Corbit was the 6th son (of 7) of Levi Bacon & Sarah "Sally" Green (both of Connecticut)
He emigrated to Michigan in 1838 from NY (where the family had moved from CT) and was a resident of Pontiac (excepting a brief foray to California's gold fields in 1857) until about the fall of 1858 when he went to Colorado.
He had shortly before this married Margaret A. Simpson, a daughter of John G. & Juliana (Hall) Simpson, on 22 Sep 1856 in Saginaw, Michigan.
They had a son, Frederick, born in 1857 in Saginaw, who went with the family west to Colorado and died at the young age of 17 there.
He settled in Denver, and from Nov 1858 to Jun 1859 built the first ever plank house with a shake roof in that vicinity - on Larimer St. in Denver.
He shortly thereafter took up mining operations at Quartz Hill in Gilpin county, also owning the Willis Gulch mining concern.
On June 15, 1867 there was an interesting article on the front page of "The Daily Miners' Register" (Central City, CO) titled "Gen. Sherman and the Indians", which told of a conversation between Corbet Bacon, Esq. & Gen. Sherman concerning protection from Indians for travelers across the plains.
In early September of 1868, Corbit was elected Justice of the 1st District in Gilpin county, thereby becoming Judge Bacon.
In 1873 he was US Receiver of Public Monies (a Presidential appointment) in Central City, CO.
Corbet had the Saratoga Tunnel mine, in the Willis gulch of Gilpin County, in partnership with Samuel J. Lorah, from May of 1877 until at least 1880.
His homestead in Central City, at Willis gulch, burned in May 1880, which, in addition to his eldest brother John's passing away the year before in nearby Russell Gulch, may have helped prompt his leaving Colorado for Washington, DC awhile thereafter.
He was from 1883-86 clerk of the US Pension Office in DC. His brother Levi Bacon Jr. was disbursing clerk of the Patent Office during that time in DC as well.
From the "The Evening Star" of Wash. D.C.:
"Bacon. On March 5th, 1886, at 9:30 a.m., Corbit Bacon, formerly of Colorado, aged 62 years. Funeral on Sunday afternoon, March 7, at 2 o'clock, from his late residence, 506 E street n.w."
His widow Margaret remarried in 1891.
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(Corbit was referred to as Corbit F. Bacon in a Sep 1873 "Philadelphia Inquirer" article concerning his appt as Receiver of public monies, perhaps "Frederick" being the middle name)
He emigrated to Michigan in 1838 from NY (where the family had moved from CT) and was a resident of Pontiac (excepting a brief foray to California's gold fields in 1857) until about the fall of 1858 when he went to Colorado.
He had shortly before this married Margaret A. Simpson, a daughter of John G. & Juliana (Hall) Simpson, on 22 Sep 1856 in Saginaw, Michigan.
They had a son, Frederick, born in 1857 in Saginaw, who went with the family west to Colorado and died at the young age of 17 there.
He settled in Denver, and from Nov 1858 to Jun 1859 built the first ever plank house with a shake roof in that vicinity - on Larimer St. in Denver.
He shortly thereafter took up mining operations at Quartz Hill in Gilpin county, also owning the Willis Gulch mining concern.
On June 15, 1867 there was an interesting article on the front page of "The Daily Miners' Register" (Central City, CO) titled "Gen. Sherman and the Indians", which told of a conversation between Corbet Bacon, Esq. & Gen. Sherman concerning protection from Indians for travelers across the plains.
In early September of 1868, Corbit was elected Justice of the 1st District in Gilpin county, thereby becoming Judge Bacon.
In 1873 he was US Receiver of Public Monies (a Presidential appointment) in Central City, CO.
Corbet had the Saratoga Tunnel mine, in the Willis gulch of Gilpin County, in partnership with Samuel J. Lorah, from May of 1877 until at least 1880.
His homestead in Central City, at Willis gulch, burned in May 1880, which, in addition to his eldest brother John's passing away the year before in nearby Russell Gulch, may have helped prompt his leaving Colorado for Washington, DC awhile thereafter.
He was from 1883-86 clerk of the US Pension Office in DC. His brother Levi Bacon Jr. was disbursing clerk of the Patent Office during that time in DC as well.
From the "The Evening Star" of Wash. D.C.:
"Bacon. On March 5th, 1886, at 9:30 a.m., Corbit Bacon, formerly of Colorado, aged 62 years. Funeral on Sunday afternoon, March 7, at 2 o'clock, from his late residence, 506 E street n.w."
His widow Margaret remarried in 1891.
