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GEORGE L. BAILEY, M. D., a prominent physician of Buchanan, is a native of New York, having been born in the village of Somerset, Niagara County, on the 5th of May, 1850. His paternal grandfather, Dr. Isaac Dodge Bailey, was born in Vermont, presumably of Irish and English descent, and when a young man removed to New York, and there spent the most of his active life. Leonidas P. Bailey, father of our subject, was born in Niagara County, N. Y., and, having been admitted to the Bar in the State of New York, conducted an active practice there.

Coming to Michigan in 1854, Mr. Bailey, Sr., located in Midland City, Midland County, and opened an office for the practice of his profession. He soon gained considerable prominence throughout the State and was recognized as one of the most successful attorneys of the county. For his wife he chose Miss Prudence Bugbee, a native of New York, her father having been a farmer in that State. The marriage was blessed by the birth of the following children: Zilpha R., the wife of Dr. Joel S. Wheelock, both of them being successful physicians of Bancroft, Shiawassee County, Mich.; and Aldon O., a lumberman residing in the northern part of Michigan.

In the public schools of Midland City our subject acquired the rudiments of his education; later he carried on his studies for one year at Ypsilanti. Having decided upon the medical profession as his occupation for life, he entered the medical department of the State University, at Ann Arbor, and continued in that institution until his graduation in 1887. Immediately after completing his studies, he located in Buchanan, and has since resided in this place. Through the exercise of good judgment in the application of remedies, quick perception in the diagnosis of cases, and habits of industry, he has gained the name of a successful, conscientious and painstaking doctor. Although his medical studies long ago ceased to be conducted in any school or university, yet he is a diligent student and through the medium of medical journals keeps in touch with the latest discoveries in therapeutics.

In 1871 Dr. Bailey married Miss Florence Wise, who was born in Delaware County, Ohio, and received a thorough education at Delaware College. Dr. and Mrs. Bailey have three children. The eldest, Harry P., is a printer by trade, and follows that occupation in Buchanan. He is a graduate of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Flint, Mich., and, although thus sadly afflicted, he is a young man of ability and intelligence. The other children, Bert F. and Jennie R., attend the public schools of Buchanan and are the recipients of every opportunity for attaining splendid educations. Socially, Dr. Bailey is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to the lodge at Buchanan. He is at present the Examining Physician for the Modern Woodmen of America, and is an active member of that organization in Buchanan. His political opinions bring him in sympathy with the Republicans, and he is a warm advocate of the principles of that party.