This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dailey, Cook, Oaks, Bernhardt, Stuart, Petrr, Johnston, Kelley, Jones, Chapman, Kinne Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3857.1 Message Board Post: Visit this website: http://stcroixbios.tripod.com/bios/id5.htmlDailey A. R. Dailey is another of those descendants from the early pioneers, who have followed in their fathers footsteps. He was born in Hudson, in August, 1861, the son of Guy and Mary (Cook) Dailey, who settled in North Hudson on a farm after coming from Canada in 1850. Guy Dailey held a number of town offices and was a member of the assembly of 1876-1877. Both he and his wife died in Hudson Township. A. R. Dailey received an excellent education in the public and high schools of Hudson, then took up farming. He owns 240 acres, 225 of which are highly improved, largely the result of his own efforts. He is said to have one of the finest places in Hudson Township, and strangers never fail to notice its pretty appearance. He carries on a general farming, and deals in cattle, buying and shipping large quantities of stock of all descriptions. For some time he conducted a dairy business. Mr. Dailey is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the A. S. of E. and has served as town clerk. In 1889! he married Minnie, daughter of Harry and Lucy Oaks. The sorrow of Mr. and Mrs. Daileys lives was the loss of their only son, Harry, a bright little chap of fourteen years. Their spacious house is not far from the city of Hudson, and both the house and the other buildings are models of what farm buildings should be like. Mr. Dailey takes great pride in his farm and in the quality of his stock. His aim is to have one of the best-kept farms in the county and in this he is succeeding wonderfully well. (taken from "History of the St. Croix Valley", published in 1909) Edwin Dailey is spending his declining years at Hudson after an active life that has been both busy and successful. He was born in Canada, October 8, 1839, a son of William and Mercy (Bernhardt) Dailey. His father was born in Ireland and came to Canada in 1818, being a cabinet maker. He moved to Hudson in 1849 and began to develop 160 acres of government land. He assisted in building the first sawmill in Hudson. Two years after settling here he purchased a house and lot in Hudson and brought his family from Canada. In 1852 he built a cabinet shop, where he worked until his death in 1877. He was justice of the peace and member of the school board. His wife was a native of New York State. Edward attended the Academy at River Falls, in addition to the common schools of the township. Later he took up lumbering in the woods. In 1870 he bought 120 acres of land. Selling this, he bought 257 acres. Still later he sold this and bought 200 acres in Hudson Township, four miles east of ! the city. He broke and improved all these pieces of land. His chief industry has been that of dairying. He raised shorthorn and Holstein cattle, also Poland China hogs and Barred Plymouth Rock fowls. Mr. Dailey was married, November 21, 1878, to Annie, daughter of Thomas and Annie (Stuart) Johnson. She died three years later. Her husband continued farming until 1903, when he went to live with his son, Guy E. Dailey, born 1882, and married to Perle Petrr. Mr. Guy E. Dailey owns a lot and comfortable house on Fourth Street, Hudson City. Mr. Dailey was chairman of the town three years; also served on the sideboard and school board. He is a Democrat and a member of Hudson Lodge, No. 85, I. O. O. F. The family faith is that of the Episcopal Church. Throughout life Mr. Dailey has been a strong believer in the advancement of education, and he supplemented his own schooling with wide reading in after life. He is now reaping a well-deserved reward of years of hard and faithful toil.! (taken from "History of the St. Croix Valley", published in 1909) Jacob Dailey, for thirty years treasurer, school director and road overseer of the town of Hudson, was born on the 18th day of November 1833, in Canada. He is the son of William and Mercy (Barnhart) Dailey, the former of whom was born in County Cork, Ireland, and the latter in New York State. William Dailey, a cabinetmaker, came to Canada in the early days. In 1849 he settled in Hudson Township on a piece of government land. His cabinet making proved a success here and inn 1851 he brought his family to Hudson. Five of his eleven children are still alive. Jacob Dailey was educated in the common schools of Canada. After his arrival in this state he started farming upon eighty acres of school land that he took up in 1853. In more than a half-century that has passed since then he has spent a large part of his life in bringing the farm to its present state of perfection. When he was younger he worked for a time on the St. Croix River and also in the woods. Mr. Dailey learned his ! fathers trade, but has never worked extensively at it. He was married, August 16, 1859, to Martha Kelley, daughter of John and Frances (Johnston) Kelley. Mr. Kelley was a native of Ireland, and Mrs. Kelley was born in Canada. They came to this country at the same time as the Dailey family and continued farming until the time of their death. Mr. Dailey votes the Democratic ticket. His family of nine children have all been given a liberal education. They are: Alice, a trained nurse, married to R. E. Hodgin, of Hudson; Anna, married to Harry Jones, of Hudson; Flora, deceased; Francis, who is Mrs. Ira Chapman, of Minneapolis; Charlotte, who is Mrs. J. F. Kinne, of New Richmond; Janette, a stenographer at St. Paul; Kate, a clerk, and Jessie, a stenographer, both at Minneapolis. Mr. Daileys long term of office has kept him in close touch with the progress of events, and few men are better informed than he on the history of the growth of the town. Reference: Taken from "History of the St. Croix Valley", published in 1909