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Bacon FamiluQenealogi]

This Book, iwas Compiled by

Arinur L. Taylor and Cassius F. Bacon.

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Published Noueraber, 1922

BACON I'AMILV GliM'.ALOGY

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In writing uj) this little History of our Bacon Family and in looking

over the ditVerent records, we find there are a great many Bacon familie;-.

in the United States, who do not claim any relationship. In 1810 tliere

were forty Bacon fann'lics living in Chicago and only one of them be-

longed to our l)ranch and that was Francis M. Bacon and his family. The

supposition has been that we are all descendants of Lord Bacon but thai'is a mistake as Lord Bacon never had any children. In IC-tO, there was

a man bv the name f)f Michael Bacon who innnigrated from England to.America with his three sons and settled in some one of the New Englandstates. We have a comjjlcte record of all of his descendants and there isno pliicc where our Branch will link onto any of his Branch. General .

Custer's wife was the daughter of Judge Bacon of Monroe, Michig.TU,another branch we have no record of. So you see, up to about 1700, thewhole thing is a sujjposition.

'J'liis r>acon History of our line is f(nmded on facts handed down fromI ne generation to another. These facts have been collected and com-l)ile(l dining the years liiOT to ID 10 by Cassius l'\ Bacon (4) and ArthurL. Taylor (.'>). During this time, our Bacon family have held a FamilyReunion once each year. The first Bacon of our Family, that we havoany positive record .of, was ("1) Ralph Bacon the first, who at the time

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of an uprising in b'ngland, escaped in the garb of a Priest, to the Isle ofMan. He later came to America and settled in Massachusetts. lie wasmarried and lived in one of the New England States the rest of his life-time. We know that he raised four sons (2) Calvin, (2) Dexter, (2

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i^.-Ijih and (2) William. Calvin never married. Dexter and Ralphmarried sisters by the name of, Jourden. At this time, the family hadmoved to n-ar I'ainsvillc, Ohio. (2)Calvin was born in 1773, Dexterin IT.T.'i, Raljdi in 1777 and William in 1779. .

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BACON FAMILY GENEALOGY

RALPH BACON, 1st

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Ralpir Bacon, the first one of the family of wliom we have anyi

record, came from the Isle of Man and settled in one of the NewEngland States, but when he came or at what age, we do not know.

Sufticient to say that we do know that he had four sons: Calvin,Dexter, Rali)h and William.

Calvin never married.

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Dexter married a lady by the name of Jourden. W^e know but lit-

tle about his family except that he had two sens: 'Isaac and Thomas;and one daughter: Emma. ,_ ;^..^-v/'';'''-''' >'' ' ''^'' " "

Isaac married Diana Morris and to them were born two children by

the names of Sclh and Sally Ann. ,

Thomas married Harriet Smith of Painsville, Ohio. They settledin Alcllenry County, Illinois near Marengo, in 1845, where three

children, Francis M., Martha E. and George D., were born.. Thomas '

died in 18'J3 and his wife followed him in 1894. ' . • ., '•. . '

Francis M., was iparried to Sarah Jane McLane in 1SG4. He fol-lowed the butcher business from the ages of 10 to 30 years, whenhe moved to Chicago and engaged in the Conmiission business atthe Chicago Union Stock yards for 35 years. He died April 12, 1015,his wife having preceded him in 1883. To this um'on were born threechildren, Eva, Daisy and AVilliam F.

William F\ was born June 10, iSdT and lived in Idaho. He has oneson whose name is (G) Marion G., who was adopted by George D.Bacon of Vinton, Iowa and now (lOlS) at 21 years of age is attend-'ing school at some Institute in Chicago.

Eva was born in 1870 and was married to John Potter in 1008. Theyare living at Dclavan Lake, Wisconsin on a farm.

Daisy was born in 1877 and married George Beldam. To them wereborn two sons whose names are George Francis (age 14) and Hodsoi^McLane (aged 10), 1010.

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(4) Martha E. died at the age of 18 years.

(4) George D. was married and hved at Vinton, Iowa. He had nociiildren of his own but adopted his nephew's son, Marion G. Bacon.

^3) Emma, daughter of Dexter (2) hved at Mentor, Ohio, but we knowno furtiier of Iier histor\-.

^2) Wilham Bacon, lie hved in Sanahic County, Micliigan and diedthere, lie was driving cattle across a stream and was found deail

. f in a nude condition, covered witli bruises and without money. His

horse was tied to a tree and clothes hung on a limb near by. Wassupposed to have been murdered. He left two sons who were livingin Lexington, Michigan in 18G5. We have not been-able to get anytrace of these two sons wliile compiling this History.

Family # 1197, Grand Prairie Twp, Marion Co., Ohio1850 Census

John Nichols k3 Pa.Dinah 33 N.Y.Samuel 23 OhioAsa 20 II

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Almira 12 II

Martin 10 ti

Jacob 6' IIII

Sarah A, Bacon 8 ti

Seth 6 It.

The 18 year old daughter, Mary, is the same persorias Polly Nichols who married Clark Odell, p. 21. '

' Sarah and Seth Bacon are' presumably the childrenof Isaac and Diana (Morris) Bacon, p. 2.

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BACON I'AMILV GENl'-ALOGY

RALPH BACON, 2nd

(2) Ralph Bacon, ilic head cf rur branch of theBacon family, was born

in Xeu- York- state in the year ITTT, but we do not know at what

place. When he was S years old he was bound out to a man near

r.().-t(-n, Massachusetts, by the name of Heath, but at the end of

lOur vears he returned to his parents and remained with them untd

he was 17 vears of age, when he went to Painsville, Ohio. There

he acquired some property and became acquainted with Mary

lourden who l)ecame his wife in the year ISOl. He owned a farm

which was afterward known as the James A. Garfield farm near Men-

tor, Ohio. Several of the children were born at that place.

In l>->(i lie nu.vcd his family to Crawford County, Ohio, traveling

bv wagdu with two yokes of oxen and one horse. He had come out the

year before and located his land, making a deposit on it, designing to

complete his i)urchase when land became more marketalilc, which occur-

red in 1820.

There were but two houses in Bucyrus wdien the family passed

through on their journey cut. The fatlier, Ralph Bacon, "entered" 2-10

acres r f land, 80 acres being in what is now Liberty Township, the bal-

ance r.cross the road in Wliet stone Township., The deeds were signed

bv IVesident Monroe and are now in possession of some of the grand-

cliildren.

The family endured all the privations and sacrifices which pioneer

life brings to first settlers in a new country. His wife died October 5,

1S4.") and he died on June 15, 1849.'

To them were born thirteen children. Charles, Salley Mary, Martin,

F.meline, Manerva, Clarissa. Emily, Ralph, Dexter, Caroline, Eliza, and

\.\illian^,a!! of whom reached the age of maturity. Twelve of whomlived to get married and raise fann'lies of children.


CHARLES BACON, 3id

(3) Charles Bacon the eldest son of Ivalph and Mary Bacon was bornin X'erinont, April Hj, 1802. Between the ages of two and three theparents moved to Mentor, Ohio and when he was IS years old, in]82(), he moved with his parents to Crawford County, Ohio, threemiles east of Bucryns. When he was 22 years old, he marriedCynthia Smalley for his first wife, she living only about one year. ^

He afterward married Pamelia Nation. Five children were born to"Them; Ralph, Irvin, Martin, Jane and John. John died v/hen tv/o yearsof age.

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BACON I'AMll.V GENEALOGY

RALPH W. BACON, 4tht

(4) Ralph VV. was burn at Bucyius, Ohio, August;">, 1S:J0 and died at the

Weslcv Hospital, Chicago, November S, 1!»12, at the age of 70 years.

• He was the oldest son of Charles and Parmelia (Nation) Bacon. At

an early age he came to Lake County, Indiana, and made that his

home for'tho rest of his life.

When his cunitry called for help in time of war, he enlisted in

((,uipanv C, 4L'nd Illinois Volunteers, on August 10, ISOl and was hon-

( rablv discharged September 10, 1SG4. After his discharge he returned

to Lowell, where en November 20, 1807 he was united in marriage to

Miss Martha lUirnham, who died February 7, VM'.). To this unionfour

daughters were born. The two oldest died in infancy . The two surviving

daughters are Kuth (Mrs. G. A. Hawkins of Chattanooga, Tenn.) and

Ruby (Mrs. j. H. Spindlcr cf Valparaiso, Indiana.)

(5) Ruth was born at Lowell, Indiana on September IS, 1872. ©n June

:;, ]8;):5 she was married to George Arthur Hawkins, who was a na-

tive of Ontario, Canada. Mr. Hawkins was a teacher and they lived

in Chicago and its suburbs, Racine, Wisconsin, Atlanta, Georgia and

Chattanooga, Tennessee. To them was born a daughter, Martha

Miriam, on July 13, 1897. She is at present (1918) teaching in a

Diocesan School of F"lorida."

