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Portrait and biographical album of Mecosta County, Mich.
containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent
and representative citizens of the county, together with
portraits and biographies of all the governors of Michigan
and of the presidents of the United States: also containing a
complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement
to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1883

Judith Anne Weeks Ancell
April 6, 2011
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Page 201
BACON, Barnabas
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Barnabas Bacon, farmer, sec. 26, Deerfield Tp., P. O., Rustford, is a
son of Benjamin and Polly (Hone) Bacon, the father a native of New
England and the mother born in the State of New York: both are
deceased.

Mr. Bacon was born in the State of New York, Feb. 14, 1817.  He spent
the first thirty years of his life in the Empire State, in Canada and
Michigan.  His residence was fixed in Canada until the spring of 1871,
when he came to Deerfield and bought 40 acres of forest land.  He has
improved 20 acres and has added 70 acres since by purchase.

He was married in 1848 to Mary, daughter of John and Jane (Moul)
Leach, natives of Canada.  The names of Mr. and Mrs. B’s 12 children,
all living, are as follows: Mary J., Gad, Reuben, Annie, Margaret,
Timothy, David M., Eleanor, Barney, Henry, William and Emerald.

Mr. Bacon is independent in politics.

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