COL. DANIEL BACON:
There is a photo of him and his wife if you like:o)
Daniel Bacon was born in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Conn., Dec. 9,
1800. He was the second son in a family of four children of Seth and
Elizabeth (Booth) Bacon. He came with his father to Candor, locating
on the creek opposite to where he now resides.
After receiving a common-school education, he began, at the age of
fourteen, to learn the trade of his father, that of a carpenter. Aug.
25, 1825, he married Susan, daughter of Captain Jessee and Esther
Smith, a native of Candor, she being born Nov. 15, 1805. Of their
five children, all are living except one, viz.: Seth B., born May 24,
1829; Theodore L., born July 18, 1831; Henry D., born Nov. 4, 1835;
and Eloise S.,widow of Dr. J. D. Little, of New York City, born Dec.
11, 1839.
Mr. Bacon has held verious local offices,-assessor, highway
commissioner, etc. Politically, he acts with the Democratic party.
he is a member of St. Mark's Church, and has been a warden and
vestryman of the same for forty-five years. He has seen twenty
years;service in the New York State Militia, having received various
promotions, and on his retirement from service was colonel of the
199th Regiment of Infantry. his business is that of a farmer,
carpenter, and millwright. His wife departed this life Jan. 16, 1878.
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ISAAC L. RAYMOND:
Issaac L. Ramond was born in the town of Greenwich, washington Co.,
N.Y., March 2, 1815. His father, Isaac R., was a native of
Lexinton, where the ever-memorable battle was fought which opened
the Revolutionary struggle for American independence, and where his
grandfather, John Raymond, a captain of militia, was shot by the
English at the very begining of the engagement. his father was less
than one year old at this time, and during his minority was cared
for by business was a hatter, but he for many years kept a hotel.
he came to the town of Nichols, Tioga Co., in the year 1821, and
eight years later settled in the town of Barton where he kept a
publick-house. He was again married, his wife's name being Rebecca
Livermore, by whom he had seven children, Mrs. Samuel Mills
(deceased),Mrs. Wm. hanna, Issac L., Mrs. Benjamin Folsom(deceased),
of Adrian, Mich., John t. (deceased), Mrs. Reb. Franklin Barnes of
Grand Rapids, Mich., William (deceased), and Augusta.
The father died in 1854; the mother died Sept. 24, 1874.
Issac L. Raymond, during his earlier life, has been engaged
largely in manufacturing lumber and rafting to various marts on the
Susuehanna River, and also in farming and has, since the war of
1861, given his attention mostly to the latter occupation, now
owning the farm where the first house was erected in the Susuehanna
Valley, by John Hanna. A view of his farm may be seen on another
page of this work. many years ago he was a captain in the State
militia, but resigned, preferring the activity of a business life
unmixed by any offical position. In the political circle he has
been connected with the Whig and Democratic parties, although not
active. He has been a resident of the town of Barton for some forty
years, and has done his part in all the public enterprised for good
in his townj and, although not a member of any churnch, he has been
a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Ellistown for many
years. The family of Raymond is English descent. In the year 1838
(November) he married Eliza daughter of John and Nancy Swartwood of
Barton. Her father died when she was uite young: was an early
settler of the twon. She was born in 1814. Their Children are
Rebecca, Mrs. Charles ilkinson, Mrs George walker, and Mrs. Morgan
manning. Mrs. Raymond is of Scotch descent of the maternal side,
and German on the paternal side.
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