• Born: 1810, New Hampshire
• Marriage (1): Huldah Trowbridge Chapin on 22 Oct 1840 in Springfield MA
• Died: 12 Dec 1874, Springfield MA

  General notes:

Jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He worked circa 1845 as a jeweler in Springfield MA

• Advertised in the Springfield Almanac, Directory, and Business Advertiser (Springfield MA), 1847,

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Springfield MA, listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1855 census taken at Springfield MA, listed as a jeweler.

• He was a partner circa 1859-1865 with Samuel Dwight Bowers in Springfield MA as BAILEY & BOWERS, with a shop in the Pynchon Bank Block. The New England Farmer for June 1854 included this ancedote: "A flock of sheep were passing down Main Street and when against Bailey & Bowers jewelry store the back wall which is covered with mirrors they looked in and sure enough saw another flock headed the same way. The sudden attempt to join them was attended with a bill for their owner for broken mirrors to the tune of something less than $25 which he probably found not an illusion."

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Springfield MA, listed as a jeweler.

• He was a partner after 1865 with Charles Fredrick Graves? in Springfield MA as BAILEY & GRAVES.

Samuel married Huldah Trowbridge Chapin, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 22 Oct 1840 in Springfield MA. (Huldah Trowbridge Chapin was born on 24 Feb 1820 in Worcester MA and died on 1 Oct 1888 in Springfield MA.)