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(5) Ruby, the other daughter of Ralph and Martha Bacon, was born in

West Creek Township, near Lowell, Lake County, Indiana, Septem-

i)cr 1. 1874-. At the age of three years, she moved with her parents

to L(Avcll, which remained her home until 1912, when she moved toValparaiso. After graduating from the High School at Lowell, she

taught school for four years but preferring music, she took a course

in piano at the Chicago Musical College, graduating in 1898. She;

taught music until her marriage to John Henry Spindler, January15, 1000. Three children were born to them in Lowell, Ralph Bacon

Spindler," born October 20, 1900; John David Spindler, Jantiary 10,

1908; ahd Naomi Ruth Spindler, born July 5, 191C.

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CAPTAIN IRVIN BACON, 4th

(4) Irvin, ilic second son of Charles and Panielia Bacon, was born in

CraufdiHl County, Ohio, Doccnibcr J, 1S:;7. lie lived at home until

his father died, when he started out for himself. He spent severalyears in Mai'irn County, Ohio, working- (in a farm in summer and nt-tcnchng the rural scIiocjIs in the winter. On August 11, 1801 he en-listed as a Union soldier. Through the unauthorized action of

Colonel Ilarh'.nd, he became a member of t!ic 11th Pennsylvaniavolunteer Cavalry and participated in the battles of Big Bethel, New-port News, Siege of Suffolk, Franklin and many others. He wascaptured at Darljy Town Roads and was held prisoner in Libby,Salisbury and Danville i)risons from October 7, 1801 to h^ebruary,

ISdf). On February 22, lS(i5 he was paroled and in March he was ex-changed and joined his regiment a few days previous to Lee's sur-

runder . During his service he was promoted to Sergeant, First Ser-geant, Second Lieutenant and on October 1, 1801 was made Captain.He served four years and eight days receiving his discharge August19, ISC').

On March 1, 18GG, he married Azaba Licth and to whom was bornone daughter, Clara, on July 1, 1807. His wife died May 17, 1878 anden iSLiy 10, ISSl, he was remarried to Lida Grove. To this union wasborn one son, Carl, who died at the age of IS years.

During his later life, he accumulated a valuable collection of Indianand War relics and also many relics of his pioneer days, Vidiich he valuedat $1,000.00. This collection was presented to the Masonic-Pythianfraternities and is known as the Bacon Memorial.

Irvin Bacon died January 24, 1913. ..''•,

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BACON" FAMILY GKNJiALOGY

CLARA BACON BALLIET

(5) Clara tlic only daughter of Irvin Bacon, was born July 1, 18G7, near

Nevada, Ohio. She married Albert PL Ballictt on November 28,18SS and located on a farm near her old home. To them were bornsi.\ children: Arle, hVcd, Leo and Clco (twins), Russell and Blanche.

The fust child, Arle, was born May 12, 1800 and died April 20, 1903at the age of 12 years. Fred was born September 12, 1891 and was

married to Sallic Stover on March 5, 1918.To them were born twochildren, Wayne and Gerald Balliet. The twins were born on May4, 1893. Leo was married to Elva Miller, Dec. 23, 1910. They have

two children, Harold. Frederick, born Nov. 23, 1917, and Margaret.

Russell was born September 28, 1897 and Blanche on February 28,lOOG.

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BACON FAMILY GENlvVLOGY

MARTIN BACON, 4th

(4) Martin tlic tliird sun of Charles Bacon was born in 18 JO. He marriedElizabeth Heller and iiad one son Charles, who was born at Garrett,Indiana. Charles is now living in Los Angeles, California and has ason named Ralph Bacon. ^L'lrtin parted from his wife and marriedagain. He lived at Snnfield, Michigan where he served as CotmtyClerk for a time. He died Nov. 12, 1912.

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JANE BACON KEMIS, 4th

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(4) Jane, tlic only daughter of Charles Bacon, was born April 2, 1«43.,

and died August 13, 1910. She married James Kemmis, who was ason of Jane Hughes Kemis Bacon. They lived at Bucyrus, Ohio,

and to them were born six childrcn^-Milly (Kemmis Blowers),Greeley, Harlan, ' Kitty, Charlie and Maude, Roy and GeorgeKemmis. James Kemmis was born December 25, 1830 and diedMarch G, 1911. •

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MAUD KEMIS STEWART HASPESLAUGII, 5lh

(5) Maud Kemis was a dauglitcr of James Kcniis and Jane Bacon Kcniis.she was born Oct. 14, 1874. She moved with her parents to Chatta-nooga, Tenn., where slic married Herbert O. Stewart, March 12,1802. One son. Max E. Stewart, was born to this union, May 31,1893. Later there was a separation and divorce, granted before

they left Tennessee. Maud, witlr her parents and her son Max movedto Bucyrus, Ohio, in 1811."> where she married Henry Haspesluagh on May21, ISDf). A daugliter, Catlicrine Alice, was born to this union, March20, 1000. Catherine married Cecil C. Cress, March 31, 1918, and to thisunion two daughters were born, Carol Irene, Febr. 2, 1919, and Mar-joric Catheren, Sept. 2('., 1020.

Max E. Stewart was drowned while /ishing cast of lUicyrus, July20, 10 ir..

Maud and Henry Haspcslaugh worked hard and took good care ofher mother, who was an invalid for many years. Her mother died Aug.13, 1010. Her father died >.Lirch 6, 1911. Maud has taken an activeand interesting part in the Bacon Reunions.

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BACOX FAMILY GENEALOGY

SALLY BACON ODELL, 3rd

(3) SallyBacon, the second child of Ralph and I^Liry Bacon, spent tlic

most of her life near Parchers Corners, Crawford County, Ohio.She was born October 4, 1805 and was married to Pliilandcr Odell.To tlieni were born eight children. She died August 13, 1S50. Thenamesof her children follow: Clarissa, Laura, Sally, Asenith,' Clark,Eli, Melancthon and Abial. .

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(4) Clarissa Odell never married, "b. Juno 1, l82J^

(}) J.rtiua Odcll married Williani I'arRoiia (iiul had two children, VVilliaii)and Ro.sc. born Ilovc H, I82U

(4) Sally Odell married Barrick Holmes and had five children, Abrani,Saiiiantha, Shafer, Laura and Nellie. born M^iy P.o, l82T

(4) Acenilh Odell, married James Marrow. They had three children-Frank, Truman and Nellie, born Nov. 25, l83J^

(4) Clark Odell married Polly Nichols and to them were born two chil-dren. He died in Bedford.Jowa in 1S90. born llov. 25, I828

See next pec^o ' ' •(4)Eli Odell married Barbara Hocker and raised a family of children.

The names of the only ones we know arc Mahlon and Sherman. EliOdell died at Bedford, Iowa jn the year 1885.

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(4)Melanctlion Odell married Edith Swongcr and lived in Shipshewana.Indiana. They have four children, Byron, Lewis, William and CcliaOdell. b. Ilovo IJ^, 1836

(4) Abi.-d Odell married a Miss Warner of Nevada, Ohio and had oneson by the name of Truman. Abial Odell died in the year 1871, atParchers Corners, Crawford Countjj, Ohio, at the age of 31 years. '

born Septo 5, I8390 '" ...These birthdatec arc froa-the O'Dcll Bible in pos-sersion of Kciti:O'Doll, Gravity, love. Data added to thie p^ce Juno 25, 1971by John Bradley Arthaucl. -\Both Clark & Eli Odell are buried in Memory Cemetery, Taylor Count;.Iov7a o

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CLARK: ODELIj, ^rth

(^0 Clark Odcll, the Vth child of Philander end Sally (Bscon)Odell vas born Nov. 25, I828 and marrird D-c^raber ^ IR n r, .

lived xn Lake County, Indiana for e fev years and moved to^ylor County, Iowa by i860. He died there Jen, 3^Tl^9^.

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(5) Mary (nov. 26, 1851-July 11, I877) niarried James Roberts.Tnree children; Oren, Ollie and Leroy.

(5) Ann^zella ( Dec. 3, IS^B-Fcb. 28, 19^11, Wheeling, Missouri )jarriedjohn B. Arthaud Jan. I3, I876 in Taylor County''

For their descendants see: "The L^ile Arthaud Family."

(5) Warren Everett (Feb. 22, I856, Lake County, Indiana-Jan.,1929) ir>3rriod Dora Bell. Lindsay Auc. 29,188t in Taylor Co!

