joined in Argentina by his son, Read Hanna, who served as clerk to the US Legation until six months into their posting he became fluent in Spanish and from then on served as the Legation's interpreter. The title of Bayless' post was changed to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in 1887 and he continued to serve until July 8, 1889 when he contracted some uncurable disease and was forced to return home to Crawfordsville, Indiana after a short trip around England. Various sources list his affliction as apoplexy and he continued to suffer from its effects until his death August 5, 1891. He is interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Crawfordsville, IN next to his wife and not too far from his personal friend, Lew Wallace. Notes References Charles Elmer Rice A history of the Hanna family: Being a genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Hanna and Elizabeth (Henderson) Hanna, who emigrated to America in 1763, Damascus, Ohio: A. Pim & Son, printers, 1905 Leander John Monks Courts and Lawyers of Indiana, Volume 2, Indianapolis, Indiana: Federal Pub. Co., 1916 A Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men of the State of Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1880 H.W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana, Chicago, Illinois: HH Hill, 1881 John B. Stoll History of the Indiana democracy, 1816–1916, Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Democratic Pub. Co., 1917 The Nation, Volume 43, New York City, New York: The Nation Company, 1886 United States Congress United States Statutes at Large Volume 27, Washington D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1893 External links A Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men of the State of Indiana Retrieved 2011-07-30 1880 Indiana 8th District Election Retrieved 2011-07-30 NYTimes Article about Tilden support Retrieved 2011-07-31 Political Graveyard Retrieved 2011-07-30 Crawfordsville Review Retrieved 2011-07-31 AllGov Retrieved 2011-07-30 NYTimes Article about Iran Appointment Retrieved 2011-07-31 Argentine Ambassadors Retrieved 2011-07-30 State Department Bayless W. Hanna File Retrieved 2011-07-31 United States Statutes at Large Volume 27 Retrieved 2011-07-31 1830 births 1891 deaths Wabash College alumni Indiana Attorneys General 19th-century American diplomats 19th-century American lawyers Ambassadors of the United States to Iran Ambassadors of the United States to Argentina People from Troy, Ohio People from Georgetown, Kentucky 19th-century American politicians United States Foreign Service personnel