Born: Madison, Indiana, 1851.
Died: Aurora, Illinois, 1896.
Came with his parents to Kansas, Illinois, in 1854. His mischievous disposition in boyhood was irrepressible. Coming to maturity, he entered the ministry, but soon decided that he was unwilling to make the full surrender that its obligations impose. He became a lawyer and State's attorney of Edgar County. In 1886 he was elected to the State Senate and returned in 1890, serving eight years. He was a fluent and brilliant orator. In the formal eulogies pronounced by representatives of the General Assembly upon John A. Logan, Mr. Bacon's far surpassed all others.