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(5) Alora Ellen (April 25, l869--July 22, I876)

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MARY BACON HOWARD SLAGLE, 3rd

(3) Mary, the tliird child of Ralph and Mary Bacon, was born August

]5>, 1S07 and was married to John Howard. To them was born onecliild, jMary Ann Howard. After tlic death of John Howard, Mary

(the wife) was married to Jacob Slaglc and to them were born three-

children—Cosby, Jacob, Jr., and Clarissa. Mary Bacon HowardSlag-le died February 2G, 1819.

(4) Mary Ann Howard, the eldest child, married John H. Close and tothem were born five children—Warren, William, Wallace, Jane andBurt.

Mary Ann Close now lives with her son Burt, west of Van Wert,Ohio. (1919).

(4) Cosby Slagle, married Newton Matthews and they have five chil-

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dren, Minnie, Jessie, Viola, Ida and Homer Matthews. Jessie diedin infancy.

(4)Jake Slaglc went into the army at the age of 17 and died at MillikcnsBends, April, 1863.

(4)Clarissa Slagle never married and died at the age of 10 years.Jacob Slagle, husband of Mary Bacon Hov/ard, died December 19,

18-19, in his 42nd year. ,

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MARTIN BACON, 8rd

; (3) Martin, the fourth child of Ralpli and Mary Bacon, was born at

IMentor, Ohio, July 30, 1809. He moved with his father in 1820, to

Ia farm three miles east of Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, contain-

Iing 240 acres. At the age of 20 years, he bought the farm on whicli

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his father had settled, east of Bucyrus, on condition that he should

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maintain the aged parents and raise the younger children of the fam-( ily of ]", of whom there were nine. All of whicli children reached1 their majority. This he did successfully. On December 15, 1833.I he married Jane Hughes Kemis (born in Washington County,I

. New York. May 10, 1808). He owned 381 acres of land, heldI

the office of Justice of the Peace, was a prominent citizen and also aI

member of the Adyent Church.

To Martin and Jane Bacon were born seven children—George, Clark,Warren, William, Mary, Willis and Clarissa. The last two of whom diedin infancy. . ' .

Article of agreement made and concluded on by and between RalphBacon of the Coynty of Crav/ford and State of Ohio, of the one part, andMartin Bacon, his son. of the County and State afore said of the othcipart.

Witnesseth that I'Jalph Bacon of the first part hath the day of thedate hereof sold and confirmed and by these presents do sell and con-firmed, unto Martin Bacon of the second part, one yoke of oxen, one cow,all his farming utensils; hay, oats, potatoes, and three hogs and will de-liver same to him freely and quietly peaceably and entirely, to be hisproperty. In consideration whereof the said Martin Bacon does promiseand agree to provide for and furnish his father, mother and invalid sistera comfortable house to live in by themselves, with a sufficient quantityof fuel ready forthe fire at the door and also to furnish as long as theylive for them suitable provisions and clothing, tea and coffee, and thenecessary comforts of a farmers house, and to pay all his fathers debtswhich he has previously contracted, and to furnish in addition to whathas been mentioned what will support and clothe all the minor children


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1' ""X months. Dexter twelve months schooling and those younger to be taught

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that his sons shall v/ork for said Martin Bacon if he uses them as a

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brother ought to do, until sixteen, and if the boys choose when sixteenI

; years of age to stay with said Martin until twenty one and work for him!

as boys ought to do, then said Martin agrees to give them one hundred!' 'dollars apiece and as much schooling as will include the single rule of

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three, but if they leave said Martin between sixteen and twenty one

Iyears of age they are only to have pay in proportion to the time theyhave stayed. And the said Martin agrees to furnish his sister Emelincwith as much flax, wool and feathers as will make a good bed, in eight

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months from the date hereof, and to furnish Clarrissa with tlie same infive years from the date hereof, and all the rest of the girls to have the

>same when seventeen years of age, and to furnish all his sisters that live

jwith their father at this time one cow each, except Emmeline when theyare eighteen years of age, and to have them taught to read and writewhen they are eighteen years of age.

Said Ralph Bacon docs agree to keep all household stuff or furniturefor the use of the family, and to let said Martin live with him as long ashe remains single.

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(4) George, the eldest son lived on a farm given him by his father. He|i: 'i was married to Matilda Walters. To them were born four childrenjV ': —^Walter, Effie, Fred and Jennie. George Bacon died east of Bucy

rus in 1877, on his farm.

l;ili ..;;;! (5) Walter Bacon, the oldest son of George and Matilda Walters Bacon,

>i:'-4;i . was born in Liberty Townsip, Crawford County, Ohio in the year

: January 12, ISCl. He married Susan Grove and to them were bornsix children—George, born April 18, 1883; Desta, born April 1, 18Sr.

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Claude born March 2(1, 1887; Marry, born March 25. 18S0; Altonia

born March 9, 1891; and Maragret, born Septeniiier 2y, IS9-1.

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ji'-!family of children. Later, he moved to Bucyrus, Ohio, where he workedfor the Standard Oil Company for a time. After the loss of his wife in

• ,he lived with his oldest son George and c;invassed for

him, selling crayon picture work. He followed this work for several. . years, traveling through the central and western parts of Ohio. In

the Spring of 1919, he married Mrs. Emma Lafevres of Van WertCounty, Ohio. They now live in Marion, Ohio. (1919).

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(G) George, tlic oldest son and oldest cliild of Wrdtcr and Susan Grove

j;' ;, Bacon, was born on a farm in Liberty Townsliip, Crawford County,

I ' Ohio, April IS, ISSJi He received most of his education in IjucyrusU. ;,'. . wlicre he had moved witli his parents. lie was married to Myrtle

Schultz in 1(101 and to them there were born three children—Alfred(7), Ralph (7), and Nellie (7). Mis wife died March in, 1911 and

he later married again Iva Mae Irvin on September 10, 1!)I2. Tothis union two children were born^Mary Dale and George Wesley

(7). The latter died at the age of l.'i days. George Bacon is an ex-pert artist and now (1!)!'.)) lives in Marion, Ohio, where he followshis trade.

]•; [ i' (G) Claude, the next sen of Walter and Susan Grove Bacon, is also a

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natural artist. He was born March 2G, 1887. He married Mae Fogcl

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(6) Desta Bacon Diller, was born April 1, 1885. She was the oldestJ;

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' daughter of Walter'and Susan Bacon. She married Ralph Dillcr of

l';..^,.'!Bucyrus, Oho. They have four children—Beatrice, Plarry, Helen

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.and Vivian and are now living at 3-14 N. Sanduskv .Vve., Buc\rus.Ohio. (1919).

(6) Harry Bacon, the youngest son of Walter and Susan Grove Baconwas born March .25, 1889. He married Florence Burbrink but hasno children. At present (1919) he is in with his brother Claude inbusiness at 731 Clark St., Cincinnati, Ohio.

jj;.,;r (6) Altonia Bacon Montague was born. March 9, 1891. She married

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• ^^ark Montague, 418, Walker Ave.. Alliance, Ohio, and to them wereborn three children—Roland, Melva and Beatrice.

iji • (6)Margaret Bacon Thomas, the youngest child of Walter and SusanGrove Bacon was born September 22, 1891. She married HowardThomas and is living at 490 I'Tedonia Avenue, Alliance. Ohio. Theyhave no children.

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(5) Effiie, tlic second cliild of (4) George Bacon, was born in Liberty

Touiisliip and died there at about five years of age.

(5) Fred, the second son of George and Matilda Bacon, was born inLilicrty Township, Oliio, in tlie year 1S72, on Oct. 23. lie married

Delia Suiallc}- and they liave one child, Freda.

(5) Jennie, daughter of George and Matilda Bacon, was born in LibertyTownship, Ohio in the year 3875 and died at the age of twenty-twoyears. In April, 1893 she married William Grove and to them wereborn two children, Leila and Hazel. Hazel died in infancy. Leila ".smarried to a man by the name of Wicks and lives in Toledo.

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CLARK BACON, 4th

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2, 1S;3C>. He was the second son of Martin and Jane Bacon and . ,married Cynthia Smalley. To thcin were born three children—Min-

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nie, Annie and Edwin, who died in infancy. After the death of his • ' tfirst wife in Mnrcli, 1890, Clark married I\Irs. Anna Walters Smalley, ' ;-who died May 30, 1917. Clark died in March, 1019.

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WARREN BACON, 4th

(4)Warrcn, the tlilrd son of ALirtin was born in 1840 and died in 1005.He served in tlie Civil War in Company 3, ISGth Ohio Nation.'!Guard Lifantry. }Ie was married to Francis Jourdcn and to themborn four children—Eugene, Gertrude Elva and Carrie. Eugene,the son, aceidcntly shot himself in 1SS4 and soon after died from theeffects of his wounds. Gertrude died October 5, 1914 and the othertwo girls are married and live in Cleveland. Warren lived all hishfe with his father on the old farm three miles east of Bucyrus.

.Frances, his wife, died March 21st,. 1920.

