Isaac George Bailey (1846 or 1847 - 1914) was an educator, Baptist minister, and member of the Arkansas legislature. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1885, [1] [2] representing Desha County. [3] [4] His photograph was taken as one of the 1885 Arkansas House members. The caption says he was a Republican and Tillar Station was his post office. [5]
He was born 1847 in Arkansas City to Perry and Virginia Bailey, [6] although some sources say 1846. [1] He was educated in Pine Bluff at the Branch Normal College now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. [6] He served as a pastor at both First Baptist Church in Dermott and the Log Bayou Church in Tillar Station, just west of Tillar, Arkansas. [6]
In 1866, he married Winnie White with whom he had two children, Charles H. Bailey and Maude Bailey Frazier. [6] In 1884, he married his second wife Susie E. Ford (d. 1948) and together they were prominent religious leaders. They had nine children together but six died before reaching adulthood. [6]
He was a co-founder of the Dermott Baptist Industrial School in Dermott. [7] The school preceded Chicot County Training School and Morris-Booker Memorial College.
He died in early 1914 and had a large funeral, as he was respected in both the black and white communities. [7]
