Hancock County ILGenweb

Benjamin F. Bacon
Biography

Transcribed by Marcia Siegfried Redding

   

 

Benjamin F. Bacon, farmer, sec. 36; P. O., Augusta; owns 180 acres of land worth $50 per acre; is a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Bacon, both of French descent; he was born in Missouri, Feb. 27, 1832, and came with his parents to this county in 1835; was married in Adams county, this State, in 1871, to Mahala J. Gordon, a native of New York, born in 1836; they have 2 children, Franklin and Mary L. Mr. B. is a member of the M. E. Church and is a Republican.

Page: 517

Title: 1880 History of Hancock County, Illinois

Author: By TH. Gregg

Published by: Chas. C. Chapman & Co.

 

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