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Bailey, Ebenezer Eaton (1809-1862)

Name:
Bailey, Ebenezer Eaton (1809-1862)
Title:
Emlisted, U. S. Army, Boston, MA, March 15, 1831
Other Names:
Bailey, E. E.
Born:
05/17/1809
Birthplace:
Unity, NH
Died:
05/09/1862
Death Location:
Claremont, NH
Residence:
West Unity, NH, 1809-1836
Claremont, NH, 1836-1862
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Farmer
Silversmith, 1832, 1836-39, 1849
Jeweler

In business as silversmith and jeweler with brother Samuel in Claremont for 25 years under E. E. & S. C. Bailey beginning 1836.
Erected 2 story building in Claremont, 1836
Father:
Bailey, Jesse
Mother:
Bailey, Phebe
Relations:
Partner with Ebenezer Eaton Bailey, Roswell H. Bailey, and Samuel Chase Bailey in E. E. Bailey & Co., 1836-1849

Son of Jesse and Phebe Bailey; brother of Charles, Roswell H., and Samuel Chase Bailey
Spouse:
Esther Henry (1826-1920),
Children:
Clara A
Henry Augustus, born 1849; died 1878
Stella Alfredine, born 1857; died 1857
Fanny A., born 1853; died 1950
Hattie
Notes:
Kathleen C. Beals, Compiler. Early Families of Unity, NH and Cemeteries of Unity, NH. (Published by the author, 1977), 6.

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Heritage Foundation, 1968), 149.

The Historical and Genealogical Researches and Record of Passing Events of Merrimack Valley...(Haverhill, Massachusetts: Alfred Poor, 1858), 103.

Richmond Huntley, "The Baileys Were Vermont's Last Silversmiths," American Collector, (December 1936), 6-7, 15.

Nina M. Kinney, "Old Claremont Industry Occupied Legion Building...," The Advocate, Claremont, New Hampshire, October 7, 1937.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, New Jersey: Adams Brown Comany, 1983), 82-84.

Otis F. R. Waite, History of Claremont New Hampshire for a Period of One Hundred and Thirty Years from 1764 to 1894. (Manchester, New Hampshire: The John B. Clarke Company, 1895), 210-211, 348-349.

The New-England Mercantile Union Business Directory, Six Parts in One... (New York, New York: Pratt & Company, 1849), 93, 95.

"Fatal Accident," New-Hampshire Patriot, Concord, New Hampshire, May 21, 1862.

Pleasant Street Cemetery, Claremont, NH
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