James Earl Bacon

Brief Life History of James Earl

When James Earl Bacon was born on 20 March 1893, in Hanksville, Piute, Utah, United States, his father, William Chauncey Bacon, was 42 and his mother, Florence Elizabeth Halliday, was 38. He lived in United States in 1949 and Election Precinct 2 Montwel, Duchesne, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 22 October 1973, at the age of 80, and was buried in Cedarview, Duchesne, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Chauncey Bacon
1850–1901
Florence Elizabeth Halliday
1854–1939
Vernee Lorenge Bacon
1875–1930
William Douglas Bacon
1877–1877
John R. Bacon
1878–1932
Clarence Ray Bacon
1881–1960
Chancy C Bacon
1883–1940
Prudence Viola Bacon
1887–1974
George Bacon
1889–1953
James Earl Bacon
1893–1973
Wealthy May Bacon
1894–1973

Sources (33)

  • James E Bacon, "United States 1950 Census"
  • James Earl Bacon, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
  • James Bacon, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1905

Historical Boundaries 1905: Uintah, Utah, United States 1917: Duchesne, Utah, United States

1915

Historical Boundaries: 1907: Wasatch, Utah, United States 1915: Duchesne, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin) and French: from the Norman French personal name Bacun, derived from the ancient Germanic name Bac(c)o, Bahho, based on the element bag ‘(to) fight, (to) dispute’. The name was relatively common among the Normans in the form Bacus, of which the oblique case was Bacon.

English and French: from Middle English, Old French bacun, bacon ‘bacon’ (a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to Back 3), probably a metonymic occupational name for a preparer and seller of cured pork.

History: Gilles Bacon from Normandy, France, is documented in Quebec City, QC, in 1647. — Michael Bacon from England arrived in Dedham, MA, in 1640. Nathanial Bacon, from Stratton, Cornwall, arrived in Barnstaple, MA, in 1639. Another Nathaniel Bacon (1647–76), from Friston Hall, Suffolk, emigrated to VA and settled at Curl's Neck on the James river.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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James Bacon with the James Mountain family. Left to right back row: James Mountain, James Bacon, Sarah Colorow Mountain, Arlene Mountain. Bottom row left to right:Richard Mountain Sylvia Mountain, Sh …

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