Benjamin H. Bailey

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Benjamin H. Bailey
Born
Benjamin Holloway Bailey

July 5, 1829
DiedApril 22, 1919(1919-04-22) (aged 89) [2]
NationalityAmerican
EducationBridgewater Normal College
Leicester Academy
Alma mater Harvard College
OccupationUnitarian Minister
Gravestone of Rev. Benjamin H. Bailey Gravestone of Rev. Benjamin H. Bailey.jpg
Gravestone of Rev. Benjamin H. Bailey

Benjamin Holloway Bailey (July 5, 1829 – April 22, 1919) was an American Unitarian minister. [2] At the time of his death, he was "one of [the Unitarian church's] best known and best loved as well as one of its oldest ministers." [3]

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Personal life

Bailey was born in Northborough, Massachusetts in 1829, to Holloway and Lucy Sawyer Bailey. [3] He grew up in Northborough his father's farm before attending Bridgewater Normal College, Leicester Academy, and Harvard College, where he graduated in 1854. [3]

Then followed a few years of teaching at Chicopee High School and in Providence. [3] He studied law and then was graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1860. [3] While living in Dedham he met his wife, Emily F. Sampson, and they married on June 1, 1864. [3] [4] [a] They had five children, three of whom predeceased him. [3]

He spent the last six years of his life in retirement in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. [3] He is buried in Brookdale Cemetery. [4]

Ministry

Bailey served at the First Church and Parish in Dedham from 1861 to 1867. [5] [3] In Dedham, he presided over the funeral of his predecessor, Alvan Lamson [6] and led the service at the 250th anniversary of the church's gathering in 1888 where he delivered an historical discourse. [7]

In 1867, he was called to Portland, Maine where he remained for five years. [3] He then served in Marblehead, Massachusetts beginning in 1872. [3] [8] A twelve years pastorate there was followed by a slightly longer one at Malden, Massachusetts from 1884 to 1897. [3] For six years, he served on the Malden School Committee. [3] He then ministered in Westford, Massachusetts. [9] [3] While there, he was a member of The Grange. [3]

Beginning in Marblehead, he began teaching as well. [3] Boys would either lodge with his family and study under him, or be taught as day students. [3]

Notes

  1. Emily lived from 1840-1926. [4]

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References

  1. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620–1988
  2. 1 2 "Rev. Benj. H. Bailey Dies at Age of 90 – Harvard Graduate and Long a Pastor in Malden" . The Boston Globe . April 23, 1919. p. 13. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 The Unitarian Register. American Unitarian association. 1919. p. 670. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 Slugger O'Toole (September 6, 2019), File:Gravestone of Rev. Benjamin H. Bailey.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
  5. Smith 1936, p. 87.
  6. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic-Genealogical Society. 1865. p.  91 . Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  7. First Parish, Dedham, Mass; First Congregational Church (Dedham, Mass.) (1888). Commemorative Services at the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Gathering of the First Church in Dedham, Mass: Observed November 18 and 19, 1888. Joint committee of the two churches. pp. 112–.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. "Marblehead, MA (1873)". Celebrate Boston. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  9. "Westford's Civil War Monument". The Westford Historical Society & Museum. May 31, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2019.

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