Ambrose Cemetery
Submitted by Charlene Hook

Inscriptions copied November 4, 1970, by Raymond and Charlene Hook of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
and Jacob R. Bailey of Kingston, Tenn.

WILLIAM BAILEY and his wife LYDIA BARNARD are both buried in this cemetery, although the markers for them are now missing. Also missing is the marker for at least one of their sons. (This information supplied by JACOB R. BAILEY, who stated he had attended at least one funeral at this cemetery and that the stones of WILLIAM and LYDIA still in the cemetery at that time.) JAKE, as we called him, was born 29 Oct. 1898, so could conceivably have remembered attending a funeral, or funerals, at this cemetery and remember that the stones of WILLIAM and LYDIA were intact. WILLIAM BAILEY served in the War of 1812. He died 19 June 1862 in Roane County. He was the son of CARR BAILEY, and, based upon the BAILEY-BRITTON GENEALOGY published in 1962 by T. H. BAILEY, his ancestry goes to immigrant STEPHEN BAILEY of Westmoreland Co., Va. Mr. T. H. BAILEY told me in correspondence that WILLIAM BAILEY and his wife, LYDIA BARNARD were the parents of 12 children, three of whom emigrated to Greene Co., Mo. Those three were:

MESHACK STACY BAILEY, b. 24 Nov. 1823, probably in Hawkins Co., Tn. He married first, 25 Oct. 1854, HULDA BOULDIN, by whom he had six children. I do not know the names of HULDA's parents, but she was born 11 November 1836 at Yanceyville, Caswell Co., N.C. His second wife, whom he married 30 Oct 1870 at Marshfield, Webster Co., Mo. was MARTHA EMERINE ROBERTS, by whom he had four children. She was the daughter of early SW Missouri Baptist Minister, BRAXTON McCORD ROBERTS, generally known and referred to as McCORD ROBERTS, and his wife, DOROTHY ROGERS. MESHACK BAILEY died 30 Oct. 1891, and according to my records is buried in the Henderson Cemetery, Rogersville, Greene Co., Mo., however, wife #2 is buried at Timberridge Cemetery in Webster Co., Mo. I am sure my notation about his burial being at Henderson Cemetery came from a family member, so may be incorrect.

WILLIAM and LYDIA'S daughter MANERVA A.(RMSTRONG??)BAILEY married JOSEPH LAFAYETTE SMITH on 27 Nov. 1854 in Roane Co., Tn. They also came to SW Missouri, settling in Greene Co. This couple were the great grandparents of CHARLENE HOOK. JOSEPH SMITH was born 1831 in Grainger Co., Tn., the son of MOSES SMITH and JANE FIELDEN. We are trying to determine more of JOSEPH'S ancestry.

The third child of WILLIAM and LYDIA to come to Missouri was SARAH L. BAILEY, b. ca. 1819, who married 8 Aug. 1842 in Roane Co., Tn. to ABINGTON H. LESLIE. They came to Greene Co., Mo. in the Spring of 1847.