of Spalding County

Jackson Argus - Week of  June 18, 1897
Col. D. J. Bailey, Dead

Griffin Loses One of Her Oldest and Most Prominent Men

Griffin, Ga. - June 14

This morning at 3:30 o'clock Col. D. J. Bailey breathed his last at his residence on Meriwether Street, after being confined to his bed for about eight years.

Col. Bailey was one of the most prominent men in this section and before the war was a member of congress, representing this district. He has also represented Butts County in the general assembly of the state and was a member of the secession convention.

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Col. Bailey was a citizen of Butts County in his youth and early manhood. Here it was he imbibed the good principles, which distinguished him in after life. He joined the Masons here at Jackson in the 40's and though he moved away he kept his membership here and was at the time of his death a member of the old St. Johns lodge.

His many friends in this county will ever hold in highest esteem his worthy name.

File contributed by: Don Bankston