Levi Bacon (1801 - 1853)

Born 15 Mar 1801 in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (Stevens) Bacon — married 14 Jun 1832 (to 2 Feb 1853) in Unity, Waldo County, Maine, United States

Died 2 Feb 1853 at age 51 in Unity, Waldo County, Maine, United States

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Biography

• Son of Nathaniel Bacon and Betty Dyer
• Husband of Mary Jane Stevens
• Levi and his brother Goerge, moved to Unity sometime before 1827 or 1828 where Levi built a dam on Bacon Brook. He also built a sawmill on the brook but it was carried away in a flood. He then built another sawmill. He also had at various times four brickyards where he made bricks, and a tannery all which were destroyed at one time or another. He was one of the supporters of the effort to establish the Free Meeting House which opened its doors in late 1841, and later became the Unity Union. He, Marry jane and Lizzie are in the same plot in Unity Cemetery.

Sources

• MyHeritage Family Tree Builder
• Elizabeth R Bacon papers of Descendants of Nathaniel Bacon and Hannah Mayo of Barnstable, Massachusetts dated September 1987
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 04 February 2022), memorial page for Levi Bacon (1801–2 Feb 1853), Find A Grave: Memorial #32401706, citing Pond Cemetery 1, Unity, Waldo County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Bev Winship (contributor 46831240) .