Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 2.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 256.
 
WILLIE EARL BAILEY
 
     Resolute, energetic and self-reliant, Willie Earl Bailey has steadily
progressed and is now the owner of a productive ranch near Salem. He was born in
1891 at Pierce City, Missouri, and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Bailey, who
came to Marion county, Oregon, in 1905 and now reside in Brooks, this state. W.
E. Bailey had few opportunities to attend school and in 1907, when a youth of
sixteen, arrived in Marion county. He drove a team in Salem and in 1919
purchased eight acres of land five miles north of Salem. He raises the crops
best adapted to this region and has three acres in berries. His standards of
farming are high and his labors have been attended with good results.
 
     In 1910 Mr. Bailey married Miss Essie Rickman, a daughter of T. L. Rickman,
one of the early settlers of Marion county, and they now have three children:
Joseph, Eula, and Reta. Mr. Bailey is identified with the Woodmen of the World
and casts his ballot for the candidates of the democratic party. His life has
been one of unceasing toil and he deserves much credit for what he has
accomplished.

     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in December 2016 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.