Hume Field Bailey, Jr.^[1]

1879 -

• Name	Hume Field Bailey
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	12 Aug 1879	Hackett, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	3 Jul 1880	Cole Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [4]
  Residence	1902	Salida, Chaffee, Colorado, United States
  	From the back of a photo of Hume. H.F. Bailey Salida, Colo 1902
  Occupation	21 Dec 1903	Horton, Brown, Kansas, United States   [5]
  	began working for the Northern Pacific Railway as a machinist
  	Hume F. Bailey is a new machinist in the back shops. He went to work Monday morning.
  Occupation	19 Jan 1904	Horton, Brown, Kansas, United States   [6]
  	left the Northern Pacific Railway
  	Hume F. Bailey, machinist, drew his time last Tuesday.
  Occupation	20 Jun 1907	Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States   [3]
  	employeed as machinist - Midland Valley RR
  Occupation	10 Sep 1908	Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States   [3]
  	left Midland Valley RR
  Occupation	12 Sep 1908	Parsons, Labette, Kansas, United States   [3]
  	employeed by Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR
  Occupation	14 Aug 1909	Parsons, Labette, Kansas, United States   [3]
  	left Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR
  Occupation	17 Aug 1909	Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States   [3]
  	employeed by Frisco RR
  Occupation	20 Sep 1910	Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States   [3]
  	left Frisco RR
  Occupation	6 Oct 1910	Pasco, Franklin, Washington, United States   [3]
  	Started work for Northern Pacific
  	Started working for Northern Pacific RR as a machinist.
  Occupation	12 Oct 1910	Pasco, Franklin, Washington, United States   [3]
  	Resigned from Northern Pacific
  Occupation	3 Aug 1914	Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States   [3]
  	Machinist with Northern Pacific RR
  Occupation	14 Aug 1914	Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States   [3]
  	laid off as a machinist from Northern Pacific RR
  Occupation	16 Oct 1914	Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States   [3]
  	employeed by Northern Pacific RR
  Occupation	16 Dec 1914	Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States   [3]
  	employeed as a machinist, Northern Pacific RR
  Occupation	6 Feb 1915	Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States   [3]
  	left employee of Northern Pacific RR
  Occupation	30 Jul 1916	Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States   [3]
  	left Northern Pacific RR
  Occupation	15 Aug 1916	Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States   [3]
  	Employeed by Northern Pacific RR
  Occupation	20 Oct 1916	Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States   [3]
  	Left employ of Northern Pacific RR
  Occupation	1 Nov 1916	Livingston, Park, Montana, United States   [3]
  	Began work for Northern Pacific Railroad
  	Worked as a machinist with Northern Pacific. In his work application, he says he was born 12 Aug 1882 (should be 12 Aug 1879). He says he was born in Salida, Colorado. He says his parents are not living. He also says his sistern Anna Bailey Coulter is living in Raton, New Mexico
  Occupation	9 Nov 1916	Livingston, Park, Montana, United States   [3]
  	Resigned from Northern Pacific
  	Note say he was allowed to resign. Looks like he applied with a false age, false parents, false birthplace, and said he had never worked for the Northern Pacific before. Of course, they checked and he had.
  Military	12 Sep 1918	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [2]
  	registered for WWI draft
  	Interestingly, Hume did not sign his draft card. He only made his X and it was witnessed by the registrar. He was an educated man, though. This must have been an act of resistance.
  Occupation	12 Sep 1918	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [2]
  	machinist, Frisco RR
  Residence	12 Sep 1918	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [2]
  	Address: 405 N. N St.
  Occupation	17 Dec 1918
  	Member of International Association of Machinists
  	Membership card 53901 for International Association of Machinists, 17 Dec 1918, Lodge 228. Initiated Sept 1902.
  Residence	27 Dec 1926	Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
  	was a member of the Heavener AF&AM Masonic Lodge #154
  	Masonic membership card
  Residence	29 Dec 1927	Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
  	was a member of the Heavener AF&AM Masonic Lodge #154
  	Membership card for Heavener lodge dated 29 Dec 1927
  Residence	1929	South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States
  	In his 15 Sept 1929 letter, Hume says he was trying to get his belongings from South Bend.
  Residence	15 Sep 1929	Tomah, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States
  Residence	20 Sep 1929	La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
  	Hume sent a letter to his brother and family from Tomah, Wisconsin postmarked 15 Sept 1929. In it he said that he would be in LaCrosse in a few days and to use that as his post office for the time being.
