Background
Pryor, Edward Bailey was born on March 8, 1854 in Fayetteville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph William and Frances Frazier (Bailey) Pryor.
Pryor, Edward Bailey was born on March 8, 1854 in Fayetteville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph William and Frances Frazier (Bailey) Pryor.
Educational public schools, Palmyra, Missouri.
Service as clerk, Wabash, Saint Louis & Pacific Railway, December 1879, now the Wabash Railroad, with which was identified, as clerk, general bookkeeper, and chief clerk, 1880-1887, assistant auditor, 1887-1903, also assistant secretary, and assistant to the vice president, 1900-1903, assistant to the president, January 1, 1903-October 18, 1905, vice president, October 18, 1905-December 1911, receiver same, 1911-November 1, 1915. President State National Bank, Saint Louis, 1914-1929. Chairman of the Board Mississippi Valley Merchants State Trust Company, July 1, since 1929.