"Oliver [Bacon, son of Jonathan Bacon and Abigail Robinson] was born in Lexington, April 14, 1740; married Dec. 6, 1770, Sarah Reed, daughter of William and Abigail (Stone) Reed. He served as a drummer with Lieut. Moses Abbott's company, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and was in service for four days. He died in Bedford, May 24, 1794. His wife died Jan. 25, 1841, in her ninety-fourth year." (Baldwin's Bacon Genealogy)
Lexington births: BACON, Oliver, s. of Nath'l & Abigail, b. Aug. 14, 1740. (p.86)
Lexington marriages: BACON, Oliver, m. Sarah Reed, both of Lex., Dec. 6, 1770. (p.89)
Bedford deaths: BACON, Oliver, May 25, 1794, a. 54. G.R.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.:
Bacon, Oliver, Bedford. Drummer, Lieut. Moses Abbott's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 4 days; also, list of men between the ages of sixteen and sixty who are liable to bear arms, as returned to Col. Green, dated Bedford, May 15, 1775.
Lexington births: BACON, Oliver, s. of Nath'l & Abigail, b. Aug. 14, 1740. (p.86)
Lexington marriages: BACON, Oliver, m. Sarah Reed, both of Lex., Dec. 6, 1770. (p.89)
Bedford deaths: BACON, Oliver, May 25, 1794, a. 54. G.R.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.:
Bacon, Oliver, Bedford. Drummer, Lieut. Moses Abbott's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 4 days; also, list of men between the ages of sixteen and sixty who are liable to bear arms, as returned to Col. Green, dated Bedford, May 15, 1775.
"Oliver [Bacon, son of Jonathan Bacon and Abigail Robinson] was born in Lexington, April 14, 1740; married Dec. 6, 1770, Sarah Reed, daughter of William and Abigail (Stone) Reed. He served as a drummer with Lieut. Moses Abbott's company, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and was in service for four days. He died in Bedford, May 24, 1794. His wife died Jan. 25, 1841, in her ninety-fourth year." (Baldwin's Bacon Genealogy)
Lexington births: BACON, Oliver, s. of Nath'l & Abigail, b. Aug. 14, 1740. (p.86)
Lexington marriages: BACON, Oliver, m. Sarah Reed, both of Lex., Dec. 6, 1770. (p.89)
Bedford deaths: BACON, Oliver, May 25, 1794, a. 54. G.R.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.:
Bacon, Oliver, Bedford. Drummer, Lieut. Moses Abbott's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 4 days; also, list of men between the ages of sixteen and sixty who are liable to bear arms, as returned to Col. Green, dated Bedford, May 15, 1775.
Lexington births: BACON, Oliver, s. of Nath'l & Abigail, b. Aug. 14, 1740. (p.86)
Lexington marriages: BACON, Oliver, m. Sarah Reed, both of Lex., Dec. 6, 1770. (p.89)
Bedford deaths: BACON, Oliver, May 25, 1794, a. 54. G.R.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.:
Bacon, Oliver, Bedford. Drummer, Lieut. Moses Abbott's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 4 days; also, list of men between the ages of sixteen and sixty who are liable to bear arms, as returned to Col. Green, dated Bedford, May 15, 1775.
Inscription
IN
Memory of
Mr. Oliver Bacon,
who died
May ye 25th 1794;
Aged 54.
Forbear my friends to weep,
Since death to me is gain;
Those Christians who in Jesus sleep,
Shall with the Lord remain.
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