James Anthony Bailey
| James Anthony Bailey | |
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Portrait of J.A. Bailey, circa 1895
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| Born |
James Anthony McGinnis July 4, 1847 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | April 11, 1906 (aged 58) Mount Vernon, New York |
| Cause of death | Erysipelas |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth Louisa McCaddon (m. 1868) |
James Anthony Bailey (July 4, 1847 – April 11, 1906), born James Anthony McGinnis, was an American circus ringmaster.
Orphaned at the age of eight, McGuiness was working as a bellhop in Pontiac, Michigan, when he was discovered by Frederic Harrison Bailey (a nephew of circus pioneer Hachaliah Bailey) as a teenager. Bailey gave McGuiness a job as his assistant and the two traveled together for many years. James Anthony eventually adopted Bailey's surname to become James A. Bailey.
Bailey later associated with James E. Cooper, and by the time he was 25, he was manager of the Cooper and Bailey circus. He then met with P.T. Barnum, and together they established Barnum and Bailey's Circus (for which Bailey was instrumental in obtaining Jumbo the Elephant) in 1881.
James Anthony Bailey was married to Ruth McCaddon of Zanesville, Ohio. He died of erysipelas. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, in The Bronx, New York City.
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