The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . essfully for a number of years. The failing healthof his family necessitated his returning East in 1845,where he was finally, from the same causes, com-pelled to remain, although h
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . essfully for a number of years. The failing healthof his family necessitated his returning East in 1845,where he was finally, from the same causes, com-pelled to remain, although he continiied his businessin St. Louis until 1859^ In 1848 he established acommercial business in copper and other metals,which he carried on successfully for nearly a quar-ter of a century, and was well known as a merchantof probity and honor and of integ-rity, and dnringthe great civil war he was especiallyactive as a member of the Union league club in sup-pl3ing men and money, and other sinews of war, tosustain the government in the terrible .struggle forexistence, contributing liberally from his own pi-i-vate means. He was also a trustee of the Demiltdispensary, and a generous contributor to their andother institutions. He was a member and activesupporter of Dr. Halls and Dr. churches,but his defeelive hearing has prevented him fromaccepting positions of trust, with which his asso-. ciates and fellow-citizens would gladly honor Bacon has been twice married. His second wife,who is still living (1892), is a daughter of HarlowKimball, one of the first settlers of Chicago, 111., anda descendant of Richard Kimball, who came fromIpswich, Eng., in the ship Elizabeth in 1634, andsettled at Ipswich, Mass. His great-grandmotherwas a Miss Olmstead, a near relative of the authorof Olmsteads Philosophy. Mr. Bacon is a memberof the New England society, a life member of theAcademy of design, and was for a number of yearsa member of the New York Historical s
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