Benjamin Bacon (1795 - 1860)

Born 11 May 1795 in Sunderland, Bennington, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Jul 1860 at age 65 in Hancock, Pulaski, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Bacon was born on May 11, 1795 in Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont, United States, son of Benjamin Bacon and Lois Evarts.^[1]

He married Elizabeth Sloan Brevard on 22 March 1821 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. They had children.

1. Alvin Galusha Bacon was born in 1822 in Missouri.
2. Robert H Bacon was born 1825 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
3. Nancy Lemira Bacon was born about 1829; died in 1847.^[2]
4. Lois Eliza Bacon was born 1830 in Missouri.^[3]
5. Benjamin Franklin Bacon was born 1832 in Missouri.
6. Margaret Cecilia Bacon was born 1834 in Illinois.
7. Hiram Melville Bacon was born 1836 in Illinois.^[4]
8. William H Bacon was born 1838 in Illinois.
9. Mary Ellen Bacon was born 1841 in Illinois.^[5]

Benjamin came to "Oliver's Prairie" in about 1835. It is said that he and two other men laid out the townsite of Pulaski, Hancock County, Illinois in 1836.

A store ledger kept by Rev. Benjamin Bacon in Pulaski, covering 1837 to 1838, has been preserved.

Benjamin died on 24 July 1860 in Pulaski, Hancock County, Illinois. He is buried in the Pulaski Cemetery.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFFD-MZ1 : Tue Oct 31 10:39:50 UTC 2023), Entry for Benjamin Bacon and Benjamin Bacon, 11 May 1795.
2. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HP3D-2CN2 : Sun Oct 15 08:55:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Nancy Lemira Bacon and Benjamin Bacon, 26 Mar 1847.
3. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HP3D-2ZMM : Sun Oct 15 09:03:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Lois Eliza Bacon and Benjamin Bacon, 29 Jul 1859.
4. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N34G-1X9 : 10 March 2018), Bengeman Bacon in entry for Hiram M. Bacon, 20 Jan 1926; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,877,729.
5. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HPQ3-W12M : Sun Oct 15 08:46:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Mary Ellen Bacon Hoyt and Benjamin Bacon, 25 Apr 1894.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51282237/benjamin-bacon: accessed 03 November 2023), memorial page for Rev Benjamin Bacon (11 May 1795–24 Jul 1860), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #51282237, citing Pulaski Cemetery, Augusta Township, Hancock County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Sue Hawes (contributor 47271025).
7. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HP3X-S6W2 : Sun Oct 15 08:59:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Benjamin Bacon, 24 Jul 1860.

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85T-3RW : Tue Oct 03 09:42:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Benjamin Bacon and Elizabeth Bacon, 1850, Hancock Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States.

• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH3-YZK : Fri Oct 06 21:41:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Benjamin Bacon and Elizabeth Bacon, 1860, Augusta Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States.