Edwin C. Bailey

Edwin Curtis Bailey (June 10, 1816 – August 19, 1890) was an American newspaper editor and postmaster.

Edwin C. Bailey
Bailey, c.1858
Born
Edwin Curtis Bailey

(1816-06-10)June 10, 1816
DiedAugust 19, 1890(1890-08-19) (aged 74)
Resting placeForest Hills Cemetery
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupations
  • Newspaper editor
  • postmaster
Employer(s)Boston Herald
The Boston Globe

Biography

Bailey 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

  1. "Funeral of E. C. Bailey". The Boston Globe. August 24, 1890. p. 4. Retrieved March 16, 2021 via newspapers.com.
  2. Lyons, Lewis Martin (1971). Newspaper Story: One Hundred Years of the Boston Globe. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
  3. "16 Dead: Wollaston Disaster Repeated, Midday Crash at Quincy". The Boston Globe. August 20, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2021 via newspapers.com.
  4. "Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915". Ancestry.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021. line 256
  5. "The Old Colony Victims". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. August 25, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2021 via newspapers.com.

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