Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Bailey, Richard December 11, 1828 - 
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RICHARD BAILEY, Postmaster, and member of the firm of Bailey & Co., dealers in 
general merchandize; was born in Androscoggin Co., Maine, Dec. 11, 1828. Came 
to Wisconsin in 1855; located in Burns, on a farm of 160 acres. He then 
returned to Maine, where, in 1861, he enlisted in Company K, 5th Me. V. I.; 
mustered out July 27, 1864. He was engaged in most of the battles on the 
Potomac, first Bull Run, seven days' battle, second Bull Run, Antietam, 
Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville and the Wilderness. He then 
returned to Maine; then in the fall of 1864 to Faribault Co., Minn., and back 
to Wisconsin in 1865, and engaged in the lumber business on Black River until 
1869, when he engaged in the mercantile business; continued seven years, then 
sold out and spent one year in California, when he returned and bought a one-
half interest in with Mr. Thompson. Mr. B. was appointed Postmaster in the 
year 1869, and has held the office since with the exception of the year 1876. 
Has been Town Treasurer three years. His wife, Susan M. Garland, a native of 
Oxford Co., Maine; born Aug. 24, 1836; married Sept. 9, 1866; they have no 
children. Mrs. B.'s father came to town of Burns, Wis., in 1856, and now 
resides in Mitchell Co., Iowa.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 809 - 810.

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