Born in Charleston July 28, 1856 and died in Augusta April 4, 1886 from consumption at the age of 29 years. Son of Irish Immigrants James Glover Bailie, Sr. (1820-1893) and Nancy Courtney (1828-1859), and grandson of Thomas Courtney (1794-1860), librarian of the Young Men's Library Association. The family moved to Augusta permanently in the early 1860s. After his mother's death his father married her sister, Margaret Courtney, who raised him. The Bailies and Courtneys were members of First Presbyterian Church. "Jimmie" Bailie grew up in the 400 block of Telfair Street in a house next to the Brahe House. His father was the proprietor of Bailie and Brother, dealers in carpets, oilcloths, window shades and wallpapers with locations in both Charleston and Augusta. Jimmie Bailie married in 1877 to Lula Williams Simmons (1857-1889), and they had four children. Jimmie had gone into business with his father before his untimely death. He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta. Pitcher and First Base of The Lightfoot Baseball Club
Born in Charleston July 28, 1856 and died in Augusta April 4, 1886 from consumption at the age of 29 years. Son of Irish Immigrants James Glover Bailie, Sr. (1820-1893) and Nancy Courtney (1828-1859), and grandson of Thomas Courtney (1794-1860), librarian of the Young Men's Library Association. The family moved to Augusta permanently in the early 1860s. After his mother's death his father married her sister, Margaret Courtney, who raised him. The Bailies and Courtneys were members of First Presbyterian Church. "Jimmie" Bailie grew up in the 400 block of Telfair Street in a house next to the Brahe House. His father was the proprietor of Bailie and Brother, dealers in carpets, oilcloths, window shades and wallpapers with locations in both Charleston and Augusta. Jimmie Bailie married in 1877 to Lula Williams Simmons (1857-1889), and they had four children. Jimmie had gone into business with his father before his untimely death. He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta. Pitcher and First Base of The Lightfoot Baseball Club
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