Edwin Noyes Bailey

BAILEY, NOYES

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Date: 1/6/2010 at 04:50:28

EDWIN NOYES BAILEY

Edwin Noyes Bailey, who since 1886 has been engaged in newspaper publication at Britt, was born in Granville, Ohio, June 11, 1849, a son of John Dighton and Martha Ann (Noyes) Bailey, who were farming people and removed from Ohio to Wisconsin in 1854. There they resided for more than two decades and in 1876 came to Hancock county, Iowa. They established their home upon a farm and continued to reside thereon until a few years prior to their death.

Edwin Noyes Bailey was a little lad of but five years when the family home was established in Wisconsin and in Waupaca county he pursued his education in the district schools. Throughout life, however, he has remained a close student in the school of experience. He is a keen observer, a clear thinker and possesses a retentive memory. He came to Hancock county in 1878 and the greater part of his life has been devoted to newspaper publication, for he has edited the Britt paper since 1886. He is widely known in this connection and has long ranked with the leading and representative citizens of his part of the state.

Source: History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II. Pioneer Publishing Company (Chicago), 1917. p. 556.