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WILLIAM A. BACON, 4th

(-1) Wiliiam A., the next son was born March 20, ISIG and was "married I

to Angie Chnyon. They have two cliiklren, Charencc and Edna.

WilUani and his wife lived at Parcliers Corners, on a farm, until a ;sliort time l)eforc lie died, April 1!), 1013. Angie, his wife, died

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(5) Clarence Bacon was born October 7, 18V4 . Jle married in November :1M>S. They have two daughters—Ikmicc, born in 1S',1[) and Carol,horn in 1!I0">. Clarence works in the Post Office at Bucyrus, Ohio.

(5) Edna Bacon, daughter of William and Angie Bacon, v.'as bora ^Sei>teniber 20, 18S0. She married Edward Gcissman and they havefive children—ALnrcclla, Milton, William, Ethel and Robert.

(4) Mary, the daughter of Martin Bacon, was born May 5, 1850. .Shemarried George Mallery, April ]7, 1872 and they have two daugh-ters; Bertha, born June 27. 187G and Maude, born October 31, 1883. •

George Mallery died in 1908. • • .• • '

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luT chihlhodd and yovmg womanhood. 'She did housework and was

an expert s[)inner of woo! for ch'th. In January, 18-'!3, she married

Moses H. Louden and they lived on a farm in Crawford County until

1842, when with their family of four children, they moved to fWilliams County, Oliio, within what is now the corporate limits of [-the city of Montpelier. At the time they moved to this place, it was ; . . • fall a wilderness. They knew the trials and privations of pioneer . •

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I (4) Harrison Louden, a son of Moses and Emaline Louden, was born• in Crawford County, Oliio, September 28, 1842. When he was about

Ione year old, he moved with his parents to Williams County, Ohio,

where they settled in the woods near what is now Montpelicr. He

served a year and six months in the Civil War and after the close ofthe war was married to Mary Lattanncr, in Decem!)er, ISCG. To

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i : D. and Nettie. They lived for some time at Montpelicr, Ohio and' ' accumulated some property there, but Harrison having- poor health,' he moved his family to Kansas and lived th.ere about four years be-

fore he died, in December 1S92. His family then returned to Mont-

pelicr, Ohio where his widow now lives with her two sons, Williardand Charles (1918). '

(5) Williard A. Louden, oldest son of Harrison and Alary Louden was

born at Montpelicr, Williams County, Ohio in 18G7. On May 22,;

"^1900, he was married to Isabell M. Stainthorpc of Hillsdale, Mich-

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;; (5) Charles E. Louden, v.'as burn in 1873, at Montpelicr, Ohio and was

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;| education there. They have been partners in practically all of their

\j.. business transactions for the past 25 years, in Montpelicr. They moved

:; ' • with their parents to Kansas, where they lived about four years. After

:| .; the death of their father, in 1892, they returned to Montpelicr, where' {

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they engaged in the grocery and general dry goods business. By careful• management and their industrious and ui)right \\'a)'s, they have accumul-

;ated a nice property in Montpelicr, where they now have three large

!stores all in one building and the Louden Hotel.

(5) Roy D. Louden, the third son of Harrison and Mary Louden, was,

•; born at Montpelicr, Ohio, November G, 188L He spent his youngerdays at Montpelicr, where he received his education. About 189-9

^; .he went with tlie fann'ly to Kansas where they lived until after the

l!death of his father when he returned to Montpelicr. He later moved

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to the soutlicastcrn part of Colorado where he ninrried Zeta Bradley,

August 2, lOlG. They have one child, Dorothy Dean Louden. Heowns a large ranch in Colorada, of about a thousand acres and is

raisin^;: horses and cattle (191S).

Nettie Louden Fortis, the only daughter of Harrison and Mary ' ' i^Louden, was horn April 11, 1877, at Montpelier, Ohio. She lived

in Montpelier until she was thirteen years of age, when the familymoved to the Kansas Plains. She returned to Montpelier in 1893. .

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MINERVA BACON STANCLIFF, 3rd

3) Minerva, the sixth cliikl oi Ralph and Mary I'^acon, was born Sep-

teml/cr 2-2. iSi:! in Lake County, Oiiio, at Mentor. She moved with

her parents, to Crawford County, Oliio in 1S20. In Iier early life slie

she worked out for .'jOc per week, when calico was ''jOc per yard. Dur-

ing this' time, she acquired education sufficient to teach school and

liegan teaching at the age of 23 years. Slie taught 3 years in tlic

pul)!ic schools and then felt a call to Mission work. She went to

Upper Sandusky Mission, Wyandotte County, Ohio, where she re-mained, working with the Indians, for two years. She was not bound

to her elder brother T\Iartin, as the other younger children were, but

took her J?100.00 and a cow and went for herself. On October 23,1S42, she was married to Ezra Stanclift. After her mother's dc,ath,they moved to a farm thrge miles north of Wyandotte, after whichthey moved into Wyandotte and kc])t a grocery store. About 1853they moved back to the farm the}' had left and remained there until]Sri() when they moved to Lake Ridge, Michigan to care for hisf;ither and mother. After the death of his parents, in ISGO they re-turned to Ohio and sellled in Nevada, wiiere they engaged in thegrocery business until 1H70. In ]S7() they moved to Agosta v.'hcrcthey lived the rest of their lives and were I)uried at LaRue, Ohio.Minerva Bacon Stanclift died April 23, ISSU Eza Stanclift diedDecember 1, 1872. Six cliildren were born to them, four of themdying in infancy. Martin and Anna lived to maturity".

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MARTIN G. STANCLIFF, 4th

(4) Martin G. was born August IG, 1843, died November 21, 1009at

Montgomery, Alabama. Pie served in the Civil War for three years ;and after his return from the war, married Philinda King of Clinton,

Michigan, and to them were born six daughters—Ada M., Hattic,Lulu A.. Gertrude, Myrtle, Jesse. Martin died November 28, 1909.

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(5) Ada M. Stanclift was born on "The Ridge," Michigan, on October . •

IS, 18GC. While yet a child, her parents moved to Agosta, Marion " ^County, Ohio and she lived there until she had grov/n to young

womanhood. She became a teacher and taught for several years, '"

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both in Ohio and Michigan. On December 24, 1901 she married _ :{_ '.

August E. Young of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, a widower with six children. " , j] ^He is a harness man. To them, on November 5, 1903, was born a "' •

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(5) Hattic Stanclift lived in New York City for twenty-five years as a Atrained nurse. She then married E. E. Drown, of ALarion, Ohio, in • . 'jj

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May, born November 2, 1892; Ralph Edward, born September G,1900; Ruth Marion, born May 19, 1903; Helen Dorothy, born March ;.

, 26, 1911; Mary Elizabeth, born December 10, 1913. !'

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\(5) MjTtle Vivian Stanclift, was born August 23, 187C and was married

to Karl L. Benncr on April 6, 1898. They had three children: Viv-ian J., born December 9, 1899; Clemens S., born May 14, 1902; and,Gertrude C, born March 30, 190-1. They arc now living at lOOSI'Vanklin Ave., Fremont, Ohio.

(5) Jessie Stanclift was born July 3, 1878 and died August 2, 1897, nt^ the age of 19 years.

(4) Anna E. Stanclift was married to Easton E. Drov/n of Marion, Co.,Ohio, on March 7, 1877, at Ada, Ohio. They lived on a farm nearAgosta, Ohio, in Marion County, for a number of years. They thenwent to Pomona, California for tv/o years after which they returnedto ^far^on, Ohio. Mr. Drown was elected sheriff of Maiion Countvahd he retired after the expiration of his office. Mrs. Drown hadfailing health and died at Marion ,Ohio, June 29, 1918. They hadhad no children. Mr. Drown later married Hattie Stanclift in 1921.

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CLARISSA BACON ODELL, 3rd

(3) Clarissa Bacon was the seventh cliild of Ralph and Mary J. Bacon,

she was born on a farm near Mentor, Ohio, Jnly 1, 1S15. Whenshe was five years old, she moved with her parents to Crawford

County, east of Bucyrus, where she spent her childJiood and young

wonamhood. She was married at her fatlicr's home to Aljial Odell

of New York state. As soon as they were married they started, witli[

all their belongings packed in a gipsy wagon, for Milwaukee, Wis- i

consin. The wagon v/as drawn by a yoke of oxen and Clarissa rodej

a, horse. They were tlirce weeks on the road. Her husband was a icarpenter and contractor and built houses in Milwaukee. They lived

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died in infancy or early childhood. Philander Eddy Odell, born July f7, 18-10, died September 14, 1856, aged IG years, 2 months. Malvina.

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1839, died August 2, 1908. Malancthon H. Odell and Eli were twinsborn September 15, 1853. Clarissa Bacon Odell died January 1-1,1SG4. Her husband died at the home of his daughter Salina, at FortHope, Canada, March 7, 1888, at the age of 70 years.

