caption death_date death_place children birth_place other_names image_size birth_date spouse image article_title occupation
zorn 's 1897 portrait of mr. bacon 02 december 1915 baltimore , maryland none le roy , new york e.r. bacon 220px 22 november 1848 none edward r. bacon by anders zorn.jpg edward r. bacon
 lawyer , financier
edward r. bacon

edward rathbone bacon -lrb- born in le roy , new york on november 22 , 1848 -rrb- was president of a railroad , lawyer and financier .
his father was david rinaldo bacon and his mother was elizabeth rathbone .
he had four siblings , walter rathbone , lathrup rufus , john ganson , and mary sibley bacon .
bacon never married or had children .
bacon served as the vice-president of the baltimore and ohio railroad , and as the president of the baltimore and ohio southwestern railroad .
he also worked as a lawyer and financier .
bacon passed away on december 2 , 1915 in baltimore , maryland as a result of an appendicitis operation he had a week earlier .
bacon 's main residence was 247 5th avenue , new york , where he lived with his brother walter and his sister-in-law virginia p. bacon .
he is also reported to have lived in buffalo for a time .
bacon worked out of an office at 2 wall street in new york .
he traveled often to europe , which is where he purchased many of the works that made up his extensive art collection .
he was included in the list of notable people arriving from europe to new york city in the `` new york times '' on october 13 , 1895 .
