The Andover Townsman – March 9, 1917 – Vol. 6 – No. 51 – Page 5
The deep sympathy of many people in Andover has gone out this week to Samuel H. Bailey and his family, who are mourning the loss of the wife and mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Abbott Bailey, whose death occurred at the family home on Porter Road last Sunday evening, March 4, following an illness of less than a week. Mrs. Bailey had not enjoyed vigorous health for some time, but was able to be about the house, contributing her share to the family life, until a few days before her death, when she suffered an attack of heart trouble. Even then, no serious results were feared, so that, following a still more severe attack, the end came almost without warning.
Mrs. Bailey, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Batchelder Abbott, was the daughter of Sylvester and Rhoda Abbott, and was born in Andover sixty-four years ago, in the house which has been her home almost her entire life. An Andover girl, by birth and family, she was educated in the Andover schools, and also graduated from the Punchard School. Following the custom of so many New England girls of fifty years ago, she became a teacher, and taught for a while in Andover and West Andover. She then became interested in a school for colored children, conducted by the American Home Missionary Society in Georgia, and spent some time in work there.
On December 20, 1882, she was married to Samuel H. Bailey, and after a period of a few years, during which they lived in West Andover, they returned to the home of her girlhood, where the remainder of her life was spent, a life of Christian kindliness and worth, which will ever remain in the memory of family and friends. Quiet and unassuming by nature, her first thought was for those about her, and the sweetness of her character was reflected in many ways.
Mrs. Bailey was a charter member and loyal worker in the Andover Grange, and had occupied the position of secretary and treasurer of the Women's Club of the Grange from the time the organization was formed. She was also a member of Indian Ridge Rebekah Lodge, and of the Past Noble Grands' Association of Rebekahs.
Mrs. Bailey is survived by her husband, her son, Ralph A. Bailey, two daughters, Mrs. G. Roderick Cannon of this town, and Mrs. Herbert Trull of North Tewksbury, also by her niece, Miss C. Madeleine Hewes. Another daughter, Mrs. Alma Bailey Hildreth, died a little over a year ago.
The deep sympathy of many people in Andover has gone out this week to Samuel H. Bailey and his family, who are mourning the loss of the wife and mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Abbott Bailey, whose death occurred at the family home on Porter Road last Sunday evening, March 4, following an illness of less than a week. Mrs. Bailey had not enjoyed vigorous health for some time, but was able to be about the house, contributing her share to the family life, until a few days before her death, when she suffered an attack of heart trouble. Even then, no serious results were feared, so that, following a still more severe attack, the end came almost without warning.
Mrs. Bailey, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Batchelder Abbott, was the daughter of Sylvester and Rhoda Abbott, and was born in Andover sixty-four years ago, in the house which has been her home almost her entire life. An Andover girl, by birth and family, she was educated in the Andover schools, and also graduated from the Punchard School. Following the custom of so many New England girls of fifty years ago, she became a teacher, and taught for a while in Andover and West Andover. She then became interested in a school for colored children, conducted by the American Home Missionary Society in Georgia, and spent some time in work there.
On December 20, 1882, she was married to Samuel H. Bailey, and after a period of a few years, during which they lived in West Andover, they returned to the home of her girlhood, where the remainder of her life was spent, a life of Christian kindliness and worth, which will ever remain in the memory of family and friends. Quiet and unassuming by nature, her first thought was for those about her, and the sweetness of her character was reflected in many ways.
Mrs. Bailey was a charter member and loyal worker in the Andover Grange, and had occupied the position of secretary and treasurer of the Women's Club of the Grange from the time the organization was formed. She was also a member of Indian Ridge Rebekah Lodge, and of the Past Noble Grands' Association of Rebekahs.
Mrs. Bailey is survived by her husband, her son, Ralph A. Bailey, two daughters, Mrs. G. Roderick Cannon of this town, and Mrs. Herbert Trull of North Tewksbury, also by her niece, Miss C. Madeleine Hewes. Another daughter, Mrs. Alma Bailey Hildreth, died a little over a year ago.
