JAMES H. BACON

BACON, CASE

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

Madison Township
(P.O. Fort Madison)

BACON, JAMES H., DR., capitalist; was born in Washington Co., Tenn., July 19, 1816 ; he was brought up and received his education in that State ; he studied medicine and, after graduating, practiced medicine in Nashville for some years ; in 1840, he came to Illinois, located at Macomb, and remained there eleven years, and then came to Iowa and settled in Ft. Madison in 1851 , and practiced here for seven years; in 1861, he engaged in banking here, with Judge Johnson, of Keokuk, and they continued together for ten years, when Dr. Bacon retired on account of his health, and bought a tract of land and improved it, in Green Bay Tp ; the farm contains 1,200 acres, and is known as"Bayview;" the improvements have cost $25,000 ; his son James H., Jr., lives on it. Dr. Bacon is a prominent member of the Christian Church, and preached for twenty years, in Illinois and Iowa ; he married Sarah Lester, from Dayton, Ohio, in May, 1839 ; she died Dec. 25, 1878, leaving; son, James H. Bacon, Jr.; they lost one daughter, Alice. James H. Bacon, Jr., was born in Macomb, Ill., June 13, 1849; when 2 years of age, his parents came here, where he was brought up, and attended school ; completing his education at Abingdon, Knox Co., Ill., where he took his collegiate course ; he married Miss Lizzie Case, of Ft. Madison, May 16, 1871 ; they live on his father's "Bayview Farm ;" they have two children—James M., born July 8, 1872, and Alpha, born Jan. 1, 1874.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879