Keeler-Bailey Family, 1828-1928

Items

• Subject is exactly Emily Keeler ×

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  Removal Permit [for Emily Keeler]
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  Notice.

  Halcyon placed a series of ads in the Danbury Times advising potential creditors that he would not be responsible for future debts of his wife, Emily.
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  Divorce Petition & Decree

  Emily filed for divorce against Halcyon for the second time on November 25th, 1872. In her petition, Emily stated that Halcyon was ‘violent in temper and abusive in conduct’. The divorce was granted in December of 1872.
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  Divorce Petition

  Emily Keeler petitioned the court for divorce from her husband. This divorce petition was eventually dropped.
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  Died (Clayton Wall Bailey)

  Clayton Wall Bailey died November 15, 1863, at the age of 5.
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  [Transfer of Sherwood Farm from Halcyon to Emily]

  Halcyon sold Sherwood Farm to Lyman Keeler for $3000. Lyman Keeler immediately sold it to Emily for the same amount.
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  [The Various Suits]

  Short newspaper article on the conclusion of the various suits involving Halcyon.
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  [Sherwood Farm rental agreement]

  Agreement between Halcyon G. Bailey, Emily Bailey and Jonah Parks for Jonah Parks to rent Sherwood Farm
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  [Properties returned to Halcyon]

  Deeds from the Ridgefield Land Records documenting the return of several properties to Halcyon Gilbert Bailey, following his divorce from Emily Keeler.
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  [Halcyon borrows against Sherwood Farm]

  Halcyon borrows an additional $1000 from Jordan, using the Sherwood Farm property as collateral, despite the fact that the property was in Emily's name.
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  [Emily’s Petition for a change in Trustee]

  In May 1869, Emily petitioned the court for a change of trustee. In summary, Halcyon had not been performing his duties as trustee of her funds.
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  [Deed putting The Homestead and 14 Bogus Acres into trust]

  The Homestead and 14 Bogus Acres went into a trust for the benefit of Emily and Annie