Extract from the 1925 Iowa State Census:
Name: Russell C Bailey
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: 1921
Birth location: Britt, Iowa
Race: white
Gender: male
Residence county: Hancock
Residence state: Iowa
Locality: Britt
Relation to head of house: son
Marital status: single
Father: J A Bailey
Father's age: 35
Father's estimated birth year: 1890
Father's birth location: Britt, Iowa
Mother: Millie Clark
Mother's age: 31
Mother's estimated birth year: 1894
Mother's birth location: Clayton County, Iowa
Parents' marriage location: Garner, Iowa
Church: Protestant
Census date: 1 Jan 1925
Roll: IA1925_1738
Line: 11

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Russell C Bailey
Age: 9
Estimated birth year: 1921
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
marital status: single
Fathers' birthplace: Iowa
Mothers' birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: none
Census place: Britt, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: 657; Page: ; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 694.0
Date: 11 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Russell Bailey
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: 1921
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1940: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Address: 555 North Main Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: high school 4 years
Living on farm: no
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: none
Has other income of more than $50: no
Sibling living at home: Marilou (age 7)
Census place: Britt, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T627_1164; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 41-9
Date: 2 Apr 1940

Extract from U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946:
Name: Russell C Bailey
Birth year: 1921
Race: white, citizen
Nativity state or country: Iowa
State: Iowa
County or city: Hancock
Enlistment date: 18 Jan 1943
Enlistment state: Iowa
Enlistment city: Camp Dodge Herrold
Branch: branch immaterial - warrant officers, USA
Branch code: branch immaterial - warrant officers, USA
Grade: private
Grade code: private
Term of enlistment: enlistment for the duration of the war or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: selectees (enlisted men)
Source: civil life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil occupation: geographer
Marital status: single, without dependents
Height: 71
Weight: 140

Death notice from the "Register" of Des Moines, Iowa dated 21 Sep 1973:
Des Moines Deaths
Bailey - Russell, 52, of Britt, died Thursday at Veterans Hospital.

He married Adala Wille 8 Jun 1947 in Klemme, Hancock, Iowa.