Mr. Benjamin Bailey is one of the oldest surviving settlers in the Woodend district. He was born in 1815, at Turvey, Bedfordshire, England, and after a varied experience in England and on the Continent, he came to Lyttelton in the ship “Cashmere' in 1855. He settled in Woodend in August, 1857, and was engaged in farming for over twenty years. Mr. Bailey was married, in 1838, to a daughter of the late Mr. Gibbs, of Turvey. His wife died in 1884, leaving one son.