The Andover Townsman – March 9, 1917 – Vol. 6 – No. 51 – Page 5
The deep sympathy of many people in Andover has gone out this week to Samuel H. Bailey and his family, who are mourning the loss of the wife and mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Abbott Bailey, whose death occurred at the family home on Porter Road last Sunday evening, March 4, following an illness of less than a week. Mrs. Bailey had not enjoyed vigorous health for some time, but was able to be about the house, contributing her share to the family life, until a few days before her death, when she suffered an attack of heart trouble. Even then, no serious results were feared, so that, following a still more severe attack, the end came almost without warning.
Mrs. Bailey, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Batchelder Abbott, was the daughter of Sylvester and Rhoda Abbott, and was born in Andover sixty-four years ago, in the house which has been her home almost her entire life. An Andover girl, by birth and family, she was educated in the Andover schools, and also graduated from the Punchard School. Following the custom of so many New England girls of fifty years ago, she became a teacher, and taught for a while in Andover and West Andover. She then became interested in a school for colored children, conducted by the American Home Missionary Society in Georgia, and spent some time in work there.
On December 20, 1882, she was married to Samuel H. Bailey, and after a period of a few years, during which they lived in West Andover, they returned to the home of her girlhood, where the remainder of her life was spent, a life of Christian kindliness and worth, which will ever remain in the memory of family and friends. Quiet and unassuming by nature, her first thought was for those about her, and the sweetness of her character was reflected in many ways.
Mrs. Bailey was a charter member and loyal worker in the Andover Grange, and had occupied the position of secretary and treasurer of the Women's Club of the Grange from the time the organization was formed. She was also a member of Indian Ridge Rebekah Lodge, and of the Past Noble Grands' Association of Rebekahs.
Mrs. Bailey is survived by her husband, her son, Ralph A. Bailey, two daughters, Mrs. G. Roderick Cannon of this town, and Mrs. Herbert Trull of North Tewksbury, also by her niece, Miss C. Madeleine Hewes. Another daughter, Mrs. Alma Bailey Hildreth, died a little over a year ago.
The deep sympathy of many people in Andover has gone out this week to Samuel H. Bailey and his family, who are mourning the loss of the wife and mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Abbott Bailey, whose death occurred at the family home on Porter Road last Sunday evening, March 4, following an illness of less than a week. Mrs. Bailey had not enjoyed vigorous health for some time, but was able to be about the house, contributing her share to the family life, until a few days before her death, when she suffered an attack of heart trouble. Even then, no serious results were feared, so that, following a still more severe attack, the end came almost without warning.
Mrs. Bailey, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Batchelder Abbott, was the daughter of Sylvester and Rhoda Abbott, and was born in Andover sixty-four years ago, in the house which has been her home almost her entire life. An Andover girl, by birth and family, she was educated in the Andover schools, and also graduated from the Punchard School. Following the custom of so many New England girls of fifty years ago, she became a teacher, and taught for a while in Andover and West Andover. She then became interested in a school for colored children, conducted by the American Home Missionary Society in Georgia, and spent some time in work there.
On December 20, 1882, she was married to Samuel H. Bailey, and after a period of a few years, during which they lived in West Andover, they returned to the home of her girlhood, where the remainder of her life was spent, a life of Christian kindliness and worth, which will ever remain in the memory of family and friends. Quiet and unassuming by nature, her first thought was for those about her, and the sweetness of her character was reflected in many ways.
Mrs. Bailey was a charter member and loyal worker in the Andover Grange, and had occupied the position of secretary and treasurer of the Women's Club of the Grange from the time the organization was formed. She was also a member of Indian Ridge Rebekah Lodge, and of the Past Noble Grands' Association of Rebekahs.
Mrs. Bailey is survived by her husband, her son, Ralph A. Bailey, two daughters, Mrs. G. Roderick Cannon of this town, and Mrs. Herbert Trull of North Tewksbury, also by her niece, Miss C. Madeleine Hewes. Another daughter, Mrs. Alma Bailey Hildreth, died a little over a year ago.
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