Waldron Baily

Dykeman Waldron Baily (July 1, 1871 - 1953) was a businessman and writer.[1][2][3][4] His novel The Heart of the Blue Ridge was adapted into a silent film. Baily established Baily Manufacturing Company, a locust wood pin and cross arm manufacturing business in Elkin, North Carolina. He also owned the Baily Chair Company.[3] Many of his books are set in North Carolina locations including Bogue Banks, North Carolina's Piedmont region and Wilkes County, North Carolina.[5]

Baily was born in Mount Kisco, New York.[6] He served as mayor of Elkin.[6]

Bibliography
  • Heart of the Blue Ridge, W.J. Watt and Co., New York City (1915), illustrated by Douglas Duer
  • The Homeward Trail (1916), illustrated by George William Gage
  • When the Cock Crows, Bedford Publishing Co., New York City (1918), illustrated by George W. Gage
  • June Gold, W. J. Watt and Co., New York City (1922), frontispiece by Paul Stahr[7]
  • Autobiography; the Life of the Novelist and Politician from North Carolina (1958)[8]

References
  1. Obituary, Raleigh News and Observer, April 24, 1953
  2. Walser, Richard (1 January 1979). "Baily, Dykeman Waldron". Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. Couch, S. Jason (2012). Elkin. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 90, 104. ISBN 9780738592107. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  4. "Waldron Baily (Baily, Waldron, 1871-1953) - The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
  5. "Baily, Dykeman Waldron". North Carolina Literary Map. UNC Greensboro. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  6. "The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer". Excelsior Publishing House. 4 January 2019 – via Google Books.
  7. June Gold (Book, 1922). OCLC 4876803.
  8. Baily, Waldron (1958). "Autobiography; the Life of the Novelist and Politician from North Carolina".


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