~ ~ ~
(Corbit was referred to as Corbit F. Bacon in a Sep 1873 "Philadelphia Inquirer" article concerning his appt as Receiver of public monies, perhaps "Frederick" being the middle name)
Corbit was the 6th son (of 7) of Levi Bacon & Sarah "Sally" Green (both of Connecticut)
He emigrated to Michigan in 1838 from NY (where the family had moved from CT) and was a resident of Pontiac (excepting a brief foray to California's gold fields in 1857) until about the fall of 1858 when he went to Colorado.
He had shortly before this married Margaret A. Simpson, a daughter of John G. & Juliana (Hall) Simpson, on 22 Sep 1856 in Saginaw, Michigan.
They had a son, Frederick, born in 1857 in Saginaw, who went with the family west to Colorado and died at the young age of 17 there.
He settled in Denver, and from Nov 1858 to Jun 1859 built the first ever plank house with a shake roof in that vicinity - on Larimer St. in Denver.
He shortly thereafter took up mining operations at Quartz Hill in Gilpin county, also owning the Willis Gulch mining concern.
On June 15, 1867 there was an interesting article on the front page of "The Daily Miners' Register" (Central City, CO) titled "Gen. Sherman and the Indians", which told of a conversation between Corbet Bacon, Esq. & Gen. Sherman concerning protection from Indians for travelers across the plains.
In early September of 1868, Corbit was elected Justice of the 1st District in Gilpin county, thereby becoming Judge Bacon.
In 1873 he was US Receiver of Public Monies (a Presidential appointment) in Central City, CO.
Corbet had the Saratoga Tunnel mine, in the Willis gulch of Gilpin County, in partnership with Samuel J. Lorah, from May of 1877 until at least 1880.
His homestead in Central City, at Willis gulch, burned in May 1880, which, in addition to his eldest brother John's passing away the year before in nearby Russell Gulch, may have helped prompt his leaving Colorado for Washington, DC awhile thereafter.
He was from 1883-86 clerk of the US Pension Office in DC. His brother Levi Bacon Jr. was disbursing clerk of the Patent Office during that time in DC as well.
From the "The Evening Star" of Wash. D.C.:
"Bacon. On March 5th, 1886, at 9:30 a.m., Corbit Bacon, formerly of Colorado, aged 62 years. Funeral on Sunday afternoon, March 7, at 2 o'clock, from his late residence, 506 E street n.w."
His widow Margaret remarried in 1891.
~ ~ ~
(Corbit was referred to as Corbit F. Bacon in a Sep 1873 "Philadelphia Inquirer" article concerning his appt as Receiver of public monies, perhaps "Frederick" being the middle name)
He emigrated to Michigan in 1838 from NY (where the family had moved from CT) and was a resident of Pontiac (excepting a brief foray to California's gold fields in 1857) until about the fall of 1858 when he went to Colorado.
He had shortly before this married Margaret A. Simpson, a daughter of John G. & Juliana (Hall) Simpson, on 22 Sep 1856 in Saginaw, Michigan.
They had a son, Frederick, born in 1857 in Saginaw, who went with the family west to Colorado and died at the young age of 17 there.
He settled in Denver, and from Nov 1858 to Jun 1859 built the first ever plank house with a shake roof in that vicinity - on Larimer St. in Denver.
He shortly thereafter took up mining operations at Quartz Hill in Gilpin county, also owning the Willis Gulch mining concern.
On June 15, 1867 there was an interesting article on the front page of "The Daily Miners' Register" (Central City, CO) titled "Gen. Sherman and the Indians", which told of a conversation between Corbet Bacon, Esq. & Gen. Sherman concerning protection from Indians for travelers across the plains.
In early September of 1868, Corbit was elected Justice of the 1st District in Gilpin county, thereby becoming Judge Bacon.
In 1873 he was US Receiver of Public Monies (a Presidential appointment) in Central City, CO.
Corbet had the Saratoga Tunnel mine, in the Willis gulch of Gilpin County, in partnership with Samuel J. Lorah, from May of 1877 until at least 1880.
His homestead in Central City, at Willis gulch, burned in May 1880, which, in addition to his eldest brother John's passing away the year before in nearby Russell Gulch, may have helped prompt his leaving Colorado for Washington, DC awhile thereafter.
He was from 1883-86 clerk of the US Pension Office in DC. His brother Levi Bacon Jr. was disbursing clerk of the Patent Office during that time in DC as well.
From the "The Evening Star" of Wash. D.C.:
"Bacon. On March 5th, 1886, at 9:30 a.m., Corbit Bacon, formerly of Colorado, aged 62 years. Funeral on Sunday afternoon, March 7, at 2 o'clock, from his late residence, 506 E street n.w."
His widow Margaret remarried in 1891.
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(Corbit was referred to as Corbit F. Bacon in a Sep 1873 "Philadelphia Inquirer" article concerning his appt as Receiver of public monies, perhaps "Frederick" being the middle name)
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