Austin Edgar Bacon, son of William Henry Bacon and Mary (Monk) Bacon, was born Sept. 30th, 1869 in Easton Township, Adams County, Wisconsin. He was married to Susan Jane Edwards on November 23rd, 1897 in White Creek, Wisconsin by Elder A. C. Warden. Susan (who was always known as Jenny) was born April 27th, 1872 in Ambot, Illinois and was the daughter of Job David and Mary Ann (Scriven) Edwards who had newly come to this country from England. There were four living children and two who died at birth born to them. A baby girl in 1889, Elton Brockway (5-15-1900), a baby boy (William Henry) in 1902, Mary Melina (2-23-1903), Edgar Job (12-2-1907), and Daisy Maude (1-30-1913).

Maude remembers her father Austin, and his deep respect he had for the American Indians that lived in the Easton, Wisconsin area. He was the area's "veterinarian." Neighbors from miles away came to him for advice and asked for him to come to their farm to doctor their livestock. He had no formal training along this line but was a great reader. He read everything that he could get his hands on about the subject. She always felt that he gained some of his knowledge from the Native Americans. He was also a progressive farmer for his time and wasn't afraid to try some of the new farming ideas that he read about in the farm papers. He was the first one to try sowing alfalfa in Adams County. He had the first registered Holstein cattle, something that not many farmers of that time had. Maude remembers farmers walking their cows to her father's house because he had high quality bulls. Her mother told her she thought that they must have wanted her father to look at them to buy them.

Austin Bacon had one of the first automobiles in Adams County but never really drove it himself. He did try a few times but tried to command it like horses, "Gee and Haw!" instead of stepping on the brake. Needless to say his sons did most of the driving. Maude remembers when they went to dances the children also went, and it was part of what was expected. The mothers danced with the sons and the fathers danced with the daughters, and each taught the other how to dance. When Austin and Jenny had their 55th wedding anniversary, Austin said that he wanted to have a dance. They had one and he danced his share, and when he wasn't dancing he sat and thoroughly enjoyed watching his grandchildren learning to dance.

Austin was blind for a number of years later in life but his grandaughter Carol said she never forgot the day, after he had surgery for cataracts, that he finally could see again. He had never seen Carol's younger sister, Helen, so when their family went to visit Austin and Jenny, Helen was standing so that the sun was shining on her blonde curly hair, and he just about shouted and jumped for joy that he could finally see her. He thoroughly enjoyed his remaining years after he once again could see. As a young man he worked for a brief time on threshing and potato digging crews in the New Chester and Coloma Corner's area. When he married Jenny he aquired land southwest of Easton on which he built a home for them. They lived for about a month and a half with "Aut's" sister while the house was being finished. This is the house where they raised their family, and lived in their entire married lives.