The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-22

Gr,IItd>on of Il Revolutionary soldier,
Mr. bacon life-Span covered the ma
Tor events Of the na iOn'S history. He
vas born February -. 1852. and was
consequently owe. ~ years of age
In me small village of PhillipStOwn.
M. he received The rudiment> of an
CdIh.a tiUiL which Wa> largely supple
men,d 10y instruction from his parents
and his own rly-fOImed habit of
reading Before he was 20 years of age
lac had become a part of the migration
into the west. After going a. fai ~ a
railroad had 10 en- bulk in Missouri he
continued 10y stage. coach to Bolivar in
the Ozark mountains. Here he taught
in IA newly opened academy" and
then Wen on To Nebraska. where he
lived among The hOme>teader>. He re-
called that buffalo skulls were used i'll
stead of stakes To mark gu; the sex
lions al land
dielurning f.om The west he read
k,w in Fairfield. Ill. He WAS admitted
Ia tn bar ON July 1. 1876. while the
ration was celebrating its hundredth
annivel sxIry Judge SilaS l.. Bryan,
ia her of William Jennings Bryan,
was one of his examiners. Later he
VIVA elected city attorney.
La 1870 he mar led Elizabeth JOS
tphinr Cooper of Fairfield. who died
Two years later after giving birth To
an only daughter, Elizabeth Cooper
Bacon He lett Fairfield and went tn
Orlando. Fla. which was III the early
Stages of Il land boom Finding thu [
transfers of zeal estate were being
made in a careless. haphaZard manner,
he prepared the first practical set OF
;ulrStrac, books used ia the south. Later
he opened an Office in Jacksonville,
when selling fer pittanceS was govern
mcIt land that now Includes the site of
>llch cities a. Palm Beach. Miami and
ST Peter>lbul
In lSSI he married Mary Ford, a
granddaughter IF Captain john b.
Fond, founder of he Michigan Aka Ii
Company in Wyandotte. whose parents
were Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ford.
Mr. Bacon became associated with
the new industry here, having returned
10 the north i'll the 1905.
At Washington he fought success
fully. and almost single handed. Ia
have Congress r. inState in the Dingley
tariff bill II! objection for the new in
dlr>tTy
I'm November. 1916. i'm 4 close elec-
ton. Mr. Bacon was elected to the 18th
Congress from hhiS district On ac-
count IF the cloSr vote. Democrats
contested the election However. the
Michigan supreme court decided in his
favor But the fighI WIS taken Ia the
HouS. in Washington and he was un-
seated
In the spring IF 1917 ne went against
the tide of popular feeling and voted
against the war resolution and the
Spl,VtiVc draft act course which he
irlt WAS Justified 10y later events.
I'pOn returning from Washington.
Mr.. Racon lived in retirement at the
family hcme in Wyandotte. and. with
Mrs. Bacon. >pnt the winters in
la .adena. Calf.
In June. 1870 the couple quietly
celebrated their 10th wedding anniver-
Sarr.
A man Of broad mind and demO'' at
ic symPa thieS, deceased was highly es-
.ccmetl ny his neighbours and the PEG
pie of WyandOtte generally. He was
particularly fond Of children and never
- happy aS when PSOrting his grand
children TO the city park or on short
walks about town.
Surviving are his wife. Mary
Bacon. Il daughter Mrs. George A.
Ford Of Detroit. and two sons. John
II. F.. Bacon and Milton f. Baron