22 April 2001 – The Death of Nathan H. Baile

Seventy-five years ago, Carroll Countians mourned the death of Nathan H. Baile, a prominent citizen of New Windsor.  The 30 April issue of the Westminster American Sentinel newspaper, published a front-page obituary:

He is survived by two children, Miss Marie Baile, at home, and John Smith Baile, of New Windsor.

Tuesday at 2 P.M., the funeral services were held at his late residence, Revs. Loughlin and Frazier of New Windsor Presbyterian church officiating, and the interment was in the Westminster cemetery.

The honorary pallbearers were Chief Judge F. Neal Parke, James A. C. Bond, Allen Farquhar, Edgar Tschifsely, Townshend Scott, Dr. H. L. Elderdice, L. H. Diehlman, and Frank Leiser.

The active pallbearers were Walter Getty, Herbert Getty, R. Lee Myers, John Smith, Howard Devilbiss and Grant Devilbiss.

Harvey Bankard funeral director.

Mr. Baile was a son of the late Judge Isaac C. Baile and Eliza A. Baile, of this city, where the deceased spent a part of his early manhood as a merchant in association with the late Joseph Waesche.  When he and Mr. Waesche severed their business relations Mr. Baile accepted a clerical position in the First National Bank of New Windsor under the supervision of the late Joseph Stouffer, the then cashier of the bank, and upon whose resignation Mr. Baile was made cashier, a position he held until a few years ago when he was made president of the bank, and Mr. Walter Getty, who had been with the institution for many years, was made cashier.

Mr. Baile led a quiet and unostentatious life.   The bank, his farm, his church and his home consumed the greater part of his time, and to the care of which he gave his best efforts.   Incidentally, he would take an interest in the affairs of the Republican party to which he was by association and principles attached.  In furtherance of his interest in his party he accepted the presidency of The American Sentinel Company upon the organization of the company, and, until his health and business engagements prevented, he was active it its affairs.

Last year Mr. Baile and his daughter enjoyed a pleasure trip through the Panama Canal and up the Pacific Coast.  It was the last of many trips he had enjoyed.  He was fond of travel and of the history of New Windsor and vicinity, and could, off hand, name whole families, their intermarriages, and describe quite accurately, the farms, roads, and many other geographical matters of the neighborhood in which he spent the major part of his life.

Mr. Baile was a Christian gentleman, and

“If there be another world, he rests in peace.

If there be none, he made the most of this.”