Fred W. Bailey

As printed in 1911

FRED W. BAILEY, M. D.

Prominent among the representatives of professional interests in Cedar Rapids is Dr. Fred W. Bailey, who is now specializing on diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, in which connection he has won distinguished honors and gratifying success. He is yet a young man, his birth having occurred in Iowa City, Iowa, August. 26, 1878. His father, M. II. Bailey, was a native of England and in the year 1861 became a resident of Iowa City, where he continued to make his home until called to his final rest in 1909. He married Anna "Wickham, who was also a native of England and died in 1897.

Dr. Bailey pursued his early education in the public schools of Iowa City, being graduated from the high school with the class of 1897. He then matriculated in the Iowa State University and completed the liberal arts course with the class of 1901, at which time the Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred upon him. He next entered the Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, Maryland, where he devoted a year to the study of physiology, after which he became instructor in physiology in the Iowa State University. At the same time he continued his preparation for the medical profession as a student in the medical department of that institution, winning the Master of Science degree in 1903 and the M. D. degree in 1905. In his studies he had prepared for the department of practice which he has made his specialty and following his graduation was elected assistant professor of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He entered upon practice. in Iowa City as a partner of Dr. L. W. Dean, with whom he was associated until September 15, 1907, when he came to Cedar Rapids. He was already known to some extent by reputation in this city and was not long in building up a good practice, in which he has been very successful, limiting his efforts to the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. His close and discriminating study along these lines has gained him marked ability, which is attested in the excellent results that attend his practice. He is now retained as oculist by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company at this point and in 1910 was appointed a member of the staff of St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. While in tlu> University he was physical director of the gymnasium of the Young Men's Christian Association and he belongs to the County,.State and American Medical Associations.

In 1906 Dr. Bailey was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Wilkinson, a native of England and a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rushworth) Wilkinson, who were born in Durham, England, and came to the United States with their family when Mrs. Bailey was seventeen years of age. She was graduated in 1899 from St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in Chicago and was superintendent of the training school for nurses in Iowa City from 1904 until 1907. By her marriage she has become the mother of one daughter, [name withheld], who was born April 27, 1907.

Both Dr. and Mrs. Bailey have made many friends during their residence in Cedar Rapids and their home is noted for its warm-hearted hospitality. The Doctor belongs to the Phi Rho Sigma and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, college fraternities. While in school he was the leader of the College Glee Club and still takes an active interest in musical circles, being a singer of marked ability. Socially he is a member of the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Courteous, genial and approachable in manner, he easily wins friends, and gains high regard through his personal worth as well as his professional ability.

As printed in History of Linn County Iowa : from its earliest settlement to the present time (1911). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.