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MARION BERTPIIA ODELL, 4th

(4) Marion Bertha Odell was bora in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1839.At tlie age of 11 years, she moved with her parents to Bowman-ville,Canada, where she Later married Josejih McLean. He was a dry-goods merchant. He was a tall, fine looking Scotchman. They hadthree children. Tiie oldest, Nellie, was scalded to death when twoyears old. Lena was the second child and the name of the third i.snot known.

(5) Lena McLean married J. B. Mitchell of Bowmanvillc, Canada, wherethey have always lived. He has been manager of a piano factorvthere for 20 years and mayor of the town for 10 years. They havetwo sons, Fred and Rodney, who are both married. Fred is 38 yearsold and has one son,- Kenneth, age 7 years. Rodney is 3G years oldand has one son, Barnard, age 10 years. 191G.

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oMi*35iHi,'->--auby was born in 1881 and died when five montin

|j ' . old. Rena was born in 1883. They bought a fruit farm of 17 acresinside the corporate limits of Oshawa, Ontario, where they lived for18 years. This was a grand success and they built the house theyare now living in at 201 King st. E., which is the main street inOshav/a, Ontario. William Adams was born October 11, 1836.

(5) Rena Adams v/as born in 1SS3. On April 7, lOOG she married W. A.l^

Kirby. They reside at 244 Burliugame Ave., Detroit, ^Hchigan.ijij .

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(4) Melancthon H. Odcll was born September 15, 1851. He now (1910)lives at 1513 Poplar Grove, Baltimore, I^Taryland. lie has 7 chil-

dren—Edith, Carl, Lome, Rena, Minnie, Ella and Collin.Melancthon II. Odcll was a son of Clarissa Bacon Odell and Abia!

Odell. He was born at liowmanvillc, Canada, in the year 1854, his twinbrother having died in infancy. He was the youngest of a family of ninechildren. His mother died when he was about ten years old, and helived with his father and sister Salina for several years. He learned sev-eral trades and finally stuck to one, which is the making of piano keys.He is married, has seven children, all of whom are married, except tlicoldest, a daughter, who is leading nurse in a large hospital at Fall River,Massachusetts and has been there for several years. Melancthon Odellis a first class workman. He has been manager of the piano key makingfactory at Baltimore, Maryland for many years. His six younger chil-dren are all married and have families. His address is 1513 Poplar Grov,Baltimore, Maryland. (19i8)

(3) Emily, the eighth child of Ralph and Mary Bacon, was born in July,1818 and lived to the age of 30 years. After the death of her motherwhich occurred when she was about 25 years old, she made her homewith her brother Martin.

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RALPH BACON, 3rd

(3) Ralph Bacon, the ninth child of (2) Ralph and Mary Bacon, wasborn in Mentor, Ohio, May 2, 1820. When he was about two monthsold his parents moved to Crawford County, Oliio. At the age of 11,Ralph with two of his younger brothers was bound out to his older

brother Martin. The contract was as follows:

He was to be given support and clothes and two months schoolini,'each year until sixteen years of age. At the age of 10 years the lads

were to have a choice of staying with their brother until they, were 21

years of age. If they stayed theyWere each to have $100 and some moreschooling after they became 10. Ralph stayed and worked until he was

.of age and received his $100.II ;

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•>oA U'*'' terestinrr manuscript in the possession of some of the relatives.

W'^ Ralph sent his first money (the $100) to Wisconsin, by his fatherJiJ/y where he bought SO acres of land for him near Milwaukee. Ralph wentj! . to Milwaukee before he was 24 years ohl and sold his lani.l for $300.

l'^While in Milwaukee he ninde his home with his sister Clarissa. He was

j|;married to Harriet Newell Rice of Milwaukee, October 1, 1840. They

;;'; " lived in Milwaukee about two years when they moved to Crawfordi'ij;

• County, Ohio, and purchased a farm three miles east of lUicyrus. The;j'i family lived here until 1804, wdien they moved to Lake Ridge, Lenawee

';]{': • • County, I^I'ichigan. Here the wife died in 1SG5 and in 1800 Ralph was:]b

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j-;'. -. County, Michigan. He purchased a farm of SO acres, which was his

't! - ^ home until his death, Sei)tcmber 14, 1880. He was found dead in the field:,:,; where he had been at work sowing wheat, death bciui; due to heartL . • disease. Seven children were born to Ralph and H.-u'riet (Rice) Bacon.[]. The names of the children follow.

t,:! (4) Jason, born at Elyria, Ohio, June 7, 1850, died in infancy.

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MARIETTA S. BACON MARTIN, 4lh

(4) MarietUi S. Bacon was born November 14, 1S52 in Crawffjrd County,Ohio. She moved witli Iicr parents to Lake Ridfje, Micliigan v.-hcnshe was eleven years of age. Here her mother (Uetl in L'^O.'). Ralp'imarried again in 1800 and the family moved to Whcathind, Hills-dale County, Michigan. Marietta went to Milwaukee and livci!with her aunts for a year and then decided to teach sclu^ol. She

made a very successful teacher and taught several terms after shewas married. She married Wiliam Martin of Lake Ridge, on De-cember 11, 187S. No children came of this marriage but they raiseda girl from infancy, Carol M. Harrison Martin, wdio has been a greathelp and comfort to them. After the death of her father in ISSO,they settled on a part of her father's farm, where she and her daugh-ter Carol now reside. William ^Jartin died June 5, 1911. Then-home burned in February 17, 1915, and she was com])eIled to builda new house, which she did, carrying on the work of the farm, at thesame time, successfull}'.

Her daughter, Carol, was married to Charles A. Peterson, I"eb. 11,1919, and to this union two little boys have come to gladden their home:Harold Dale, born Dec. 7th, 1019, and' Ralph Dewey Peterson, born Jan.4th, 1922. They live with her mother at the home of Marietta S. Martin.

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ROSINA R. BACON TAYLOR, 4th

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Rosina R. Bacon Taylor was a daugliter of Ral])li, Zrd, and HarrietN. Bacon. She was born three miles h'ast of Bucyrus, CrawfordCounty, Ohio, Fehruary 18, ISni. She moved \vith her parents toLake Ridge, Lenawee Connty, Mich., in ISii;',. After the death ofher mother in ISOf), she went to Milwaukee, Wis., to live with heraunts, in the meantime the family Ivad moved to Hillsdale Countv.After her return home dhring the stay in Wheatland, when just agirl, she united with the Baptist Church of Church's Corners.She was united in marriage to Henry Tajdor November 12, 1874and three children came to bless their home. Two of them wereI)lucked before the rose bud had even begun to unfold, but the otherone, Arthur, grew to manhood and established a home of his own,but he and his father had both preceded the mother to the SpiritLand several years before. She died August 28, 1910. About thir-teen years before her death they left the farm home and removedto the late residence on Pleasant street in Hudson.

It was here that the husliand and father passed away and Arthurpassed over from the home nearby leaving the wife and two sons, ILaroldand Clarence, to mourn the loss of grandmother. Besides these she lefttwo brothers, Franklin R. Bacon of Wheatland, and Cassius F. Bacon;also two sisters, Clara Bacon of Ailrian, and iVlary S. Afartin of Wheat-land, the latter being with Mrs. Taylor during the trying days of her

final suffering. Mrs. Rosa R. Taylor transferred her membership tothe Baptist Church of Hudson, of which she was a honored membertill her membership was transferred to the Church Triumphant.

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Temperance Oratorical Contest against strong- competition. A vear ortwo later he won the gold medal in the same kind of a content I],attended school at Cleary's Business College at Ypsilanti. Michiganafter which he entered the Boies State Savings Bank at Hudson. Mich'He was second cashier of that bank at the time of his death He wa<one of the compders of this history up to the time of his death.

Arthur I Taylor was one of those who found pleasure in doing hisduty and m devotmg his energies toward making the world better, andthe people w.th whom he came in contact happier. He cared little forself glory, nor wanted credit for good deeds, but his quiet way of doin^.things was wonderful, and his life work will remain as a monument toone who never shirked a responsibility or failed in extending the handof fellowship in time of trouble. His death was a crushing blow to hi.wife and two sons. Harold and Clarence aged U and 3 years, for he wasa lovmg husband and father and Iheir welfare was ever his chief thought.

But equally bereft was his mother, for few sons have been so faith-ful in f.llial duty. Indeed for many years he was the n.ainstay of theparental home during the invalidism of his father and when that parentdied the son was depended oii by h}s mother. He had been superintend-ent of the Congregational Sunday school for five vears at the time ofhis death.

