Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-20
OBITUARY.
William F. Bailey.

On Saturday, August F, William F. Bailey, a resident of Yantic for the past IT years, reached his S9th birth day anniversary in good health, but since then he has gradually failed with increasing age and his death occurred Thursday evening at 6.35 o'clock at his home in Yantic, where he lived with his son. Jaoez H. Bailey. His death closed a long and well spent life, in which he had been a successful farmer and business man, and had earned the high esteem of all with whom he had been associated. Never so happy as when surrounded by his friends and playing the host, this trait was one of the strongest in his char acter and his genial wholesome nature had made him host of friends.
 William F. Bailey was born in Bos- rah, Conn.,, August IT, 1923, the son of Roswell Bailey and Sally c. Hough. He traces his ancestry back to Eng land. His grandfather came from England with two of his brothers and settled in the town of Groton, New London county, at an early day. Joseph Bailey, grandfather of Will fam F. Bailey, was born in Groton, married Hannah Hicks, and had seven sons and one daughter of whom Ros- well was the youngest Joseph Bai- ley settled in the western part of Boz rah, where he died in 1856 at the ad- vanced age of 93 years. His wife died previous to that time at 91 years of age
 William F. Bailey received com mon school education till he was 16 years of age. His father dying in 1882, when he was only nine years of age, he was compelled to leave home and find one with his paternal grand parents and uncle, Joseph Bailey, with whom he lived until he was Is, when he returned to his own home and assisted his widowed mother in car rying on the farm work on 40 acres.
 He remained at home until he was | 23, in 1s46. when he purchased the farm of the heirs and remained two years. In the spring of 1849 he set | tied on the farm where he resided in Bozrah in 1881. 8 farm of some $40 acres. He was counted one of the best farmers of the town.
 l In 1883 he entered into partnership with Elisha Waterman, son of Elisha Waterman, and was engaged with him in the teaming business for the Hay ward Rubber company of Colchester Their business steadily increased til at one time they owned some eighty | horses.
 | After the death of MT. Waterman MT. Bailey had James M. Peckham fol | his partner for several months, wheI he purchased his interest and con- ducted the business himself, and the business increased even more than be- fore. Besides this, he owned and con- ducted a saw and grist mill and shops of various kinds, where he made ana repaired his wagons, shoed his horses and practically did everything within himself. About IS years ago MT. Bai- ley bought the William Backus place at Yantic, to which he removed iron Brozrah and had lived there since.
 In politics he was a republican. H, had been assessor and first selectman and in 1860 was a member of the gen eral assembly, and in 1872 he repre- sented the Ninth senatorial district il the senate serving as chairman of thu committee on roads and bridges.
 In November, 1S46 Mir. Bailey mar ried Phebe A., daughter of Orima Johnson and Artamissa Armstrong land two them have been four chil
 dren. of whom two are living, Mrs
 Bailey of Yantic.
 There are four grandchildren
 Claudius V. Pendleton, Jr,, Attorne, Albert J, Bailey William F. Bailey
 ed. and Bertran B. Bailey, The dc ceased also leaves a brother Roswei
 Bailey of East Haddam. and Il sister
 Mrs, Peleg Babcock of Shenanhoad d
 Iowa.
 Michael Reynolds.
 Especial to The Bulletln.)
 | Dudley, Mass, Sept 1s.-Michae
 Reynolds died at his home on Wes
 Main street today of apeplexy, age, l74 years. He was born in Reseem
 mon, Ireland, Sept. IT, 1888. and enlist
 ed July Sa. .1SSI as private IR Com