E.R. BACON, M.D., was born in Orleans County, N.Y., February 22, 1840, and is a son of Benjamin and Louisa M. (Dodd) Bacon, both natives of New York.
In about 1861, he began the study of medicine, and, at the blast of war and call for troops, he enlisted in Company E, Second Michigan Volunteers. After his term of service, he re-enlisted in the One Hundredth Illinois Regiment, and was made Sergeant, and as such took part in the battle of Perryville, In 1862, he was made Hospital Steward at Bowling Green, Ky., and was afterward sent to Hospital No. 14, at Nashville, remaining until 1864, and continuing on hospital duty until his discharge to Lowell, Ind., and began the practice of medicine, having attended lectures at Nashville.
His clothing was pierced by five bullets at the battle of Chickamauga, but he was not injured. He performed his duties well, taking part in many important battles.
On the third of June, 1868, Dr. Bacon was united in marriage to Martha B. Sanger, the daughter of an early pioneer couple, James H. and Martha (Cleveland) Sanger of Lake County, whom he wrote about in this column in December 1982.
In 1872-73, he attended the Chicago Medical College, graduating therefrom March 13, 1873. He was an active member of the M.E. church. He was also a Mason, K. of P., member of the G.A.R. and an Odd Fellow.
Dr. Bacon was able to build a fine home at the northwest corner of Commerical Ave. and Fremont St. in downtown Lowell. That home is now a historical attraction, having survived the big fire of 1898 in which several blocks of business buildings were burned to the ground. Old pictures of the house show a large windmill nearby, with a tank, and this writer was told that the house was saved because of a pressure hose from that tank which kept it from burning. There were no fire hydrants until after the fire of 1898.
The doctor was in poor health several years before his death, afflicted with diabetes. He fell off his porch and fractured a shoulder and died soon after on Mon., Dec. 3, 1906, at the age of 66. Pallbearers were C.E. Nichols, Thomas Grant, H.M. Johnson, T.A. Wason, George M. Death, Henry Worley, Y.C. Vosburg and H.H. Ragon, all members of early families of the area.
Source: http://www.lowellpl.lib.in.us/bacon.htm
In about 1861, he began the study of medicine, and, at the blast of war and call for troops, he enlisted in Company E, Second Michigan Volunteers. After his term of service, he re-enlisted in the One Hundredth Illinois Regiment, and was made Sergeant, and as such took part in the battle of Perryville, In 1862, he was made Hospital Steward at Bowling Green, Ky., and was afterward sent to Hospital No. 14, at Nashville, remaining until 1864, and continuing on hospital duty until his discharge to Lowell, Ind., and began the practice of medicine, having attended lectures at Nashville.
His clothing was pierced by five bullets at the battle of Chickamauga, but he was not injured. He performed his duties well, taking part in many important battles.
On the third of June, 1868, Dr. Bacon was united in marriage to Martha B. Sanger, the daughter of an early pioneer couple, James H. and Martha (Cleveland) Sanger of Lake County, whom he wrote about in this column in December 1982.
In 1872-73, he attended the Chicago Medical College, graduating therefrom March 13, 1873. He was an active member of the M.E. church. He was also a Mason, K. of P., member of the G.A.R. and an Odd Fellow.
Dr. Bacon was able to build a fine home at the northwest corner of Commerical Ave. and Fremont St. in downtown Lowell. That home is now a historical attraction, having survived the big fire of 1898 in which several blocks of business buildings were burned to the ground. Old pictures of the house show a large windmill nearby, with a tank, and this writer was told that the house was saved because of a pressure hose from that tank which kept it from burning. There were no fire hydrants until after the fire of 1898.
The doctor was in poor health several years before his death, afflicted with diabetes. He fell off his porch and fractured a shoulder and died soon after on Mon., Dec. 3, 1906, at the age of 66. Pallbearers were C.E. Nichols, Thomas Grant, H.M. Johnson, T.A. Wason, George M. Death, Henry Worley, Y.C. Vosburg and H.H. Ragon, all members of early families of the area.
