Charles Westlake, age 7 are in the Pea household in 1850. Two daughters may have died young. Nancy Maude, the eldest, had married at Adams Illinois in 1847 to Horatio L. Orton. They had two little girls and he died at Nauvoo in 1850.
George Westalke Bailey, her first son, died in Pennsylvania, so he evidently stayed behind, or returned to the East. Martha also stayed behind where she married John Wesley Farrington in 1852 at Pottawattamie County. Most of her children were born in Iowa and Missouri but some ended up in Colorado and Montana, Martha eventually dying in Granite County Montana in 1910.
John Pea, Jemima, and young Charles W. Bailey were with the Morris Phelps Company which departed from Kansville, Iowa on 9 June 1851. Susan, then about 15 and unmarried, must have also been with them, because she lived and later married Alma Fenner Fairchild in Utah. Nancy Maude Orton and her two girls were also with her mother and John Pea in the wagon company.
They were a courageous group of pioneers seeking religious freedom at all costs. Walking over 1,300 miles in all types of terrain, they struggled with the harsh weather conditions and food rationing. They reached the Valley of Great Salt Lake between the dates of 26 September and 1 October of 1851.
After reaching the Salt Lake Valley, Nancy Maude Orton was married to Samuel Hamblin Steele, who's wife had left him with two small children. The mother had gone to California with a gold seeker. Steele had no option but to let another family take his children while he traveled with the Joshua Grant Freight Company in 1851. When he reached the valley, Nancy was caring for his abandoned children and they made a life together, having 12 more children.
Children of Charles and Jemima Westlake Bailey:
Nancy Maude Bailey, 1830 -1921, md [1] Horatio L. Orton, [2] Samuel Hamblin Steele
Rhonda Bailey 1832 - unknown
Martha Bailey 1834 -1910, md. [1] John Westley Farrington, [2] Alfred H. G. Hawes
Rebecca Bailey 1835- unknown
Susan Elizabeth Bailey 1836 -1911, md Alma Fenner Fairchild
George Westlake Bailey 1837 - 1882
John Bailey 1839 - 1845
Charles Westlake Bailey 1843-1929
Research continues and will be added after the information has proven accurate.
Jemima Westlake married Charles Bailey about 1828 at Bridgewater, Beaver, Pennsylvania, where they settled and had three daughters.
About 1835-1836 they moved to Mercer County, where their next three children, a daughter and two sons, were born. They returned to Beaver County where their last two sons were born.
In about 1844 the entire family moved to Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. While there, they acquired three pieces of property. Just a year later, February of 1845, Jemima's husband Charles passed away at only fifty two years old. Her son, John, who was only about six, also died there that August. They were buried at Nauvoo.
Keeping the promise to Charles, Jemima began making preparations to undertake the trek along the Mormon Trail to Utah Territory. She began making quilts, and gathering material to make jackets, hats, mittens and suitable underclothing which might be needed for the long journey. She made sure she and her children had sturdy shoes.
Jemima may have started out with and "unknown company" of LDS Church members, who were headed toward the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory, when she met widower, John Pea. They married about 1848/49 at Pottawattamie, Iowa, where they were enumerated on the US Census in 1850.
Some of her older children had married, and some seem to be unaccounted for because only Susan, 14 and Charles Westlake, age 7 are in the Pea household in 1850. Two daughters may have died young. Nancy Maude, the eldest, had married at Adams Illinois in 1847 to Horatio L. Orton. They had two little girls and he died at Nauvoo in 1850.
George Westalke Bailey, her first son, died in Pennsylvania, so he evidently stayed behind, or returned to the East. Martha also stayed behind where she married John Wesley Farrington in 1852 at Pottawattamie County. Most of her children were born in Iowa and Missouri but some ended up in Colorado and Montana, Martha eventually dying in Granite County Montana in 1910.
John Pea, Jemima, and young Charles W. Bailey were with the Morris Phelps Company which departed from Kansville, Iowa on 9 June 1851. Susan, then about 15 and unmarried, must have also been with them, because she lived and later married Alma Fenner Fairchild in Utah. Nancy Maude Orton and her two girls were also with her mother and John Pea in the wagon company.
They were a courageous group of pioneers seeking religious freedom at all costs. Walking over 1,300 miles in all types of terrain, they struggled with the harsh weather conditions and food rationing. They reached the Valley of Great Salt Lake between the dates of 26 September and 1 October of 1851.
After reaching the Salt Lake Valley, Nancy Maude Orton was married to Samuel Hamblin Steele, who's wife had left him with two small children. The mother had gone to California with a gold seeker. Steele had no option but to let another family take his children while he traveled with the Joshua Grant Freight Company in 1851. When he reached the valley, Nancy was caring for his abandoned children and they made a life together, having 12 more children.
Children of Charles and Jemima Westlake Bailey:
Nancy Maude Bailey, 1830 -1921, md [1] Horatio L. Orton, [2] Samuel Hamblin Steele
Rhonda Bailey 1832 - unknown
Martha Bailey 1834 -1910, md. [1] John Westley Farrington, [2] Alfred H. G. Hawes
Rebecca Bailey 1835- unknown
Susan Elizabeth Bailey 1836 -1911, md Alma Fenner Fairchild
George Westlake Bailey 1837 - 1882
John Bailey 1839 - 1845
Charles Westlake Bailey 1843-1929
Research continues and will be added after the information has proven accurate.
Bio by: KA Miles
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