Harold B. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tavlor, was born inHudson, May 24. 1900 and died at the S. A. T. C. Barracks in Hills-dale December 24th. 1918, of pneumonia, at the age of 18 vears He

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CASSIUS F. BACON, 4th

(4) Cassias F. Bacon is a son of Jvalpli (:!), ami Harriott Kicc I'.acon.He was lioni tliroo miles east of Ikicyrus, Crawford County, Ohio,August -JStli, lsr>C>. He lived with his parents at Parclicrs Corners

until he w.-'.s seven years old when he moved with them to Lake Ridge,Lenawee (\;unt\', Michigan, onto a farm. One year later his fatherbouglu a shingle factory. He v.'cnt to school winters and drove a teamon the horse jiower at the shingle mill summers. One day he got care-less and got to throwing stones at the birds, that frightened the teamand they ran away, going twice around the track when some one ran'out and stopjied them. They looked around to see wliere Cassius v/asand he was up on toj) of the fence looking at the team run. He nevertold liis dad he was throwing stones at the birds. When he was twelveyears old lie moved with the family to Wheatland, Hillsdale County,Mich., onto another farm. When he was 13 years old he returned toCrawford Count}-, Ohio, for a visit to his uncles and aunts for three'weeks. While he was there he was all taken up with violin music thatwas played by the Hicc boys. He went home and told his father hewanted a violin and in two years he was playing for dances. He ledthe orchestra at difterent times up to 189G, when he and his wife joinedthe Ejiiscopal Methodist Church at Olive Grove, Ohio, and they playedonly for amusement after that. Having earned about one thousanddollars in his time of music he has wished many times that he never sawa violin. He stayed at home and worked for his father on the farm untilISTG when he told his father he would like to have a horse ancj buggy.Flis fatiier told him he would give him his time and he could step outand go to work by the month and earn a buggy and harness and hewould furnish the horse. So Cassius worked out 5J/2 nirnths at $19per month in 18TG and paid for his harness and buggy. After he -be-came 21 years of age he worked his father's farm on shares for severalyears. Jan. ]st, 1880 he married Ellen E. Olds of Washtenav/ County,Mich. That year, Sept. 14, his father died very suddenly and he wascalled home to settle the estate. He was appointed admini.,trator andafter the estate was settled he bought a farm in Somerset, HillsdaleCounty, and in less than a year sold it again- for more than he gave

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and moved onto a rented farm of IGO acres in Wheatland township.In 1SS3 his niothcr-in-law passed away and his wife being tlie only

child she was invited by her father to come home and keep house forhim, which they did, making five moves in four years. He and hisfather-in-law bought and sold grade Holstein cattle for two years inWashtenaw County, Mich., and did well. Tliey then bought scvcr;ilhead of imported Holstein cattle and raised and sold cattle for aboutfive years and never made a dollar. They showed them at the Fairs.

Gassius F. Bacon led a ten-year-old Imported Champion Holsteinbull (with his Iiorns on, that weighed 2500 lljs.") around in the grand-cavelcade at the Detroit Exposition in 1S02.

Cassius F. Bacon had been told by his father many times if b.cwanted to get a start in the world to go back in the woods and buvsome land and grow up with the country. In 1S92 he was persuadcijby the influence of Gilbert Bacon to go over into the woods in VanWert County, Ohio, and buy SO acres of land at S1S;35.00, and tradedin a span of horses at $200.00 as first jiaymcnt. In December, 1S03 theydecided to move onto their land. They sent their goods and tools ina car and drove thru with two horses and a wagon and one horse hitchedto a single buggy, which the good wife and son Earl, 8 years old, drove.

It was about 150 miles and some stormy weather and Mrs. r>acon and

son got very tired before they got there. After about l-I months he

sold the SO acres for ?2500.00 and moved about three miles onto a AO

acre farm three miles north of Convoy, Ohio, which he purchased fcr

$1515.00 in ISOC. This he cleared, built a house and two barns and

fixed it up for his future home. In 1905 Mrs. P>acon's father i)assed away

and left a farm of 50 acres to his daughter and her stepmother.

In 1907 C. F. Bacon sold the 10 acre farm in Ohio, for $4000.00.

He then went over to Michigan and bought S-l acres of land, all cleared,with good buildings and orcharti and fountain for $4-500.00, within

1^ miles from the 50 acres which his wife had inherited from her father'sestate. In March 1908 they moved to Michigan, onto the 84 acre farm

where they lived and worked both farms up to 1912, when they moved

cnto Mrs. Bacon's farm and rented the Sf acres for cash rent up to

the present time, 1922. In the year 1919 this 84 acres of land could have

been sold for $12,000.00 On April 22. 1920, a cyclone struck this 84

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acre farm and tore dcnvn all the buildings and orcliard, except the house,

makings a loss of about 5^."),000. 00, with only Si 100.00 insurance.

At the time of the csclone they had half of their goods moved over

to Hudson, Mich., but after (hat hai)pened they liad to stay and clean

up the muss, and then move the next year. Mrs. Bacon, had poor health

before they left the farm, she gradually grew worse until June Sth, 1922,

when she jiased away in Hudson, Mich., where they had purchased a

house and lot two years before.

Ellen E .Olds Bacon was a congenial woman. She was a teacher atIS years of age. Her motto was honesty, uprightness in all things.She advocated that all mothers slionld talk to their sons and daugh-

ters and teach them the ways of a pure, honest, virtuous life, and that

all fathers should talk to their sons likewise.

Mrs. Bacon was a great lover of Mowers and music, and her flowerij-ardcn was in full bloom the day she passed av/ay, 1922. She was^

buried in Maple Grove cemetery, where they had their monument andheadstones set hfteen years before lier death.

(5) Earl R. Bacon, the son and only child of Cassius F. and Fallen E.

Olds Baccn was born in Saline Township, Washtenaw County,Michigan, on the farm of his grandfathers. He got his education

at Saline, Mich, then at Lima, Ohio, and later at Ann Arbor, Michigan.After 18 of age he stayed at home and worked hard helping his

lather carry on the farm work for several years, saved up his moneyand later bought the old homestead which was once his grandfather's

old farm, where he was born and that now is his home, 1922. He wasborn Oct. 18, 1S8C. ....

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CLARA J. BACON FROST, 4th

; (4) Clara J. Bacon was I)oiii at Parclicrs Corners, Crawford County,

jOliio, l'"cbruary 10, lSr>r). She moved with lier parents to Lal:e

(Ridge, Lenawee County, Micliigan, and afterwards to Wheatland,

; Hillsdale County, where she attended district schof)l, then one year in

r lluds(jn lli;-di sclmol. 1 krs has surely been a life of service for othci"s,

i working at general liouscwork and nursing. Some of her life -has been

\spent in Milwaukee with her relatives. At one time she was assistant

'f matron of the Ori)han's home tiierc. She was a great lover of children'. and old people and was always mindful of their wants; also did all she> could for the poor and needy. She has been a member of the Baptist! church since about 35 years of age, but v.'illing to work in any Christian* church. The 21 of ALarch, lOlG, she was married to Scymore Frost, ai good man and photographer of Adrian, Michigan, wliere they now re-1 side, 1922.

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(3) Dexter Bacon, the tenth cliikl born to Ralph and Mary Bacon, was

I horn May (>, 1S22, throe miles east of Bucyrus in Crawford County,

IOliio. }Jc was the first native white child born in Liberty Township

and ilic first one of thi' children born after tlic family moved to the

i farm ea>t of Bucyrus. Wlicn about ten years of age, Dexter was

(jjound out by his father, to an older brother, Martin Bacon, whoreceived the farm for providing for tlic family until each member [i;! [:":

; became of age. By the agreement. Dexter was to receive $100 if hei remained with Martin between the ages of IG to 21 years. He at-f tended tlie Maxficld (S: Blowers' school but most of his education

was acquired later in life. On reaching the age of 21, having stayed ij

with his brother the required time, he received his $100 and the'i }\-

{started for Wisconsin, traveling on foot nearly the entire distance. '; •

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f g»Id, in a knapsack on his back, having exi)ended only $G.50 during ; i

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Il)reak of Crawford County, Ohio. In May 1S41, accompanied by his wife, " • . jj:

! her father and family, they made the journey in ^\agons, reaching jMil-

I waukee July 3, 1S44. Their goods were shipped from Sandusky City to

IMilwaukee by water. He settled on a claim of SO acres of land belonging M

'' to his father (Ral[)h ]'>acon 3) which was situated 10 miles from Mil- . ;:'i

waukee and in the same county. For souTe time the family suffered many 1;hardships. Dexter having to borrow $20 from Joseph Bonebreak to de-

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and in four years cleared '10 acres of the farm lie occuiipied, which he ixir-

chascd of his father, trading for it his own farm and paying !?!00 in

money.

lie left Wisconsin with his family in the spring of 1850, and after

stopping six months near So. Bend, Indiana, reached Crawford County

November 12, 1850, and settled on the present farm which he purchased

from his father-in-law. He lived on this farm the remainder of his life,

said farm contains 119>{' acres. Here he engaged in the business of

breeding thoroughbred Shorthorn Cattle and Berkshire Hogs. He in-troduced the first Ayrshire cows ever brought to Crawford County, an:!

was also engaged in' raising Italian Eces.

