When Edwin Revillo Bailey was born on 29 March 1869, in Maiden Rock, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Walter Delmar Bailey, was 33 and his mother, Lucy Eleanor Elliott, was 33. He married Maggie Hattileen Howard on 16 October 1889, in Polk, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lowell Township, Polk, Minnesota, United States in 1880 and Andover Township, Polk, Minnesota, United States in 1900. He died on 4 March 1902, in Crookston, Polk, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Crookston, Polk, Minnesota, United States.