Henry G. Bailly (October 29, 1828 – January 7, 1865) was an American businessman and politician. Bailly was born in the area of

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that would later become

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and his father was

Alexis Bailly Alexis Bailly (December 14, 1798 – June 3, 1860) was an American politician and fur trader. He was born in Saint Joseph, Upper Canada, to one of the "mixed-blood" families that was active in the North American fur trade. His father, Josep ...

. Bailly had mixed European and Native American ancestry through both his parents. Bailly lived in

Hastings, Minnesota Hastings is a city mostly in Dakota County, Minnesota, of which it is the county seat, with a portion in Washington County, Minnesota. It is near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi, Vermillion, and St. Croix River (Wisconsin-M ...

with his wife and family and was a merchant; Bailly served as the postmaster of Hastings in 1854 and 1855. Bailly served in the Minnesota Territorial Council in 1856 and 1857 and was a

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. He then served in the Minnesota Democratic Constitutional Convention in 1857 and in the Minnesota Senate in 1857 and 1858. Bailly served in the Union Army during the

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and was killed in the

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in 1865.The Political Graveyard: Bailly-Faribault Family of Mendota, Minnesota
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