He graduated from Yale University in 1820 and from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1823. From 1825 until his death he was pastor of the First Church (Congregational) in New Haven, Connecticut, occupying a pulpit which was one of the most conspicuous in New England.
From 1826 to 1838, he was an editor of the Christian Spectator (New Haven). In 1843 he was one of the founders of the New Englander (later the Yale Review).
Four of his six sons became Congregational pastors: Edward Woolsey Bacon (in New London, Connecticut, Leonard Woolsey Bacon, George B. Bacon (in Orange, New Jersey), and Thomas Rutherford Bacon (in New Haven, Connecticut).
He graduated from Yale University in 1820 and from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1823. From 1825 until his death he was pastor of the First Church (Congregational) in New Haven, Connecticut, occupying a pulpit which was one of the most conspicuous in New England.
From 1826 to 1838, he was an editor of the Christian Spectator (New Haven). In 1843 he was one of the founders of the New Englander (later the Yale Review).
Four of his six sons became Congregational pastors: Edward Woolsey Bacon (in New London, Connecticut, Leonard Woolsey Bacon, George B. Bacon (in Orange, New Jersey), and Thomas Rutherford Bacon (in New Haven, Connecticut).
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Rebecca Taylor Bacon
1826–1878
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Benjamin Wisner Bacon
1828–1848
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Rev Leonard Woolsey Bacon
1830–1907
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Dr Francis Bacon
1831–1912
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CPT Theodore Bacon
1834–1900
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Rev George Blagden Bacon
1836–1876
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James Hillhouse Bacon
1838–1840
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Rev Edward Woolsey Bacon
1843–1887
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Katherine Wadsworth Bacon Smith
1848–1915
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Rev Thomas Rutherford Bacon
1850–1913
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Alfred Terry Bacon
1852–1901
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Ellen Bacon Closson
1856–1935
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Alice Mabel Bacon
1858–1918
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Lucy Bacon
unknown–1854
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