Charles Justin Bailey was born June 21, 1859, in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. Bailey was a West Point graduate and career military officer. During World War I, he served as commander of Camp Jackson in South Carolina from October 1917 to May 1918. In August 1917, Bailey took command of the 81st Division and deployed with them to the front the following November, participating in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. He died in Jamestown, New York, on September 21, 1946.