  Dr. D.H. Bailey Collection of Grayson County Frontier Village Photograph originally belonged to Mrs. A.A. Thomas of 1031 W. Main St. D.
H. BAILEY, M. D., successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and
surgery in Denison, was born in West Virginia in 1851, a son of Silas
P. and Lydia (Housted) Bailey, who were likewise natives of West
Virginia. The father followed farming there throughout his entire life
and died in the year 1889 at the age of seventy-three years, while his
wife passed away in 1861 when about thirty-eight years of age. In their
family were seven children, of whom four are living: Elizabeth; James
E., a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio; Dr. D. H., of this review; and
Thomas M., who followed the occupation of farming in West Virginia.
Dr. Bailey acquired his more advanced literary education in the state university of Michigan at Ann Arbor and afterward prepared for practice of medicine in the medical department of the University of Ohio at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in the class of 1876. The day of graduation was the 3rd of March and on the 15th of that month he located for practice in Salem, West Virginia, where he remained for five years. He then came to Denison on the 7th of March, 1881, and has for almost a quarter of a century been engaged in the practice of his profession in this city. For some years he also conducted a drug store, and he has been identified with the National Bank of Denison as a director for a number of years. In his profession he is well versed, keeping abreast with the best thinking men that represent the medical fraternity. He is familiar with the progress that has been made during the years that have passed since his graduation, and he is quick to adopt new methods that promise to be of practical value in the healing art. Yet he is not hasty in discarding old and time-tried practices whose worth have been proven. He is very careful in the diagnosis of a case and is seldom at error in matters of judgment concerning anything that bears upon his professional duties. Politically Dr. Bailey is independent, while fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree. He is held in high esteem both professionally and socially and is today one of the valued and representative men of Denison. (B. B. Paddock, History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1906), Vol. I, p. 618.  Herald Democrat
June 7, 1998 by Judge R. C. Vaughan: D. B. Bailey's Drug Store depicted in Denison Herald, January 6, 1991, Photo from Denison's Past. Prominently displayed on a wall of the store is a large painting which the Herald described as depicting the Battle of the Alamo. The artist was L. R. Bromley and the date of the painting 1884. Dr. Doak Blassingame sent along a copy of the photo of the drug store interior with the further information that he remembers what he believes to be the same painting which hung in Room 305 at the Old Denison High School building up on West Main Street.... It was an oil painting which he estimates was approximately 3 feet by 12 feet in size.  "Drug Store of D H. Bailey, 408 Main Street." Robinson, Frank M., comp. Industrial Denison. [N.p.]: Means-Moore Co., [ca. 1909]. Page 37. Located at 408 West Main Street. About
the time that the above photograph was taken of Dr. Bailey's drug store
in Denison, a notice appeared in a weekly McKinney, Collin Co., Texas
paper that he had opened an office in that city.
  
Sherman Daily Democrat
Tuesday, March 7, 1911 pg. 4 THE NEWS OF THE COURTS Adjudged Insane D.H. Bailey of Denison was tried this morning, adjudged insane and was taken to Terrell asylum this afternoon. The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, March 12, 1911 pg.4 HOME NEWS Dr. D.H. Bailey, a prominent pioneer physician, was taken to Sherman to have a court of inquiry as to his mental condition. He was declared to be of unsound mind, and has been sent to Terrell. The doctor was at one time well off. His property interests 18 years ago was estimated at $50,000. He is separated from his first wife, and was married about a year ago to a lady in southern Texas. The doctor attributes his down fall to domestic trouble. The doctor at one time had the largest practice in Denison. He is about 50 years of age, and going to the asylum may bring him out right. A great many people in Denison, in spite of the adverse reports circulated for several years, still had faith in his professional ability and would have no other physician. The Dallas (TX) Morning News
Saturday, December 30, 1911 DEATH Bailey - Denison, Tex., Dec. 29 - News was received here of the death at Terrell of Dr. D.H. Bailey, formerly a practicing physician and business man of this city. The remains will be brought here and held pending advices from relatives for burial. The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, December 31, 1911 pg. 4 Dr. D.H. Bailey died at the State Asylum in Terrell last Wednesday. The remains were brought to Denison and the funeral services were conducted at Halton's undertaking parlors, under the auspices of Lone Star Lodge No. 403, A.F. & A.M. Dr. Bailey practiced medicine in this city many years and had a wide circle of friends, who heard the news of his death with sincere regret. Dr. Daniel H. Bailey is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Texas.  Biography Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
