Benjamin H. Bailey

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Benjamin Holloway Bailey (1823–1919)[1] was an American Unitarian minister. 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."[2]

Personal life[]

Bailey was born in Bolton, Massachusetts on July 5, 1829 to Holloway and Lucy Sawyer Bailey.[2] He grew up in Northborough, Massachusetts on his father's farm before attending Bridgewater Normal College, Leicester Academy, and Harvard College, where he graduated in 1854.[2]

Then followed a few years of teaching at Chicopee High School and in Providence.[2] He studied law and then was graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1860.[2] While living in Dedham he met his wife, Emily F. Sampson, and they married on June 1, 1864.[2][1][a] They had five children, three of whom died before he did.[2]

He spent the last six years of his life in retirement in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.[2] He is buried in Brookdale Cemetery.[1]

Ministry[]

Bailey served at the First Church and Parish in Dedham from 1861 to 1867.[3][2] In Dedham, he presided over the funeral of his predecessor, Alvan Lamson[4] and led the service at the 250th anniversary of the church's gathering in 1888 where he delivered an historical discourse.[5]

In 1867, he was called to Portland, Maine where he remained for five years.[2] He then served in Marblehead, Massachusetts beginning in 1872.[2][6] A twelve years pastorate there was followed by a slightly longer one at Malden, Massachusetts from 1884 to 1897.[2] For six years, he served on the Malden School Committee.[2] He then ministered in Westford, Massachusetts.[7][2] While there, he was a member of The Grange.[2]

Beginning in Marblehead, he began teaching as well.[2] Boys would either lodge with his family and study under him, or be taught as day students.[2]

Notes[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Slugger O'Toole, File:Gravestone of Rev. Benjamin H. Bailey.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q The Unitarian Register. American Unitarian association. 1919. p. 670. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  3. ^ Smith 1936, p. 87.
  4. ^ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic-Genealogical Society. 1865. p. 91. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  5. ^ 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–.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Marblehead, MA (1873)". Celebrate Boston. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "Westford's Civil War Monument". The Westford Historical Society & Museum. May 31, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2019.

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