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Born 1840
From History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881)
E. B. BAYLISS, hotel, Massillon: was born in December, 1840, in Kendal (now Foiu'th Ward), second son of James and Eliza (Fox) Bayliss, and was raised in the city of Massillon. Oct. 19, 1805, he married Carrie Zielley, who was born in 1847, in Canton, Ohio, I daughter of Peter Zielley. Mr. Bayliss has three child-en — Lidey. George and Walter. I Since June 1, 1879, Mr. Bayliss has been engaged in the hotel business with George
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As printed in History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name Edward B. Bayliss: Jacob Eckroad
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