Lewis W. Bailey

Background

Bailey, Lewis W. was born on July 18, 1880 in Spring Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Alfred Edgar and Ida (Bell) Bailey.

Education

Graduate Waldron (Michigan) High School, 1897.

Career

Public Waldron Recorder, 1898-1903. Held various positions in news departments Grand Rapids Herald, Detroit Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Lansing State Journal, 1903-1918. Editor Dallas (Texas) Dispatch, 1919-1938, Dispatch-Journal, 1938-1939, Dallas Journal, 1939-1942.

With Office of Price Administration, 1943-1943.

Vice president Dallas Rupe & Son, from 1943.

Achievements

• Lewis W. Bailey has been listed as a noteworthy newspaper editors by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Clubs: Town and Gown, Bonehead, Dallas Athletic.

Connections

Married Minnie Ila Smith, December 31, 1901. Children: Russell O., Claribel (Mistress Thomas R. Thompson), Grace Louise (Mistress Tom Neighbors), Barbara (Mistress M. Doctorate. Sparks).

Father:

Alfred Edgar Bailey

Mother:

Ida (Bell) Bailey

Spouse:

Minnie Ila Smith

child:

Grace Louise Bailey (Mistress Tom Neighbors)

child:

Russell O. Bailey

child:

Barbara Bailey (Mistress M. D. Sparks)

child:

Claribel Bailey (Mistress Thomas R. Thompson)