CLASS OF 1882

Dr. George Poole Bailey died of diabetes at Natick, Mass., October 2, 1911. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Poole) Bailey, and was born at Higham-Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, May 1, 1858. In his childhood he came to America with his parents, and spent most of his youth in Avon, Mass. After graduating from Dartmouth he did postgraduate work at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore and was for nine months resident physician at the Maryland Woman s Hospital. After practicing for a short time in Connecticut and at Palmer, Mass., he was in the drug business for many years in New Bedford, Mass. He was a member of the common council of the city in 1895, '6, and '7, and its president the last year, and was also park commissioner. About ten years since he removed to Natick, and was for a time in the drug business, there. In December, 1905, he went to England and studied at the London Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, securing a diploma there. He also spent several winters in the Eye and Ear Infirmary of Boston. For ten or twelve years he had been in failing health from the disease which finally proved fatal. He was married January 23, 1886, to Miss Ida Hidemich of Westfield, Mass., who died February 24, 1909. They had a son and a daughter, of whom the former is living.