Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Ora S Bailey
Age in 1910: 21/12
Estimated birth year: 1908
Birthplace: Washington
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of family: son
Home in 1910: Britt Township, Hancock, Iowa
Address: Hancock Street
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: South Dakota
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: none
Census place: Britt, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T624_393; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 130; Image: 321
Date: 20 Apr 1910

Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Sumner O Bailey
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: 1909
Birthplace: Washington
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Makee, Allamakee, Iowa
Address: High Street
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: South Dakota
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Dorothy M (age 3 5/12) and Carol K (0/12)
Census place: Makee, Allamakee, Iowa; Roll: T625_476; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 13; Image: 1076
Date: 19 Jan 1920

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: O Sumner Bailey
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: 1909
Birthplace: Washington
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: Makee, Allamakee, Iowa
Address: 612 West Main Street
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: South Dakota
Occupation: bookkeeper
Industry: printing office
Salary or wage worker: wages
Siblings living at home: Dorothy M (age 13) and Carol K (10)
Census place: Makee, Allamakee, Iowa; Roll: 640; Page: ; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 979.0
Date: 9 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Sumner Bailey
Age: 31
Estimated birth year: 1909
Birthplace: Washington
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: New Hampton, Chickasaw, Iowa
Address: Main Street
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: high school 4 years
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: rented
Monthly rental: $15
City of residence in 1935: Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: truck driver
Industry: laundry company
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $1300
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 54
Census place: New Hampton, Chickasaw, Iowa; Roll: T627_1147; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 19-14
Date: 22 Apr 1940

Article from the "Waterloo Daily Courier" of Waterloo, Iowa dated 14 Jan 1945:
Sgt. Hugh Thorson and Sumner Bailey, petty officer second class, brothers-in-law, met recently somewhere in the Marianna [sic - probably should be Marianas] islands, where they are both stationed, according to word received here by relatives.
Thorson, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Thorson, 517 Baltimore street, has been overseas 17 months with a radar intelligence signal corps unit. His wife, who is employed in Ft. Ord, Cal., is a sister of Bailey.
Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Bailey, 1806 Forest avenue, has been based in the Pacific 13 months.

Extract from the California Death Index, 1940-1997:
Name: Ora Sumner Bailey
SSN: 482-07-3551
Birth date: 25 Jul 1908
Death date: 30 Apr 1987
Birth place: Washington
Death place: Orange County
Mother maiden: Sage