Dexter joined the M. E. Churcli when about lO _\ears of age, under

the teaching of Rev. Adam Poe, a son of the famous Indian fighter. Heremained a member of this church until he returned from Wisconsin when

he united with the Christian Advent church. He was one of the originalstockholders and directors of the First National Bank of Bucyrus, or-

ganized in 1SG3. During the Civil War he subscribed sums of $500 atdifferent times to assist in Clearing I,.il)erty Township from the draft. Hewas the father of the following six children, four of whom are living onthe home farm at the present date—Samantha, Washington (died in iti-fancy), Gilbert, Charles Washington, Martha, fallen and Elsie, who diedApril S, 1800, at 21 years. Dexter Bacon died April S, 1S93, about one-fourth of a mile from where he was born.

(4) Gilbert and Charles Washington, the two sens and their two sistersSamantha and Ellen, are living on the old home farm where theirparents died. Not any of them has ever married. The brick hous.-in which they live is, no doubt, over 100 years old. Tlie entire fanii!\-have always been industrous, hard-vvorking people. They have beenvery saving and by their good management, have acquired someproperty. They are free-hearted, kind-hearted and always willingto help in a tinie of need. They love their neighbors as themsclve^.They love the live stock they have around them and are great handsfor pets. No place better than there to go for a good visit.

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(4) Surnantlia Bacon was the oldest child of Dexter Bacon (?>) and

Rebecca Bonebrcak Bacon. She was born in Waschashaw County,Wisconsin, about ten miles from Milwaukee January 21, ISIG. Whc.i

she was four years old she moved with her parents to CrawfordCounty, Ohio, onto the farm where she now lives and which wasowned at one time by her grandfather Bonebreakc. Dexter ISaconpurchased this farm of his father-in-law in November, 1R50. Theytraveled through from Wisconsin with horses and wagon, stoijpingover for a few months near South Bend, Indiana and arriving at theirdestination Novcmljcr 12, ISfiO. Samantlia received her education

at a country school. Her entire life was spent on this farm, whereshe worked hard to help care for her parents in their declining yearsand also for a }'Ounger sister, Elsie, who had poor hcaltli and passedaway at the age of 23 years. Samantlia has always been very in-dustrious, and a great lover of flowers and a good garden. In her

. younger days she used to hoe in the garden, milk the cows, and help5 ni_ake butter. She is still living a quiet, peaceful life with her sister

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GILBERT BACON, 4th

*. ;!; He was the second child of Dexter Bacon (3) and Rebecca BonebrakeBacon. He was born in Crawford County, Ohio, Jan. 7, 185] on a farmthree miles east of Bucyrus, Ohio. He was born in the house in which heis now living-. He has seen the old and the new ways of living blended asprogress was made in methods of labor, when the country grist and sawmill, shoe shop, blacksmith shop, carpenter shop, tailor shop, and almost

every other kind abounded and prospered in the country, when the pitcn; I'll fork was the only way of loadinig- and unloading hay and grain, and the'•

.'.'i'l . cradle, (not the lullaby kind,) held sway in the field, and I)inding !)y h;ind

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ing book, and assisted in a class of six soon after in sjielling si.\ hundref!

words in Webster's High School Dictionary without missing a singU'word. After he was of age, he took a course at National Normal Uni-versity, Lebanon, Ohio, completing the scientific course some years later

!; working with bees in summer, teaching school in v/inter, and attending.

,the univcrstiy Fall and Spring, and has seen fifteen years as teacher in

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the first best, and was an easy winner in the Spencerian Theory of Pen-jijr manship, m the examination of a large class, he completed the course in

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poses. Ill lS'J-2 he sent for a fine Berkshire sow to New Jersey, bouj^htthe best possil)Ic, and for years sold all he could raise for breeders; has

had a number raised in luigland and been very successful at state and

county b'airs.

He lias been successful as a salesman, and has built up a trade in thecountry at larg'c.

He is llboial in politics and religion, and despises intrigucry ineither, and thinks honesty the only policy.

In the conjugal relation, is single, thougli has had many proffers;advocates temperance in all things; in temperament has that happy com-bination of the vital and mental types combined with motive a desirablecombination.

He has been a great reader, a deep thinker, a good v.'riter and agood talker in public. He lives with his brother and two sisters on thefarm where he was born, and lived his entire life time, this 1922.

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CHARLES WASHINGTON BACON, 4th

(4) Charles Washington Bacon, the fourth chikl and third son of Dexterand Ixchccca Bonehrake Bacon, was horn in Lil)crty Townslaip,Crawford County, Ohio, ahout tiircc nn'les east of Bucyrus, October4, IS."):], on tlie farm where he now hves with his brother and twosisters. W'ashcl Bacon has always been a very industrious, liard work-ing man. Tlie joy of ln"s life is to till the soil, make the land morefertile, ami to experiment with different rarities of fruit and grafting.In lOl,") he fruited sixty varieties of apples. lie enjoys raising othergood crops and stock. His father was one of the first in that sec-tion to raise pure bred Shorthorn cattle and Berkshire hogs. InNovember, 1SS.3, he had the nn'sfortune to sufTer the loss of his foot,caused by a runaway team. He later had to use an articfiicial leg,which has always been a great drawback to him. This did not dis-courage him and he has continued up to the present day seeminglyhealthy and always cheerful, kind to his livestock, kind to his people

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MARTHA ELLEN BACON, 4th

(4) Martha Ellen Bacon is the fifth cliild of (3) Dexter Bacon and Re-

becca Bonohrcnk Bacon. SIic was born January 14, 1857, tlirce miles

east of Bucyrus, Ohio, in Crawford County, Liberty Township, on

the old Bonebreak Homestead farm that her father purchased in

ISr.O. She has spent her entire life on this farm, attending school

at the country school house known as the Hise District. She hasalways lived at home and worked with her older sister caring forher parents in their declining years and also for the younger sister

who was afflicted with rheumatism for several years. After thedeath of her parents she continued to stay with her sister and help

to keep house for her two brothers. She has done all she could tokeep the family together. This farm consists of 110^ acres andthere are 20 acres of valuable oak timber on it. At one time theland was considered to be of poor quality, but owing to the carefulmanagement of the soil its fertility has been improved to such anextent that most any kind of crop can be raised with a big yield.

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CAROLINE BACON ROSE, 3rd1;'

(3) Caroline, tlio clcventii cliild of Ralpli and Mary r>acon, was hornJuno 11. l>L't, on tlic ancestral farm three miles east of Bucyrii-:,

Oliio. She was married to Hugh Rose and to them were born fiveciiiKhi n - l')avid, l'".llcn, Marion, Laura and I'.dward. Tlic motlicr

died ai riucyi'us, Ohio, March 10, 1STS, at the age of 53 years and Isburied one-hall mile from the place of her birth. The husband, Iluglil\osc, died at Virginia City, Montana, in the year 1S85.

(4) David Rose died in Iowa at the age of 18.

(4) Edv/ard Rose was last seen in Virginia Cit^, Montana, and it is notknown whether he is living or not.

(4) Marion Rose died at Virginia City, Montana, in 1885.

(4) Ellen Rose married a Mr. Webber and lives in Kalispel, Montana.Her husbandclicd in L

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ELIZA BACON GARDNER STANCLIFF, 3rd

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ford County, Ohio, November 18, 1S2(). She spent tlic first five years . ';

of her life en the place where she was born and then tlie family

moved one mile south on the same farm, into Whetstone Township.

She lived liere until she was IS years of age, when she was married, '_

January 2, 1845, to Alexander P. Gardner. They moved to Wyan- v

dotte Countv, Ohio, where Mr. Gardner was teaching- school, after

which they moved back to Crawford County, Ohio, for a time and

then moved to Kane County, Illinois, in 185:3 and bought a farm on

which they lived until the death of Mr. Gardner, wliich occurred

lune li>, 1SG7. The same fall after tlie death of Mr. Gardner, her

home was 1)urned in the night and the good neighbors of Eliza builther a new house. '',

'I'hcv had a f.iniily of nine children, five of them dying in infancy and •.]

four reacln'ng maturity. Mary, Jane Adelaide, Clara and Wilbur, who jiare now living in Santa Cru/,, Caliform"a. Eliza renn'ned a widow for four Ijvears and eic-ht months, when she was married to David Stancliff in !,•:December, 18T1, and they, with the Gardner children, moved to Santa • >Cruz, California, where she died Jan. 6, 1912, David Stancliff having r|preceded her in 1890. \\

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MARY JANE GARDNER BALDING, 4th

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During 187G (tlie centennial year) we decided to return to llamb-share, my home place in Illinois. We lived there nine years and in 1885moved to California. I have never been sorry, have enjoyed betterhealth since. My husband died in 1911.

