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BACON, JAMES H., DR., capitalist, was born in Washington Co., Tenn., July 19,1816; he was brought up and received his education in that State; he studied medicine and, after graduating, practiced medicine in Nashville for some years; in 1840, he came to Illinois, located at Macomb, and remained there eleven years, and then came to Iowa and settled in Ft. Madison in 1851, and practiced here for seven years; in 1861, he engaged in banking here, with Judge Johnson, of Keokuk, and they continued together for ten years, when Dr. Bacon retired on account of his health, and bought a tract of land and improved it, in Green Bay Tp.; the farm contains 1,200 acres, and is known as “Bayview;” the improvements have cost $25,000; his son James H., Jr., lives on it. Dr. Bacon is a prominent member of the Christian Church, and preached for twenty years, in Illinois and Iowa; he married Sarah Lester, from Dayton, Ohio, in May, 1839; she died Dec. 25, 1878, leaving son, James H. Bacon, Jr.; they lost one daughter, Alice. James H. Bacon, Jr., was born in Macomb, Ill., June 13, 1849; when 2 years of age, his parents came here, where he was brought up, and attended school; completing his education at Abingdon, Knox Co., Ill., where he took his collegiate course; he married Miss Lizzie Case, of Ft. Madison, May 16, 1871; they live on his father’s “Bayview Farm;” they have two children — James M., born July 8, 1872, and Alpha, born Jan. 1, 1874.