Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
J.T. T.BALEY'S FUNERAL
WILL BE HELD TUESDAY
Head of Bailey, Banks e.
Biddle, Noted Jewellers, Is
Dead Of Pneumonia

Funeral services for Joseph Trow.
bridge Bailey, president of the jewelry
firm of Bailey, Banks & Biddle Com
pany, who died yesterday at the home
of his son, Charles Weaver Bailey. will
be held Tuesday afternoon at 1880
O'Clock. Interment will he in West
Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Bailey. who was eighty-threc
years old, lived at the Bellevue -Stratford
Hotel for a number of years. When he
was first stricken with pneumonia, he
was removed to his sons home. His
wife and the members of his family were
with him when he died.
Mr.. Bailey was q promoter of the
Philadelphia Training Camps Associa-
ton, of which he was an honorary colo
mel; a founder of the American Defense
Society and member of the Nation ii
Association Of Universal Military Train
ing He was also the oldest living MEM
ber of the veteran corps of the First
Regiment. National Guard Of Pennsyl-
vania. and an active member of the
washington Grays, which he helped TO
organize before the Civil War
In 1871. during the German siege of
Paris, in the Franco-Prussan War, Mr..
Bailey, who was at that time in Paris
on business. was forced to fly from the
city, along with many of the inhabitants.
Mr. Bailey was the eldest son of To-
seph Trowbridge Bailey, the founder of
the house of Bailey. Banks & Bddle.
which began business at 1856 Chestnut
street, under the name of Bailey &
Kitchen. in october, 1882.
Mr.. Bailey was born in Philadelph.a a
March 90, 1895. of English ancestry, and
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this city. In 1851 he began working for
his father. In 1894 the business was in.
corporated and Mr. Bailey became pres
| ident. Tn until 1900 Mr.. Bailey pur-
chhsed all goods bought abroad some
wears making two or three trips to Eu-
rome. He crossed the Atlantic 14O times
| In January. 1902. Mr.. Bailey's first
wife. Catharne Goddard Weaver. OF
Providence, r. l.. whom he married OIL
September I, 1857. died at the home OF
her Youngest daughter, the Countess
dc Sibour, at Pau, France. Some few
months ago he married Mrs. Isabel Brad.
ley wildermuth, daughter of Titusvile
Pa, oil operator Until the time of his
second marriage Mr.. Bailey had lived
| with his son, Major Charles Weaver
Bailey, Mt 2i00 De Lancey place.
Mr.. Bailey was a patron Of the arts
and sciences. He was a subscriber &c
the Philadelphia Orchestra and the
opera, and was member of the board
of the Pennsylvania Museum and Schoo
of Industrial Art
He is survived by his widow and two
sons and a daughter. Charles Weaver
Bailey. the eldest son, who. as vice
president and treasurer of the firm. au
tomaticaily becomes the head of the
house, is a major in the United States
officers reserve corps. The eldest son
Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, Sd, is con
sulting mining engineer of New Yorl
city. The daughter is Mrs. Emile
Aymar, of Atlantic City. Mr. Bailey!
Youngest daughter. the Countess de 81
bour, died two years ago She is sur
yiyed by her husband and two sons
all Of whom are officers in the Frencl
army.
Mr. Bailey was n member Of the Unior
League, the Manufacturers Club, the
| Art Club. the New England Society
Colonial Governors, Pennsylvania So.
ciety Sons of the Revolution and the
Society of Founders and Patriots, anc
Military order of Foreign Wars.