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Bacon, David Francis

physician, author, was born Nov. 30, 1813, in Prospect, Conn. Soon after the completion of his studies he was sent as principal colonial physician to Liberia by the American colonization society. He was a frequent contributor to periodical literature, and published Lives of the Apostles; and also Wanderings on the Seas and Shores of Africa. He died Jan. 23, 1866, in New York.

Bacon, David W

Roman Catholic bishop, was born in 1814, in Brooklyn, N.

Y. In 1855 he was consecrated bishop of the newly created diocese of Portland, Maine, which embraced the states of Maine and New Hampshire. He died Nov. 5, 1874, in New York.

Bacon, Delia Salter

author, was born Feb. 2, 1811, in Talmadge, Ohio. She was the earliest exponent of the Baconian theory of the authorship of Shakespeare; and was the author of Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare Unfolded; Tales of the Puritans; and The Bride of Fort Edward, a Drama. She died Sept. 2, 1859, in Hartford, Conn.

Bacon, Edmund

lawyer, was born in January, 1776, in Virginia. He is the Ned Brace of Judge Longstreet's Georgia Scenes, and as a wit and humorist was conspicuous among his contemporaries.

He died Feb. 2, 1826, in Edgefield, S. C.

Bacon, Edward Payson

merchant, financier, was born May 16, 1834, in Reading, N. Y. In 1865 he established the firm of E. P. Bacon and Company, a grain commission business; in 1889-91 was vicepresident of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce; and in 1891 was elected its president.

Bacon, Edward R

railroad president, was born Nov. 22, 1846, in New York city. Since 1890 he has been president of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railway.

Bacon, Edwin Munroe

journalist, author, was born Oct. 20, 1844, in Providence, R. I. He is a journalist of Boston; and the author of Dictionary of Boston; and Boston of To-Day.

Bacon, Florence R

journalist poet, was born March 25, 1867, in Portland, Maine. Her life has been spent principally in Wisconsin, where her parents removed when she was less than a year old. She attended the Milwaukee college, and since an early age has been engaged in literature. She is the society editor of the Daily Times of Minneapolis, Minn.; and the author of a volume of poems entitled Midsummer Mist; and another entitled Indian Legends.

Bacon, Francis

manufacturer, was born Jan. 22, 1831, in New York city. He is a successful piano manufacturer of New York; and in 1880 organized the firm of Francis Bacon and Company.

Bacon, Frederick Hampton

lawyer, author, was born May 5, 1849, in Niles, Mich. He engaged in the practice of his profession in St. Louis, Mo., and gained a high position at the bar in that state. He is the author of a law treatise entitled Benefit Societies and Life Insurance.

Bacon, George Allen

public official, author, was born April 4, 1830, in Wellfleet, Mass. In 1881 he was appointed corresponding clerk of the department of agriculture, which position he still holds.

He was the original author of the Game of Portrait Authors, and in 1884 he published A Life Sketch of Edward S. Wheeler.

Bacon, Henry

artist, author, was born in 1840, in Haverhill, Mass. He is an artist who has lived principally in Paris; and is the author of A Parisian Year; and Parisian Art and Artists.