Robert
Carter
Bacon
Born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Lyddall Bacon
and Mary Ann (Carter) Bacon
Brother of
Nancy Aris Bacon, William Allen Bacon, Drury Allen Bacon, Mildred Bacon, John Lawrence Bacon, Edmund Cummins Bacon, Virginia (Bacon) Harris, Thomas Alexander Bacon, Mary Jane (Bacon) Finch and Josephus Carter Bacon
Husband of
Nancy M. (Fluke) Bacon
— married
8 Jun 1858 in Monroe, West Virginia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 59
in Summers County, West Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jan 2018
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Biography
Robert was born in 1825. He was the son of Lyddall Bacon and Mary Carter. He passed away in 1885.
Robert married 08 Jun 1858 in Monroe, West Virginia to Nancy M. Fluke, daughter of Jacob and Miriam Fluke. [1]
From "The Bacons of Mecklenburg County, Virginia and their Ancestors and Decendants by Henry M. Pettus, South Hill, Virginia 1966" :
Papers of his son Nathaniel tell that Rober Carter's farther wanted him to become a doctor, but he would not agree, so he went West as soon as he was 21 years old. he went first to Tennessee where he taught school for a year, and then joined his brothers in an Arkansas cotton raising project. After several years he started to go home, but on passing through what is now West Virginia, he became ill. Recovering, he liked the people there and made it his home. He was a confederate soldier, serving as a Quartermaster in Stonewall Jackson's command.
Sources
- ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM7S-XPX : 4 December 2014), Robert C. Bacon and Nancy M. Fluke, 08 Jun 1858; citing Monroe, West Virginia, p 21, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 589,917.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #106363632 for Robert C. Bacon (20 Jul 1825–8 Feb 1885), citing Barger Springs Cemetery, Summers County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Walter Pack Family (contributor 47557175).
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