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Ned Bayley was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1918. He graduated in agriculture from Michigan State College, and following World War II, obtained a PhD in agriculture from the University of Wisconsin. After short periods of teaching at Wisconsin and at the University of Minnesota, in 1955 he moved with his wife, Joyce, and their three children to Colesville, Maryland.

For the rest of his professional career, he worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a leader of research in the Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland, and in the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. While in the Office of the Secretary, he served four and one half years as the Department's Director of Science and Education. He retired in 1981.

His interest in local history developed during his participation in community affairs of Colesville, Maryland, an unincorporated community located a few miles north of the District of Columbia. Following his retirement from the federal government, he explored the local and state land and genealogy records pertaining to Colesville. From those studies, he published a book in 1997 entitled, "Colesville, the Development of a Community, Its People and Its Natural Resources Over a Period of Four Centuries"

Acting Assistant Secretary for Conservation, Research, and Education

http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~mhavitz/fh_history/fh.history.3.pdf

Bayley's book contains over 200-pages of research on the history of the community, including early maps and photographs. Bayley, who has lived in Colesville for more than 40 years with his wife, Joyce, began researching the book 14 years ago when he discovered that not much information was available about the community. A founder and chairperson of the Colesville Community Strawberry Festival, Bayley has also served as president and boardmember of the Greater Colesville Citizens Association.