Source: http://www.lowellpl.lib.in.us/bacon.htm
E.R. BACON, M.D., was born in Orleans County, N.Y., February 22, 1840, and is a son of Benjamin and Louisa M. (Dodd) Bacon, both natives of New York.
In about 1861, he began the study of medicine, and, at the blast of war and call for troops, he enlisted in Company E, Second Michigan Volunteers. After his term of service, he re-enlisted in the One Hundredth Illinois Regiment, and was made Sergeant, and as such took part in the battle of Perryville, In 1862, he was made Hospital Steward at Bowling Green, Ky., and was afterward sent to Hospital No. 14, at Nashville, remaining until 1864, and continuing on hospital duty until his discharge to Lowell, Ind., and began the practice of medicine, having attended lectures at Nashville.
His clothing was pierced by five bullets at the battle of Chickamauga, but he was not injured. He performed his duties well, taking part in many important battles.
On the third of June, 1868, Dr. Bacon was united in marriage to Martha B. Sanger, the daughter of an early pioneer couple, James H. and Martha (Cleveland) Sanger of Lake County, whom he wrote about in this column in December 1982.
In 1872-73, he attended the Chicago Medical College, graduating therefrom March 13, 1873. He was an active member of the M.E. church. He was also a Mason, K. of P., member of the G.A.R. and an Odd Fellow.
Dr. Bacon was able to build a fine home at the northwest corner of Commerical Ave. and Fremont St. in downtown Lowell. That home is now a historical attraction, having survived the big fire of 1898 in which several blocks of business buildings were burned to the ground. Old pictures of the house show a large windmill nearby, with a tank, and this writer was told that the house was saved because of a pressure hose from that tank which kept it from burning. There were no fire hydrants until after the fire of 1898.
The doctor was in poor health several years before his death, afflicted with diabetes. He fell off his porch and fractured a shoulder and died soon after on Mon., Dec. 3, 1906, at the age of 66. Pallbearers were C.E. Nichols, Thomas Grant, H.M. Johnson, T.A. Wason, George M. Death, Henry Worley, Y.C. Vosburg and H.H. Ragon, all members of early families of the area.
Source: http://www.lowellpl.lib.in.us/bacon.htm
In about 1861, he began the study of medicine, and, at the blast of war and call for troops, he enlisted in Company E, Second Michigan Volunteers. After his term of service, he re-enlisted in the One Hundredth Illinois Regiment, and was made Sergeant, and as such took part in the battle of Perryville, In 1862, he was made Hospital Steward at Bowling Green, Ky., and was afterward sent to Hospital No. 14, at Nashville, remaining until 1864, and continuing on hospital duty until his discharge to Lowell, Ind., and began the practice of medicine, having attended lectures at Nashville.
His clothing was pierced by five bullets at the battle of Chickamauga, but he was not injured. He performed his duties well, taking part in many important battles.
On the third of June, 1868, Dr. Bacon was united in marriage to Martha B. Sanger, the daughter of an early pioneer couple, James H. and Martha (Cleveland) Sanger of Lake County, whom he wrote about in this column in December 1982.
In 1872-73, he attended the Chicago Medical College, graduating therefrom March 13, 1873. He was an active member of the M.E. church. He was also a Mason, K. of P., member of the G.A.R. and an Odd Fellow.
Dr. Bacon was able to build a fine home at the northwest corner of Commerical Ave. and Fremont St. in downtown Lowell. That home is now a historical attraction, having survived the big fire of 1898 in which several blocks of business buildings were burned to the ground. Old pictures of the house show a large windmill nearby, with a tank, and this writer was told that the house was saved because of a pressure hose from that tank which kept it from burning. There were no fire hydrants until after the fire of 1898.
The doctor was in poor health several years before his death, afflicted with diabetes. He fell off his porch and fractured a shoulder and died soon after on Mon., Dec. 3, 1906, at the age of 66. Pallbearers were C.E. Nichols, Thomas Grant, H.M. Johnson, T.A. Wason, George M. Death, Henry Worley, Y.C. Vosburg and H.H. Ragon, all members of early families of the area.
Source: http://www.lowellpl.lib.in.us/bacon.htm
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