BACON BIBLE

Lexington, Georgia Owner: Mrs. William Booth, Route 2
Commerce, GA 30529

Marriages:

1. John W. Bacon-Mary Elizabeth Jordan 4/21/1846
2. John W. Bacon-Mrs. Caroline Thompson in Oxford, GA, 10/15/1874, by Rev. William Florence
3. Sarah Elizabeth Bacon-Rev. James B. Hunnicutt 7/13/1892 in Lexington, GA, by Rev. E. A. Gray
4. Charles Thomas Bacon-Mary Lula Moore 12/4/1884, near Marysville, GA, by Rev. J. R. Parker

Births:

1. John W. Bacon 11/22/1824-12/25/1899 Mary E. Bacon 7/4/1825-7/21/1872

Their children:

1. Richard Lewis Bacon 4/16/1847-8/12/1849
2. John Henry Bacon 4/23/1849-7/24/1850
3. Charles Thomas Bacon 8/20/1853-4/22/1934
4. Lilla Mary Bacon 9/28/1856-10/26/1857
5. Mary Applewhite Bacon 11/3/1858
6. Annie Birdie Bacon 7/18/1868-7/4/1888

Thomas Hall, son of Elizabeth and Henry Jordan, b. 9/12/1823

Their children:

1. Mary Elizabeth b. 7/4/1825
2. Lucy Jane b. 8/14/1827
3. John Julius b. 11/30/1829
4. Temperance Louisa Jordan b. 10/4/1832 BR> Sarah Celestia b. 10/7/1834
5. William Applewhite b. 10/1836
6. Laura Victoria Jordan b. 6/16/1839, d. In Marietta, GA
7. Rosa Dinatis Jordan b. 1842, died in childhood

Deaths:

1. Richard L. Bacon 8/12/1849, aged 2 years, 3 months, 26 days
2. John Henry Bacon 7/20/1850, 1 year, 2 months, 27 days
3. Lilla Mary Bacon 10/26/1857, 1 year, 27 days

Parents of above children, Mary E. Bacon, d. 7/21/1872; John W. Bacon d. 12/25/1899

Sarah Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John W. and Mary E. Bacon, and wife of Rev. J. B. Hunnicutt, d. Athens, GA 7/17/1894

Charles Thomas Bacon, son of John W. and Mary E. Bacon, d. In Maysville, GA 4/22/1934, aged 80 years, 9 months, 2 days

Annie Birdie Bacon, youngest daughter of John W. and Mary E. Bacon, d. Athens, GA 7/4/1888, aged 1 year. Her short life was given to the service of those she loved. The blessed Savior filled her life with gladness and its close with peace.

Sarah Elizabeth, eldest daughter of J. W. and M. E. Bacon, and wife of Rev. J. B. Hunnicutt, d. in Athens, GA 7/17/1894. All beautiful traits of character were hers. Her sweet and useful life closed on earth to begin in larger service and fuller happiness in the Kingdom of Heaven. 43-3-23

Caroline E. Parks Bacon d. 7/11/1898. As Mrs. Caroline Thompson she m. John W. Bacon 11/14/1874. A true wife and mother and a faithful follower of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Obituaries in the Bible:

Obituary of John Warren Bacon, born Jefferson, Jackson Co., GA 11/22/1824, to Charles Bacon. Charles came from South Hadley, MA in the early part of the 1800's "and gave promise of a very successful business career but died young, leaving a widow and three minor children: John W. Bacon, a sister, and our worthy Ordinary Hon. Joel J. Bacon. Soon after his death, the widow, Sarah Deupree Bacon, sister of Judge Lewis Deupree, removed to Lexington with her children.

In early manhood he fell in love with Mary E. Jordan, daughter of Hon. Henry Jordan, Judge of the Inferior Court of Oglethorpe County...and they were married. The issue of this marriage were several children, all of whom are now dead excepting Mr. Charles Bacon, a prominent and successful merchant of Maysville, GA and Miss Mamie (Mary A.) Bacon, who is widely known through the state as a prominent educator and author.

After the death of his wife...he married Mrs. Caroline Thompson, by whom he had no children....The most successful part of his business career was spent in Marietta, GA where he won the esteem of all for accurate, conscientious and honest business methods. When a mere boy, John Bacon joined the Methodist Church and he was a member of the first temperance organization in the state. On Friday afternoon, December 22nd the public school at Maysville closed for the holidays. There were sixty children pupils of the school. He purchased sixty little Christmas gifts and went to the school and presented each child with a gift making to them a short speech in which he spoke of the importance to children of early fixing their hearts and minds upon pure purposes and honorable ambition. His remains were brought to Lexington and after memorial services were held in the Methodist Church on the 26th of December, were laid to rest in the cemetery at the Presbyterian Church in the afternoon of that day."

Obituary, "Lilla Mary Bacon died in Marietta, GA. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bacon died in Lexington, GA, and Lizzie Bacon, who attended the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Athens, joined the Presbyterian Church in Lexington under Rev. Mr. Green. Her married life was brief but blest with the sincere affection of her husband and step children."