Carl W. Bailey is a young business man who has made for himself a creditable position in mercantile circles in Wallingford, where he is conducting a furniture and undertaking establishment.

He was born in Danielson, Connecticut, November 26, 1886, a son of Benjamin L. Bailey, a native of Biddeford, Maine, who for many years devoted his life to manufacturing and is now living retired in Wallingford. The Baileys are of an old Maine family, several generations having been connected with manufacturing interests in the Pine Tree state. The great-great-grandfather, John Bailey, was born in Drury Lane, England, and was in command of Fort Sewall during the War of 1812. Following his death his wife was commissioned by President Madison as commandant of the fort—the only woman who ever served in that capacity. Benjamin L. Bailey, the father of Carl W. Bailey, was united in marriage to Miss Edith Williams, a direct descendant of Roger Williams.

In the public schools of Danielson, Carl W. Bailey acquired his education and later he attended the Barnes School of Anatomy. Sanitary Science and Embalming, from which he was graduated on the 30th of September, 1909. As a boy he entered the furniture and undertaking business of his grandfather, Samuel Williams, at Southbridge, Massachusetts, and in 1909 took charge of that business, which he conducted successfully until August, 1912, when he came to Wallingford and purchased the furniture and undertaking business of D. P. Griswold at No. 264 Center street. This is the oldest business of the kind in Wallingford, having been established thirty-eight years ago. Since assuming charge Mr. Bailey has been able to retain the support of the old patrons and to win many new ones. His business methods are thoroughly progressive and reliable and his earnest efforts to please his patrons, combined with his honorable dealing and reasonable prices, have brought to him a very substantial measure of success.

On the 3d of November, 1910, Mr. Bailey was married in Southbridge, Massachusetts to Miss Mabel L. Cook, a daughter of Fannie B. Cook, of Southbridge. Two children have been born of this marriage: Benjamin Cook Bailey, whose birth occurred November 4. 1912; and Carl W. Bailey, born June 30, 1915.

The family reside at No. 95 Parson street in Wallingford. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are members of the Baptist church and the former is identified with Compass Lodge, No. 9, F & A M.; Lockwood Chapter, No. 48, R. A. M.; and also with Oronoco Tribe of Red Men. He belongs to the Wallingford Club and to the Young Men's Athletic Club of Wallingford. His political allegiance is given to the republican party but he has never been an active worker in its ranks. He is a young man of genuine worth, courteous and obliging in business, social and genial by disposition, and he is regarded as a valued addition to the commercial circles of his adopted city.