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Dr. Harold ‘Doc’ Bailey Served Decades as the ‘Country Doctor’

Dr. Harold ‘Doc’ Bailey Served Decades as the ‘Country Doctor’

People You Should Know

Dr. H.W. “Doc” Bailey delivered well over 2,000 babies, including one set of triplets and several sets of twins, during decades of service to the people of Daviess County. The longtime Gallatin doctor exemplified the meaning of “country doctor”...
Pioneer Doctor: John Cravens of Daviess County, MO

Pioneer Doctor: John Cravens of Daviess County, MO

Military & Wars, People You Should Know

John Cravens, M.D., (1797-1876) was one of the most highly esteemed pioneers of Daviess County. The county’s Confederate States of America veterans’ post selected Cravens for its chapter namesake. John Cravens, son of Dr. Joseph and Mary Cravens, was born...

Visit the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail, located 2 blocks west of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. This historic relic is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a visitors’ center — by appointment,
Trudi Burton, ph: 660.663.7342

Search digital posts from 1999 to 2021:
GallatinNorthMissourian.com

Read the last special edition published by the Gallatin North Missourian in 2021:
Daviess County History Guide

Recent Posts

  • Everly Cemetery: Oldest Gravestone of Grand River Twp. (1835) March 7, 2023
  • Yesteryear Photographs of Jameson, MO March 7, 2023
Presented on behalf of the Daviess County Historical Society; Dan Lockridge, President; Darryl Wilkinson, Secretary.