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- ↑ Walser, Richard (1 January 1979). "Baily, Dykeman Waldron". Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- 1 2 Couch, S. Jason (2012). Elkin. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 90, 104. ISBN 9780738592107 . Retrieved 15 February 2019.
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