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Rev Giles Bailey

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Rev Giles Bailey

Birth
Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
14 May 1878 (aged 63)
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec-Q Lot-498
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A Universalist minister, Rev. Giles Bailey was born in Acworth, NH, served several congregations in Maine, and died in Reading, PA.

He graduated from Bowdoin College. Rev. Bailey married his first wife, Jane T. Damon, in Lynn, Massachusetts, on May 17, 1840. She was the mother of Giles O. Bailey. Jane Bailey died in Brunswick September 13, 1842, and was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick.

He married his second wife, Mrs. Sarah Murphy, in Alstead, NH, Dec. 7, 1844. She was the mother of Caroline and George Whitman Bailey. She must have died between March 20, 1848, when her son George Whitman Bailey was born in Brunswick, and 1850, when her husband remarried.

Rev. Bailey married his third wife, Mercy H. Bassett, in Dexter, Maine, Dec. 5, 1850. They lived in Gardiner, Maine in 1860. Mercy was the mother of William Lysander Bailey and Edwin C. Bailey. Rev. Bailey and wife Mercy moved to Reading, PA, where each died, 30 years apart. Their remains were brought home to Maine.
A Universalist minister, Rev. Giles Bailey was born in Acworth, NH, served several congregations in Maine, and died in Reading, PA.

He graduated from Bowdoin College. Rev. Bailey married his first wife, Jane T. Damon, in Lynn, Massachusetts, on May 17, 1840. She was the mother of Giles O. Bailey. Jane Bailey died in Brunswick September 13, 1842, and was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick.

He married his second wife, Mrs. Sarah Murphy, in Alstead, NH, Dec. 7, 1844. She was the mother of Caroline and George Whitman Bailey. She must have died between March 20, 1848, when her son George Whitman Bailey was born in Brunswick, and 1850, when her husband remarried.

Rev. Bailey married his third wife, Mercy H. Bassett, in Dexter, Maine, Dec. 5, 1850. They lived in Gardiner, Maine in 1860. Mercy was the mother of William Lysander Bailey and Edwin C. Bailey. Rev. Bailey and wife Mercy moved to Reading, PA, where each died, 30 years apart. Their remains were brought home to Maine.

Inscription

Rev. Giles Bailey, 1815-1878
Faithful unto death
Mercy H., his wife, 1821-1908



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156131056/giles-bailey: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Giles Bailey (7 May 1815–14 May 1878), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156131056, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA; Maintained by JJoyce (contributor 48337285).