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Bailey, George Milroy

journalist, capitalist, was born Oct. 8, 1862, in Ogdensburg, N. Y. He is president of the Bailey Investment company; of the Buffalo-Marion Land company; and of the Niagara Falls Tunnel company. He is vice-president of the Hudor Lithia company; of the J. J. George Furniture company; and of the Buffalo Depew Land company; and secretary of the Oatman Produce company, and of the Depew Terminal Land company. He publishes a successful monthly paper entitled The Buffalo Presbyterian News.

Bailey, Goldsmith F

lawyer, congressman, was born July 17, 1823, in Westmoreland, N. H. He was admitted to the bar in 1848; in 1856 was elected to the legislature of Massachusetts; and in 1858-60 to the senate of the state. He was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the thirty-seventh congress. He died May 8, 1862, in Fitchburg, Mass.

Bailey, Guilford Dudley

soldier, was born June 4, 1834, in Martinsburg, N. Y. When the civil war began he was stationed at Fort Brown, Texas, but, with his immediate superior, Capt. Stoneman, refused to surrender when Gen. Twiggs attempted to give up his entire command to the confederates, and effected his escape into Mexico. A monument has been raised to his memory in the cemetery at Poughkeepsie. He was killed in action May 31, 1862.

Bailey, Horace W

commissioner of fisheries and game for Vermont, was born Jan. 16, 1852, in Newbury, Vt. He graduated from Newbury seminary, and during 1886-96 was clerk of his native city and superintendent of schools. During 1894-96 he was a member of the Vermont state senate, and served with distinction in that body. In 1894 he was appointed state commissioner of fisheries and game for Vermont.

Bailey, Jacob Whitman

naturalist, was born April 29, 1811, in Ward, Miss. He is the inventor of Bailey's Indicator and of many improvements in the microscope. His investigations with this instrument, illustrating botany and zoölogy, gave him great distinction. His Microscopic Sketches, together with his collection of about 4,500 specimens of algæ, he bequeathed to the Boston Society of Natural History. He died Feb. 26, 1857, in West Point, N. Y.

Bailey, James Alderson

JR., lawyer, legislator, state senator, was born March 25, 1867, in Arlington, Mass. In 1888 he graduated from Harvard college with the degree of A. B.; and subsequently from the Harvard Law school, from which institution he received the degrees of LL. B. and A. M. He is a successful lawyer, and has a large practice in his native city. He has served with distinction as a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature; and also as a state senator.

Bailey, James Anthony

showman, was born in 1847 in Detroit, Mich.

The Great London circus was bought and added to that of Cooper and Bailey, leading to the firm of Barnum and Bailey.

Bailey, James Stanton

manufacturer, was born Dec. 9, 1817, in Lebanon, Conn. He established the house of Tuttle and Bailey, manufacturers of registers and ventilators; and on the death of Charles Tuttle became senior partner.

Bailey, Jeremiah

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born at Little Compton, R. I. He graduated at Brown university, and studied law; was a member of the Maine legislature from 1811-14 and a judge of probate from 1814-35. He was a representative in congress from Lincoln county, Maine, from 1835-37 and was collector of customs at Wiscasset from 1849-53. He died in July, 1853.

Bailey, John

state senator, congressman, was born in Norfolk county, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts legislature from 1815-18, and a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1823-31. He was a state senator in 1831-34. He died June 16, 1835, in Dorchester, Mass.