Joseph Trowbridge Bailey

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed in 1851 to Bailey & Co in Philadelphia PA ¹⁰
joining the firm as a partner in 1856.

• He was a partner in 1878 with George Banks and Samuel Biddle in Philadelphia PA as BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE. ¹⁰

• Tradecard, c 1880
Private Collection

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Philadelphia PA, listed as a jewelry merchant.

Joseph married Catharine Goddard Weaver, daughter of Joseph Briggs Weaver and Abby Dyer Marsh, on 1 Sep 1857 in Newport RI. (Catharine Goddard Weaver was born on 21 Mar 1835 in Newport RI.)