Elijah Prentiss Bailey

Background

Bailey, Elijah Prentiss was born on August 15, 1834 in Manlius, New York, United States. Son of Wesley (editor of the Liberty Press, anti-slavery paper) and Eunice (Kinne) B.

Education

Educated committee and Latin grammar schools, Utica, New New York (honorary Master of Arts, Colgate University, 1880. Doctor of Laws, Saint John's College [now Fordham University, New York], 1897).

Career

City editor, 1853-1867, managing editor, 1867-1883, editor-in-chief, since 1883, Utica Observer. Commissioner on North.P. Railroad, 1886. Postmaster Utica, 8 years.

School commissioner 6 years.

President New York State Civil Service Commission, 1892-1894. President State Associate Press of New York, 12 years Home: Utica, New New York

Achievements

• Elijah Prentiss Bailey has been listed as a noteworthy editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Julia South. Wetherby, September 25, 1857 (died 1860). Married second, Hannah Chapman, June 24, 1868.

Father:

Wesley Bailey

Spouse:

Hannah Chapman

Spouse:

Julia South. Wetherby