Edwin Curtis Bailey (June 10, 1816 – August 19, 1890) was an American newspaper editor and postmaster.
Edwin C. Bailey | |
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 Bailey, c. 1858 | |
| Born | Edwin Curtis Bailey June 10, 1816 Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 19, 1890 (aged 74) Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Hills Cemetery Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Employer(s) | Boston Herald The Boston Globe |
Biography
editBailey was born on June 10, 1816, in Albany, New York. He served as the postmaster of Boston from 1853 to 1857,[1] and was a commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.[1]
Bailey later was the owner and editor of the Boston Herald, until he sold the newspaper in 1869.[2]: 31 He subsequently moved to New Hampshire and became publisher of the Concord Patriot in Concord.[2]: 31 In 1878, Bailey was hired by Charles H. Taylor to be editor of The Boston Globe,[2]: 31 a position he held until 1880.[2]: 447
Bailey died as the result of a train wreck in Quincy, Massachusetts, on August 19, 1890.[3][4] He was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Funeral of E. C. Bailey". The Boston Globe. August 24, 1890. p. 4. Retrieved March 16, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d Lyons, Lewis Martin (1971). Newspaper Story: One Hundred Years of the Boston Globe. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
- ^ "16 Dead: Wollaston Disaster Repeated, Midday Crash at Quincy". The Boston Globe. August 20, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915". Ancestry.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
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- ^ "The Old Colony Victims". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. August 25, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
Further reading
edit- Kyper, Frank (October 1970). "The Quincy Center Disaster". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. pp. 62–67. JSTOR 43518349. Retrieved March 16, 2021 – via JSTOR.