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

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

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

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. 1 2 "Funeral of E. C. Bailey". The Boston Globe. August 24, 1890. p. 4. Retrieved March 16, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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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