City: Jefferson City
BAYLESS, William Charles, minister; born Madisonville, Tenn., Sept. 29, 1848; son of Smith and Narcissa (Hickes) BAYLESS; paternal grandfather William BAYLESS, paternal grandmother Jane (Hair) BAYLESS, maternal grandfather Charles HICKES, maternal grandmother Sallie (Houk) HICKES; English and Dutch descent; father’s occupation, farmer; educated Carson & Newman College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; graduated from Carson & Newman College A. B. degree June, 1874; married Florence Nightingale PECK June 27, 1877; early business farming; missionary in Tenn. under the auspices of the American Baptist Publication Society of Philadelphia, Pa., 1897, under commission to place Bibles and Testaments in the homes of the destitute and preach the gospel to the poor; owns small farm at Jefferson City, Tenn.; is a stockholder in the Elk Valley Coal & Iron Co., which owns 8,800 acres of coal and iron lands at Elk Valley, Campbell., Co., Tenn.; owner of one-fifth interest in the 2,600 acres of Jacob Peek Iron lands in Polk Co., Tenn.; member Missionary Baptist church.
