Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Bayliss, Alfred 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Alfred Bayliss, of the firm of Newcomer & Bayliss, publishers of the Sterling 
Standard, was born in Bledington, Gloucestershire, England, March 22, 1847. He 
came with his parents, John and Frances (Blake) Bayliss, to this country in 
March, 1854. The family resided two years in Cleveland, Ohio, then moved to 
Hillsdale, Mich. He was educated in public schools of Cleveland and Hillsdale 
and at Hillsdale College; was graduated at the latter institution in 1870. He 
served from October, 1863, to August, 1865, in Co. H of the 11th Mich. Cav. 
Was Superintendent of Schools at LaGrange, Ind., in 1871-3, and in 1872 was 
appointed School Examiner for the County. He was afterwards chosen County 
Superintendent of Schools, which office he resigned to take charge of the 
Second Ward School in Sterling in 1874, and remained in charge of that school 
for ten years. Since June, 1884, he has been associated with James W. Newcomer 
in the publication of the Sterling Standard, a weekly newspaper, straight 
Republican. Mr. Bayliss was married June 28, 1871, to Clara M., daughter of 
Manasseh and Caroline Kern, of Porter, Van Buren Co., Mich. They have two 
children,—Clara Kern, born Nov. 10, 1872, and Zoe, born Aug. 14, 1879.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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