Background
Bailey, George Washington was born on December 5, 1840 in Gloucester Company, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Lydia Low (Densten) Bailey.
coal company executive Civil War veteran
Bailey, George Washington was born on December 5, 1840 in Gloucester Company, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Lydia Low (Densten) Bailey.
State Normal School, Trenton, New Jersey. Doctor of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1868.
Sergt. Company East, 24th New Jersey Volumes Civil War. Because of ill health, abandoned practice of medicine, 1872. Associate with William T. Bailey & Company, real estate, 1872-1882.
Entered wholesale coal business on own account, 1882.
Organized 1894, George West. Bailey Coal Company, and was president until 1905 (retired). President Overlook Cemetery Company Trustee Presbyterian Hospital (Philadelphia).
Vice president West. Jersey Orphanage for Destitute Colored Children (Camden, New Jersey). Charter member, trustee School for Christian Workers (Philadelphia).
Trustee Vice-President Board of Education, Presbyterian Church of United States of America.
Ruling elder Tabernacle Presbyn Church, Philadelphia, et cetera V. moderator General Assembly Presbyterian Church in United States of America, 1914. Member Board Trustees, Presbyn Church in United States of America.
Member Board Trustees, Presbyn Church in United States of America.
Married Rebecca Hurff, December 10, 1869. Married second, Annie Knight McGill, June 18, 1891.