  Residence	11 Jun 1930	Minden, Webster, Louisiana, United States
  	Hume sent a letter home from Minden, Louisiana on 11 Jun 1930 The job situation was still hard here, so he and another old railroad machinist were trying to make a living fishing.
  _AMTID	162485314438:1030:191555462
  _FSFTID	MT29-3R9
  _UID	724F89217F484F13A27106FA3A75964D39A6
  Person ID	I615	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Hume Field Bailey,   b. 15 Jun 1829, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States d. 1 Oct 1891, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Sarah Louise Council,   b. 29 Jan 1837, Alabama, United States d. 23 Mar 1915, Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1867	Hackett, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
  Family ID	F432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Aug 1879 - Hackett, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Census - 3 Jul 1880 - Cole Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Residence - 1902 - Salida, Chaffee, Colorado, United States Occupation - began working for the Northern Pacific Railway as a machinist - 21 Dec 1903 - Horton, Brown, Kansas, United States Occupation - left the Northern Pacific Railway - 19 Jan 1904 - Horton, Brown, Kansas, United States Occupation - employeed as machinist - Midland Valley RR - 20 Jun 1907 - Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States Occupation - left Midland Valley RR - 10 Sep 1908 - Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States Occupation - employeed by Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR - 12 Sep 1908 - Parsons, Labette, Kansas, United States Occupation - left Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR - 14 Aug 1909 - Parsons, Labette, Kansas, United States Occupation - employeed by Frisco RR - 17 Aug 1909 - Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States Occupation - left Frisco RR - 20 Sep 1910 - Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States Occupation - Started work for Northern Pacific - 6 Oct 1910 - Pasco, Franklin, Washington, United States Occupation - Resigned from Northern Pacific - 12 Oct 1910 - Pasco, Franklin, Washington, United States Occupation - Machinist with Northern Pacific RR - 3 Aug 1914 - Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States Occupation - laid off as a machinist from Northern Pacific RR - 14 Aug 1914 - Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States Occupation - employeed by Northern Pacific RR - 16 Oct 1914 - Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States Occupation - employeed as a machinist, Northern Pacific RR - 16 Dec 1914 - Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States Occupation - left employee of Northern Pacific RR - 6 Feb 1915 - Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States Occupation - left Northern Pacific RR - 30 Jul 1916 - Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States Occupation - Employeed by Northern Pacific RR - 15 Aug 1916 - Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States Occupation - Left employ of Northern Pacific RR - 20 Oct 1916 - Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States Occupation - Began work for Northern Pacific Railroad - 1 Nov 1916 - Livingston, Park, Montana, United States Occupation - Resigned from Northern Pacific - 9 Nov 1916 - Livingston, Park, Montana, United States Military - registered for WWI draft - 12 Sep 1918 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Occupation - machinist, Frisco RR - 12 Sep 1918 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Residence - Address: 405 N. N St. - 12 Sep 1918 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Residence - was a member of the Heavener AF&AM Masonic Lodge #154 - 27 Dec 1926 - Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States Residence - was a member of the Heavener AF&AM Masonic Lodge #154 - 29 Dec 1927 - Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States Residence - 15 Sep 1929 - Tomah, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States Residence - 20 Sep 1929 - La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States Residence - 11 Jun 1930 - Minden, Webster, Louisiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1880 census calls him Hugh F. Bailey. I have a fact that says he died 1 Jul 1930, but no source at all. I am going to remove this until I can find where I found it.

  
  

• Sources

  [S179] Family Record of Francis Baker Bailey, 1963. [S705] Ancestry, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, 8 March 2017; Hume Field Bailey Jr, Sebastian Co, Arkansas. [S1452] U.S., Northern Pacific Railway Company Personnel Files, 1890-1963, 2 March 2019; File 57484, Hume Field Bailey. [S595] 1880 US Federal Census, Sebastian Co., AR, Cole Twp; p. 63; dwelling 543, family 543; Bailey, Hume F. [S1499] Horton Headlight-Commercial, Railroad Items; 24 December 1903; 31 May 2019. [S1499] Horton Headlight-Commercial, Railroad Items; 21 January 1904; 31 May 2019.