Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Bailey, Samuel Whitton
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Rockhill Township


   SAMUEL WHITTON BAILEY farmer, P.O. Sellersville, was born 
in Bucks county, April 12, 1830, and is a son of Samuel and 
Hannah (Thomas) Bailey, both parents being of English Quaker 
descent.  Samuel Bailey, father of our subject, was born in 
Fallsington township, and was a lawyer by profession.  He 
practiced first in Bucks county, and afterward removed to 
Philadelphia, and was essentially a self-made man.  Samuel 
W. first learned the bookbinding business in Philadelphia 
with Harvey Griffiths, who was then in business in Franklin 
hall, and continued with him for four and a half years.  He 
then engaged in the book and stationery business at 909 
Spring Garden street, and continued there three years, after 
which he carried on the provision business for several 
years.  After giving up this business he went to Washington, 
D. C., where he embarked in various enterprises, and on his 
return to Philadelphia, engaged with the firm of John E. 
Potter & Co., after leaving whose employ he came back to 
Bucks county in 1883.  Mr. Bailey married Mary A., daughter 
of Henry S. Goldsmith, a merchant of Philadelphia.  She is 
of English descent, and was born July 30, 1883.  They are 
the parents of five children:  Frank W., George S., Sallie 
D., John B. and Henry G., the latter deceased.  Mr. Bailey 
is a member of the Society of Friends, and in politics is a 
republican.