Settler of township lots: Lot 26, Conc. 3, Stanhope

Location: The map point is the approximate location within this 101 acre Lot 26, Conc. 3 running east of 25th Line Rd south of Hwy 118.

Land acquisition: 1885 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope Image 444).

Other land:

• Lot 17, Conc. 3, Stanhope: 1873 Patent from The Crown Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 298).
• Lots 17 & 18, Conc. 4, Stanhope: 1882 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 203 & 223).

Dates of residency:

• 1870 & 1871 Peterborough County Directory, Stanhope: Richard Bailey, pt Lot 26, Conc. 4
• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: This settler and his family were enumerated at all of these lots:
  - Lot 26, Conc. 3: Richd.; Noa John, Elisa Jane
  - Lots 17 & 18, Conc. 4: Ann (b. 1824)
  - Lot 26, Conc. 4: Richd. M. (Moses b. 1857)
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Richard Bailey, Lots 17, 18, 26, 26, Conc. 4, 4, 3, 4
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: son Noah J Bailey is listed at Lots 16 & 17, Conc. 4, and Lost 17 & 18, Conc. 4
• 1891 Stanhope Voters List: all these lots but not on 1901 or 1911.
• 1891 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Richard was still a farmer but all his family had left home and he employed a farm hand
• 1893 Married Wife 2 in Portland, Frontenac, Ontario

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• Lot 17, Conc. 3: 1907 James H. Sisson
• Lot 17, Conc. 4: 1911 Daniel McIntyre; 1911Archibald Bailey QC Deed
• Lot 18, Conc. 4: 1911 Daniel McIntyre; 1898 Rueben R Henderson; 1902 Robert Ferguson; 1907 William Ferguson - 1911 & 1918 Stanhope Post Office List
• Lot 26, Conc. 3: 1891 William Fader $315 with other lands
• Lot 26, Conc. 4: 1891 William D. Fader $315 with other lands

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Richard Bailey, b. 24 May 1826, England d. 25 Feb 1914, Belleville, (Age 87 years)
• Family 1: Ann Hopper, b. 1824, England d. 1890  Stanhope (Age 66 years)
  1. Richard Moses Bailey, b. 11 Feb 1856, Bowmanville
  2. Mary Ann Bailey, b. Abt 1861, Bowmanville d. 02 Feb 1897, Dunn, Haldimand, Ontario (Age ~ 36 years)
  3. Elisa Jane Bailey, b. Abt 1864, Ontario
  4. Noah John Bailey, b. 1869, Ontario, d. 1951, Alberta, (Age 82 years) 
• Family 2: Margaret Melissa Simpkins, b. 23 Jan 1848, Portland, Frontenac, Ontario,  d. 18 Jan 1936, Storrington, Frontenac, Ontario, (Age 87 years). Married: 6 Sep 1893