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The Families in the News
(this page is a work in progress)
The Rev. Bacon gives a sermon, 1884

The Reverend's wife has a fall, 1887

A Bacon family reunion, 1892

The death of "Jennie" Bacon's mother, July 4th 1892

A visit from William Henry Bacon, 1893

The death of Sherman Colburn, 1895

The birth of Elton Broakway Bacon, 1900

A slow day in Adams Cty. June 30th, 1900

"Jennie" Bacon's sister gets married Feb. 8th, 1902


{Noah B. Bacon dies, May 29th 1902}
{W. H. Bacon dies, July 24th 1902}
Austin Bacon's cousin visits Grandpa J. F. Bacon, 1906

{Rev. Joseph Franklin Bacon dies, January 23rd 1906}
The death of W.H. Bacon's brother-in-law, 1907

The death of Rev. Bacon's wife Jan. 6th, 1908


A Bacon visit September 2nd, 1909

The death of Austin Bacon's grandfather April 27th, 1911


The Bacons visit the Edwards December 11th, 1911

The death of "Jennie" Bacon's brother-in-law, 1913

Daisy Maude (Bacon) Colburn is born, 1913

The illness & death of John Smart Douglas, 1917


Colburn family fun, March 7th, 1918

The death of J.E. Douglas, brother of Libbie Colburn, 1919

{Libbie Amanda (Douglas) Colburn dies, November 7th, 1921}
The death of William Colburn's mother, June, 15th 1922


Another day in Grand Marsh, May 24th 1923

Along with the Colburns is Bertha Morgan, future wife of Elton Bacon, 1923

Keeping busy in 1926


Another day in Grand Marsh June 30th, 1927

Thanksgiving, December 1st, 1927

Albert Colburn and family in
the news, March 22nd, 1928

Albert and Chester, June 14th 1928

Maude and Chester in the news, Oct. 25, 1928

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