Sen. Reuben BACON & Sarah CLARK

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Sen. Reuben BACON, Sr.
Sarah CLARK

Husband: Reuben BACON, Sr.
Birth: 1788/9, MA
Death: 2 Nov 1857
Occupation: shoemaker

Marriage:

Wife: Sarah CLARK
Birth: 3 Jan 1790, Bedford, Middlesex Co., MA
Death: 18 Feb 1877
Father: Ebenezer CLARK
Mother: Ruth WILD

Children:

1. Sarah BACON, b. 19 May 1807; m. Edward FLINT
2. Nancy BACON, b. 22 Oct 1809; m. John Augustus MERRIAM
3. Reuben BACON, Jr., b. 8 Dec 1811
4. Martha BACON, b. 22 Mar 1814; d. 1885; m. Joseph HOSMER
5. Ann Eliza BACON, b. 3 Sep 1821; d. 3 Sep 1860; m. Joseph PORTER
6. Mary Jane BACON, b. 14 Mar 1824; m. Henry TOWNSEND
7. Helen F. BACON, b. 25 Apr 1830; m. William C. BARRETT of Providence, RI

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Massachusetts, Mass., Rhode Island

Sources:

1. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 24): Town of Bedford, Middlesex Co., MA, Roll M432_324, p. 497A, 126/140, enumerated 17 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

Reuben Bacon Jr 38 M Shoes Mass

Jane      " 32 F "

Alonzo    " 12 M "

Orlando   " 14 M "

Isaac Hartwell 47 M Shoes "

Reuben Bacon 61 M " 4000 "

Sarah    " 60 F "

Bridget Barry 18 F Ireland

2. Abram English Brown. 1891. History of the Town of Bedord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Self-published, Bedford, MA (online at Ancestry.com).

p. a4 BACON...
Reuben,⁷ m. Sarah Clark. He d. Nov. 2, 1857; she d. Feb. 18, 1877. Ch. Sarah, b. May 19, 1807, m. Edward Flint. Nancy, b. Oct. 22, 1809, m. John Augustus Merriam. Reuben,⁸ b. Dec. 8, 1811. Martha, b. Mar. 22, 1814, m. Joseph Hosmer, d. 1885. Ann Eliza, b. Sept. 3, 1821, m. Joseph Porter, d. Sept. 3, 1860. Mary Jane, b. Mar. 14, 1824, m. Henry Townsend. Helen F. b. April 25, 1830, m. William C. Barrett of Providence, R.I. Reuben Bacon⁷ was a prominenet shoe manufacturer, and a leading man in town and Unitarian church. He was town clerk from 1830 to 1844, was representative to General Court from his native town in 1834 and 1839-40, and a member of the State Senate in 1836. He was a justice fo the peace.

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