The Andover Townsman – March 2, 1939 – Vol. 52 – No. 21 – Page 6
Samuel H. Bailey, one of our oldest and most respected citizens, died at his home on Porter Road Tuesday morning.
He served the town as a selectman from 1902 to 1915, and in 1914 he became a member of the committee on Agriculture of the State Legislature. In 1916 he was asked to return to the General Court by the Speaker of the House, Channing Cox.
He was an active member of the South Congregational Church and of many fraternal groups including the holding of charter membership in the Grange and offices in Andover Lodge, Indian Ridge Rebekah lodge, and St. Matthew's lodge.
The celebration of his ninetieth birthday last September at the Bailey home on Porter Road was attended by four generations of his family, members of the organization's to which he belonged, and many of his friends, all happy to congratulate him on his long and useful life.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Herbert L. Trull of North Tewksbury and Mrs. Gordon R. Cannon of Andover; a son, Ralph A. Bailey of Andover; a sister, Mrs. Frank A. Fitzgerald of South Sudbury; five grandchildren, Mrs. Elizabeth Hildreth .Jones, Mrs. Helen D. Phillips, Stuart Bailey Hildreth, all of Westford; Mrs. Alice Trull Hoyt of Newton Center and Gordon Bailey Cannon of Andover; nine great-grand children, Richard. Doris and Shirley Rice; Barbara and Donald Phillips: Carter, Nancy and Barbara Hoyt: Helen Doris Hildreth; and a niece, Miss C. Madeleine Hewes.
Funeral services were held at his home at 2:30 this afternoon. Burial was in the family lot in the West Parish cemetery.
(sources: West Parish Garden Cemetery database)
Samuel H. Bailey, one of our oldest and most respected citizens, died at his home on Porter Road Tuesday morning.
He served the town as a selectman from 1902 to 1915, and in 1914 he became a member of the committee on Agriculture of the State Legislature. In 1916 he was asked to return to the General Court by the Speaker of the House, Channing Cox.
He was an active member of the South Congregational Church and of many fraternal groups including the holding of charter membership in the Grange and offices in Andover Lodge, Indian Ridge Rebekah lodge, and St. Matthew's lodge.
The celebration of his ninetieth birthday last September at the Bailey home on Porter Road was attended by four generations of his family, members of the organization's to which he belonged, and many of his friends, all happy to congratulate him on his long and useful life.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Herbert L. Trull of North Tewksbury and Mrs. Gordon R. Cannon of Andover; a son, Ralph A. Bailey of Andover; a sister, Mrs. Frank A. Fitzgerald of South Sudbury; five grandchildren, Mrs. Elizabeth Hildreth .Jones, Mrs. Helen D. Phillips, Stuart Bailey Hildreth, all of Westford; Mrs. Alice Trull Hoyt of Newton Center and Gordon Bailey Cannon of Andover; nine great-grand children, Richard. Doris and Shirley Rice; Barbara and Donald Phillips: Carter, Nancy and Barbara Hoyt: Helen Doris Hildreth; and a niece, Miss C. Madeleine Hewes.
Funeral services were held at his home at 2:30 this afternoon. Burial was in the family lot in the West Parish cemetery.
(sources: West Parish Garden Cemetery database)
The Andover Townsman – March 2, 1939 – Vol. 52 – No. 21 – Page 6
Samuel H. Bailey, one of our oldest and most respected citizens, died at his home on Porter Road Tuesday morning.
He served the town as a selectman from 1902 to 1915, and in 1914 he became a member of the committee on Agriculture of the State Legislature. In 1916 he was asked to return to the General Court by the Speaker of the House, Channing Cox.
He was an active member of the South Congregational Church and of many fraternal groups including the holding of charter membership in the Grange and offices in Andover Lodge, Indian Ridge Rebekah lodge, and St. Matthew's lodge.
The celebration of his ninetieth birthday last September at the Bailey home on Porter Road was attended by four generations of his family, members of the organization's to which he belonged, and many of his friends, all happy to congratulate him on his long and useful life.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Herbert L. Trull of North Tewksbury and Mrs. Gordon R. Cannon of Andover; a son, Ralph A. Bailey of Andover; a sister, Mrs. Frank A. Fitzgerald of South Sudbury; five grandchildren, Mrs. Elizabeth Hildreth .Jones, Mrs. Helen D. Phillips, Stuart Bailey Hildreth, all of Westford; Mrs. Alice Trull Hoyt of Newton Center and Gordon Bailey Cannon of Andover; nine great-grand children, Richard. Doris and Shirley Rice; Barbara and Donald Phillips: Carter, Nancy and Barbara Hoyt: Helen Doris Hildreth; and a niece, Miss C. Madeleine Hewes.
Funeral services were held at his home at 2:30 this afternoon. Burial was in the family lot in the West Parish cemetery.
(sources: West Parish Garden Cemetery database)
Samuel H. Bailey, one of our oldest and most respected citizens, died at his home on Porter Road Tuesday morning.
He served the town as a selectman from 1902 to 1915, and in 1914 he became a member of the committee on Agriculture of the State Legislature. In 1916 he was asked to return to the General Court by the Speaker of the House, Channing Cox.
He was an active member of the South Congregational Church and of many fraternal groups including the holding of charter membership in the Grange and offices in Andover Lodge, Indian Ridge Rebekah lodge, and St. Matthew's lodge.
The celebration of his ninetieth birthday last September at the Bailey home on Porter Road was attended by four generations of his family, members of the organization's to which he belonged, and many of his friends, all happy to congratulate him on his long and useful life.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Herbert L. Trull of North Tewksbury and Mrs. Gordon R. Cannon of Andover; a son, Ralph A. Bailey of Andover; a sister, Mrs. Frank A. Fitzgerald of South Sudbury; five grandchildren, Mrs. Elizabeth Hildreth .Jones, Mrs. Helen D. Phillips, Stuart Bailey Hildreth, all of Westford; Mrs. Alice Trull Hoyt of Newton Center and Gordon Bailey Cannon of Andover; nine great-grand children, Richard. Doris and Shirley Rice; Barbara and Donald Phillips: Carter, Nancy and Barbara Hoyt: Helen Doris Hildreth; and a niece, Miss C. Madeleine Hewes.
Funeral services were held at his home at 2:30 this afternoon. Burial was in the family lot in the West Parish cemetery.
(sources: West Parish Garden Cemetery database)
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