Two children were born to us; Bernard in 1871, died in Mexico in1905 of acute congestion of the brain owing to the excessive heat, agedthirty-four years, was never married, Grace, born 1881, was married toThomas' Brown, no children blessed this union. They reside in Oakland,California.

I am living in sight of the Bay of Monterey on the Pacific coast in r.house belonging to my sister Clara, and next door to her. I receive awar v/idov,''s pension, am a member of the Christian Advent Churcli,rejoicing in God, the Rock of my salvation.

,Yours' cordially,

Mary Jane Balding.

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ELIZA ADELAIDE GARDNER FIELDS, 4th

(4) Eliza Adelaide Gardner Fields, the second d:uiohter of Eliza Bacon

Gardner Stanch ft, was born in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio,May 21, IS IT. At tlic age of five years she moved, with her parents,to Hampshire, Kane County, Illinois, wlicrc she lived and went toschool until she was sixteen, afterwards attciuiing- the ElginAcademy for a time.She tauglit a country school at Stark's Station, near Hampshire,

for two terms and was married, at the age of twenty, to JamesKingsley Fields, of Ilampsjiire, Illinois. The \vedding took place attlic home of Mr. Field'"s sister, Mrs. "Almond Potter, in Biley town-shij), McIIenry County, Illinois.

To them were born six children, three boys and three girls, as fo!-lov/s: Edwin Wilfred, May o, 18(58; Alma Polina, Jnly 15, ISGt); MarshallIrvin Alfred, February 14, 1873; Gertrude Eleonora Irene, August 22,1879; Clarence, February 19, ISSl ; Clara Marguerite. July 10, 1S91.

Mr. and i\Irs. Fields lived in Hampshire for about seven years andthere the first two children were born. They then moved to Nevada,Ohio, where Irvin was born, and lived there about one year and a half.Then returning to Hampshire, Illinois, they remained until 1882 when,with a family of five children, they came to Califcrnia; landing in RedBluf?', Tehama County, in September 1882 where thev lived for aboutthree years. During that time Clarence was taken sick with a maladv'that was epidemic at that time and died; and Alma, some time later, diedwith typhoid pneumonia at the age of sixteen. Clarence was but twoand one-half years of age at the time of his death.

In the fall of 1885 the Fields family moved to Santa Cruz, Californiawhere a home was purchased at 29 Campbell st., and the parents sti'llive there. The mother is seventy-one years of age and the fatherseventy-two, at this writing. (1919)

Edwin, the oldest son, married at the age o; twentv-two to EvaViola Gustafson and they live in Santa Cruz, Califo-nia. Two daucrhterswere born to them—Florence Edna, who died at fiv; months, and EstherLucille-—born September 22, 1907. Edwin is in the printing business and

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worked in a printing office until they moved to Crestline, Ohio. After 'j'

several months she married Eli PLawthorne, and in a short time they re-

turned with her parents to Hampshire, Illinois. Sometime later she

and lier hu'^band went to Elgin lo live, then to T\Tcndotrt, and from there

to Sandwich, lUinois, where a son Clyde LaMonte, was born June 20,ISTT.

Some months later tlicy returned to Hampshire, v.hcre her husbandfullnwed hi? trade as a carriage painter. ^

When Clyde was about two and one-half years old there was aseparation. In 1SS2 she and Clyde, with her parents, moved to Cali-fornia, where she has ever since remained. After living hi the northernpart f)f the state for two or three years she luoved to Santa Cruz.

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WILBER MONROE GARDNER, 4th

(4) V/ilbur Monroe Gardner, of Santa Cruz, California, born March 22,]SG1 of Alexander P. Gardner and Eliza Gardner, (nee Bacon) near

I'^lgin, Illinois. Lived on a small farm until 1S71 when he movedwith his mother and sister Clara to Bucyrus, Ohio, his father A. P.

Garchicr, havini;- died June 19, ]SG7. His mother, I'^liza Gardner married

her second luisl>and, David Stanclift at I'ucyrus shortly after their arrival.

Wilbur livetl at Nevada, Ohio with his mother and step-father until

.March 10, 1S7;') when lie went back to lu's former home in 111. He worked111 the summer and "did chores" for his board and went to school in the\\i liter.

In 1881, while clerking in a general store at Hampshire, 111., he con-

tracted rheumatism and on April G, 1882 left for California on account

of liis health, where he has remained ever since and is now residing" atSanta Cruz, a city of some 12,000 inhabitants. It is a most beautifulspot on the northerly side of Monterey Bay, an arm of the Pacific Ocean.He was comparatively free from rheumatic troubles during his first sum-mer in California, but in December, 1S82, he was again attacked withthe malady and was confined to the house, unable to walk for two years,resulting in the shortening of his left limb some three inches. Duringthis time he studied, alone, the Ben Pittman system of sliorthand andlater became an expert stenographer, typewriter operator and CourtReporter, and for some years conducted what was known as "Gardner'sShorthand and Typewriting Institute."

In 1800 he married Mamie E. Norriss and two daughters were bornto them : Cymbeline, born July 29th., 1891, and Cleonice, born DecemberS, 1891, both of whom are now married. Cleonice married AloysiousFinn, and a son, A. Gardner Finn, was born to them September 7, 1917.Cymbeline Gardner married Robert A. Balestcr. No children.

In 1S90 the subject of this article was elected Justice of the Peaceand served for eight years, during which time lie studied law, takingboth the California course and a course from the Western Correspon-dence 'School of Law at Chicago. Was admitted to practice before theSupreme Court of California in 1898 and is now successfully practicinghis profession, in good health and 58 years "young."

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(3) William S. Baccn, tilth sciU and youngest of thirteen children horn

to Ivalph and Mary I'.acon, was Ijorn Dec. 1, 1S20, on a farm three

miles east of I'.ucyrus, Ohio, where liis fatiicr settled on coming to

that counirN- from Mentor, Ohio, in 1S20. When but a little over a vvear old. lie. with two hrothcrs and several of his sitcrs, were placed

in the care if his brother Martin, where he lived until about 15 years

of age, working for him when old enough, and about -i months of tlic ;i\-ear attending school. - :

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In 1S1I, l-,e was urged l)y his brother Dexter to go to Wisconsin, j:[where Dexter was then living, and thinking he could earn more than \\he could receive from his' brother Martin on reaching his majority, he • |i

went and for about 4 years made his home with Dexter, working for him I

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and others. He worked at whatever his willing hands could find to do,mostly at clearing of land, and has to his credit the remarkable feat of I

cutting five acres of heavv timber into rail cuts in seventeen days, also

of cutting r.nd splitting -TOO rails in a single da)-. At one time lie was cn-

gage.d in the potash industry and so energetic was he in his work that iris stated he kept the kettles evajjoraling almost the entire twenty-four

hours of the day. He also worked in the harvest fieltls and has a record offolicwing a Mr. Simon Barnes, who cradled wheat, and of raking and])indiiig Il'O dozen sheaves in a day. The city of Waukesha is locatednear the scene of his operations. I

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.\t the age of !'.• he returned to Ohio and worlccd at the carpenter j'

trade with his brother-indaw, Ezra Standi ft, at Wyandotte. At this ]['time he became imbued with a desire for a better education and took up i'his studies under the direction and with the assistance of his sister, Man- [erva Stanclift, and in the early fifties taught three terms of school in ijCrawford Comity, one of them being in "Dcckertown" and the others in r.Parchers District, near his old home. j'i

In 1S.')8 he set up a saw miU'within a few rods of his birthplace, in'

the httle valley just cast of it, his nci)hew George Bacon being his fore- ['man and assistant. In the year i859 he moved the mill to the Sherner ' ?residence west of Bucyrus in W^yandotte County, but soon after sold it. !

On December J, lS5[i, he was married to Miss Savena Hawk of Sul- i,

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phur Springs, daughter of David and Margaret Hawk, early pioneersfrom Pennsylvania. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Joshu'iGrouse, Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Cliurch of I'ucyrus, Ohio.

They went to iiousekeeping in the spring of lRt»0 in New Washington,where he had purchased an interest in a saw-mill, Mr. Christian Guncssbeing his jjartncr. Here they lived until the spring of 180.3, when hebought the tannery of his father-in-law in Suli)!iur Springs. 'J'his workwas so distasteful to him that in the autumn of 18G'] he moved to SenecaCounty, where he bought a half interest in the Piloomville ]'~louring Mills,built by Simson Roller. Mr. Roller's son-in-law, G. R. Zeigler, was hisp

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