Bailey, Silas
clergyman, educator, college president, was born in 1812 in Massachusetts. He became principal of Worcester academy about 1840, and after several years was elected president of Granville college, afterward Dennison university, Granville, Ohio, where he remained for ten years. He then became president of the newly established college at Franklin, Ind., where he remained until his health failed. He bequeathed his library to Franklin college. Dr. Bailey published sermons, addresses and reviews. He died June 11, 1874, in Paris, France.