100 17^th, Salem, OR

2^nd – Hugh P. Fuller

2^nd – Apr/May 1905

Dora (Sanders) Bailey was born on 18 Sep 1866 in Minnesota to Michael and Silvia Sanders. She was 24 when she married Thurman Bailey in Sibley, MN on 13 Sep 1890. The couple had one son, Benjamin H Bailey, who was born in New Auburn, Minnesota on 1 Mar 1892.

Soon after Benjamin’s birth, the family moved to Salem, OR, where Thurman’s younger brother Charles resided. Thurman seemed to be in ill health from the start. He passed away in Salem on 30 Apr 1895 and Dora found herself a widow with 3-year-old Benjamin to raise alone.

Dora may have relied on her bother-in-law Charles and his wife for support during her first few years as a widow but, by 1900, she was working for TKWM as a weaver while she and Benjamin boarded with the VanPatton family on Mill St. She worked at TKWM until she married a widower, house carpenter Hugh P Fuller in April 1905.

By 1910, Dora and Hugh were living in West Butte, Washington County, OR. Benjamin, now 18, was working as a chauffeur.  Although there is no available record of a divorce, Dora’s second marriage did not last.  By 1912, Hugh lived alone in Portland and eventually began working for the Salvation Army.  He died in 1918.  Benjamin married and became a deputy sheriff.  Dora lived with Benjamin and his wife until at least 1917.

By 1920, Dora was back in Salem working as a live-in personal nurse to Nancy J VanPatten, age 80, and Ellen T. McLean, age 82.  She and Benjamin boarded in the VanPatten home 20 years prior. By 1930, Dora was still employed as a live-in nurse but with the Simon Dinctor family at 744 Cottage St.

At age 64, Dora was most likely taken to Portland in ill health to be closer to Benjamin. She passed away after a cerebral hemorrhage at the Multnomah County Hospital on 14 Sep 1931. Her death certificate recorded burial at Crescent Cemetery in Metzger, Oregon though at the time of research, no record of her was located in that location.

1880 Minnesota State Census. Thurman Bailey, 21, born abt 1859 in Wisconsin.  Residence New Auburn, Sibley, Minnesota. Son of HOH.  Farm Laborer.  Father and mother born in New York. Additional household members: Ezra Bailey 54 HOH, Emaline Bailey 48 wife, Polly Bailey 26 daughter, Henry Bailey 24 son, Thurman Bailey 21 son, Charles Bailey 19 son, Cornella Bailey 17 daughter, Eva Bailey 9 daughter.

1895 Marion County, Oregon Census.

T Bailey 36 b in WI. Bowel trouble. No Occupation listed. Voter.

Dora Bailey 28 b in MN.  Housekeeper, Protestant.

Benj. Earl 3 b in MN.

1900 Federal Census. Dora Bailey, 34, born in Minnesota. Residence Mill St, Prospect Precinct, OR. Widowed boarder. Father and mother born in New York. Number of living children 1. Woolen Mill Weaver, full time. Additional household members: Adam Van Patton 68 HOH, Nancy J Van Patton 61, wife, Dora Bailey 34 boarder, Benjamin Bailey 8 boarder.

1910 Federal Census. Dora Fuller, 43, born abt 1867 in Minnesota. Wife of HOH.  Residence West Butte, Washington County, OR.  Father and mother born in USA. Additional household members: Hugh P Fuller 52 HOH (house carpenter, Dora Fuller 43 wife, Benjamin Bailey 18 stepson (chauffer).

1920 Federal Census. Dora Bailey, 53, born abt 1867 in Minnesota. Residence Mill St, Salem, OR. Widowed. Nurse to private family. Father and mother born in Ohio. Additional household members: Nancy J. VanPatten 80 HOH, Ellen T Mclean 82 sister, Dora Bailey 53 nurse.

