Bailey Springs

Bailey Springs was a popular health resort and mineral springs founded in the 1820s by Jonathan Bailey. It was located about five miles northeast of Florence in section 10 of
T2 S R10 W. By 1858 it was owned by A. G. Ellis & Co, and was subsequently owned
by several different parties. In the mid 1890's Bailey Springs University, was located at Bailey Springs. This was a women's university.

[This picture appeared in the Florence Times, Sunday Morning, 24 Aug 1976, p. 41]

A sure way to get your picture or name, or both, in the paper
was to be a visitor "taking the waters" at Bailey Springs.

The Florence Gazette in the 1850s and 60s routinely published lists of guests staying at the Bailey Springs Resort in Lauderdale County, AL. These notices are abstracted exactly as they appeared in the Gazette. No corrections were made in the spelling of names, though editor’s brackets [ ] were used for doubtful spellings. For this reason, be sure to check for alternate name spellings. The word "do" following so many of the names is the abbreviation for "ditto."

From the Florence Gazette, Wednesday, June 1, 1859, p. 3.

ARRIVALS
At Bailey Springs from May 4th to May 31st, 1859.
Ellis & Co., Proprietors.

F Shoemake [sic?]	Memphis
Mrs Shoemake [sic?]	do
Mrs W B Donaho [sic]	do 4 children & 4 ser’vts
Col Sam’l W Evans & serv’t	Oxford Miss.
Mrs. Mary K Evans & serv’ts	Oxford Miss
Master Rob’t Evans	do
Dr M K [H]arrison	Aberdeen Miss.
O F Hames	Carroll Ten.
Wm B Wiggs	Memphis
Jno H Brinkley	do
James S Woodell	do
M P Asher	do
The. Allen Jones	Florence Ala.
J Coffee Simpson	do
Patrick McDonald	Memphis Tenn.
Jas Harrington	do
Jas F Hall	St Louis
Jas Brady & Wife	Memphis
Z J Carthel	Trenton Ten.
Rob’t Manning	Missouri
Geo TG White	NY
Mrs Paul Chandion? and servant	Mobile
E R Shapard [sic?]	---- Tenn
T P Davidson	Memphis
Miss Davidson	do
James O Kerr	Miss
Miss LA Kerr	do
Tip Davis	Florence
Miss Mollie Karsner	do
Miss Fannie Fible	Louisville
Miss Mollie Dies	do
B F Karsner Jr	do
R T Boroughs	Florence
F S Furgeson	Tuskeegee Ala
Wm L Thompson	La
Geo R Anderson & servant	Athens Ala.
W C Prewitt	Madison Arkansas
Miss L Prewitt	do
Mrs W H Hunt	Memphis
J W Chisholm	County
B Nelson	do
L H Cole	Waterford Mis
W J Anderson	Helena ark [sic]
A C Horton and family	Memphis
J S McGehee	Como Mis
M F Gilchrist	do do
P P Gilchrist	Courtland Ala
W A Key	County
Jas S Boddie	do
D P Ludlow	New York
S T Kirby	Georgia
Mrs Kirby & serv’t	Ga.
James Buford	Miss
William Painter	Memphis
Miss Maggie Silver	do
J D Barnard	Huntsville
Mrs Barnard & serv’t	do
A McAlexander	Florence
MJ Gilchrist	do
Mrs E H Bourdmon	NY
Miss C F Bourdmon	do
M L Webb	Mississippi
C W Martin	[Pon]totoc do
Mrs Martin	do
Miss Doke & se’vt	do
Sam’l Adams	Memphis
Jas Martin	cypress fac’y [sic]
R D Martin	do do
H O Pettus	Florence
R C McCarly	do
S F Tate	do
D H Campbell	Courtland [A]la.
Col John L Moore	Memphis
B F Foster jr [sic]	Florence
Wm Morris	Memphis
Rob’t Dyas	N. Orleans
Miss M Dyas	do
Wm V Chardavoyne	Courtland Alabama
Mrs Chardavoyne	Courtland Alabama
B S Gibson	Madison ark [sic]
Thos Bufort and servant	Glies Tenn.
Giles H Reynolds and ser’vt	do
Master Reynolds	do do
George W Carroll	Tehula Mississippi.
R H Oglivie	Tenn.
Mrs. Ogilvie	do
W B Donaho [sic]	Memphis
Col J Branch’s two servants	Tenn
Thos M Jone’s [sic] 1 ser’vt
E B Hornbeak	Mem.
Mrs. Jas Fletche[r] ser'vt & 2 children	do
Mrs K Henderson	do
Thos Williams	ark [sic]
W A Pettus	waterloo ala [sic]
Dr. D S Beloate	county
Dr J W Stewart	do
Mrs Coffee	do
Miss Kate Coffee	do
W Wainright	miss [sic]
John Bell	Tenn
Miss S Bell & ser’vt	do
R N McVeigh	Phila’d
L Lorance	Florence
Ed Brown	do
S G Barr	do
Wood	Yeatman &Co’s servant
W H Key	County
James Boddie	do
Miss A Howell	do
John C Bliss	Florence
Mrs Malony	do
Thomas Taylor	do
Jno R Price	So Florence
L?M Lewis	Florence
Miss Shappard [sic?]	Memphis
Dr H F Harris	McLemoresville Tenn
Jas Ackinson	do
John Burns	Memphis
Dr J T Hargraves and serv’t	Florence Ala
Geo Shall [sic]	Memphis
John B Fassitt	Phil’a