The Pike County Journal Zebulon, Pike Co., Friday, August 3, 1894 Mr. John Bailey Dead On last Saturday morning at 2 oclock a.m. Mr. John Bailey, formerly of this county died at Greenwood, Henry county, of typhoid fever. He was a most promising young man. His parents moved to Texas a few years since, where they now live. He was here in Ga., prosecuting [sic] his studies and working his way up to usefulness. He had just reached manhood and promised great usefulness. It is saddening to our hearts when the young are thus carried away, while life is just blooming into usefulness. It is sad, too, for anyone to die away from home and dear ones; but it is comforting when the young must die, to feel they are prepared to go to a better and brighter life. Mr. Bailey left the bright assurance that he was going to a better country. The parents and relatives have the sympathy of many hearts. While the old must die, the young may in the early morning pass away. (Transcribed 9/24/02 Lynn Cunningham)