From a Bailly point of view

About this book

Honoré Gratien Joseph Bailly de Messein, known as Joseph Bailly, was born in 1774 at St. Anne de Varennes, across the river from Montreal, Canada, the son of Michel Bailly de Messein (1747-1795) and his wife, Geneviève Aubert de Gaspé (1749-1834). He started a fur trading career at Mackinac in 1792. He married 1) Angelique McGulpin, daughter of Patrick McGulpin of Mackinac. They had five children, ca. 1798-1807. He married 2) Marie Lafevre ca. 1810. They had five children, 1811-1823. He served with Canadian forces during the War of 1812. He moved his home to what is now Baileytown, Indiana, in 1822. He died in 1835.