Career
Born in Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory, he helped to found Faribault, Minnesota and was its first postmaster. He owned a trading post and in 1851 served in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives. Faribault died in Faribault, Minnesota.
His house, the Alexander Faribault House, still stands and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
lieutenant was built in 1853.