1930 Federal Census. Dora Bailey, 63, born abt 1867 in Minnesota.  Widowed boarder. Nurse to private family. Residence 744 N Cottage, Salem, OR.  Father and mother born in Indiana. Additional household members: Simon Dinctor 38 HOH (Dept Store Proprietor), Helen Dinctor 29 wife, June Dinctor 12 daughter, Ruth Dinctor 8 daughter, Arline Dinctor 1 daughter, Dora Bailey 63 nurse, Velma M Martin 19 maid.

1896  No Dora Bailey in Salem.

Charles Bailey lab, Cap Lum Co.

1902  Dora Bailey (wid Thurman) weaver TKWM Res 100 17^th.

1905  Dora Bailey (wid Thurman) weaver TKWM Res 100 17^th.

1907/1908  No Dora Bailey in Salem.

1910  No Dora Bailey in Salem.

1924  No Dora Bailey or Fuller in Salem.

1928  No Dora Bailey or Fuller in Salem.

1930  Dora Bailey (wid Thurman) nurse 744 N Cottage.

Portland

1901  Hugh P Fuller, carpenter, bds s s Powell Valley rd nr Milwaukie rd.

1912  Hugh Fuller, lab, S P Co. no address.  No Dora Fuller.

1915  Hugh P Fuller, clerk, Salvation Army Hotel.  Res 210 ½ 1^st St.

1917  Benj A (Edith M) Bailey h Sylvan

Mrs. Dora Bailey (wid Thurman) h Sylvan

1920  Benjaman A Bailey (Edith) Lab 671 E 22^nd.

Mrs. Dora Bailey h 309 22^nd North.  (not wid of Thurman)

Oregon Statesman 3 May 1895, p. 4 – Thurman Bailey buried in Rural (Pioneer) Cemetery.  He became a Christian about four months before his death.

Oregon Statesman 30 Apr 1905, p. 8 – Marriage license issued on 6 Apr 1905 to H P Fuller and Dora Bailey, Samuel Gray, witness.

Oregon Daily Journal (Portland, OR) 17 Sep 1931, p. 28 – Dora Bailey death notice.  Died 14 Sep 1931 at age 64 at the Multnomah County hospital.  Cerebral Hemorrhage.  No burial information.

1917 WW1 Draft Record. Benjamin Harrison Bailey 25 of 69 E 22^nd St, Portland, OR. DOB 1 Mar 1892 in New Auburn, MN. Laborer at Consolidated Wet Wash. Married supporting wife, one child and mother.  Member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Registered 5 Jun 1917.

1918 Oregon Death Certificate. H. P. Fuller died of pneumonia at age 68 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, OR on 7 Aug 1918. His residence was 210 ½ First. Birthplace unknown. Carpenter. Divorced.

1931 Oregon Death Record. Adam S VanPatten, 76, retired, died on 26 Dec 1907, in Salem, OR. City View Cemetery.

1931 Oregon Death Record. Dora Bailey (Sanders) 64 b 18 Sep 1866 in MN, d 14 Sep 1931 in Portland, OR of cerebral hemorrhage.  Housewife. F Mitchel Sanders. M Silvia Rorp. Spouse Thurman Bailey.  Buried in Crescent Cemetery, Metzger, OR on 17 Sep 1931.  (Find a Grave does not have a record of her at Crescent Cemetery)

1957 Oregon Delayed Reg of Birth. Benjamin Harrison Bailey of 734 NE 52^nd Av, Portland, OR was born at New Auburn, MN on 1 Mar 1892.  F Thurman Bailey b unknown. M Dora Sanders b 1866. So determined on 29 Jan 1957.

1959 Oregon Death Record. Benjamin H Bailey, 67, Deputy Sheriff, or 3325 NE 67^th Ave, Portland, OR, died of a kidney infection in the Portland Sanitarium on 5 May 1959. Father Thurman Bailey. Mother Dora Sanders. Spouse Edith Bailey.