Contra Costa County Biography

CHARLES G. BACON

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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One of the commanding figures of the business life of Contra Costa County is 
Charles G. Bacon, who is at the head of the Richmond Abstract & Title Company. 
His career is one of distinct usefulness and a benefit to the community in which 
he lives. He has many important interests that under his leadership have grown 
and expanded. He was born at Columbia, Tuolumne County, California, March 25, 
1868, son of Pyam Bartlett and Marion Helen (Bowne) Bacon. Mr. Bacon's father 
was a native of Ohio, and his mother was from Michigan. In 1853 they came to 
California and settled in Tuolumne County, where they always resided. The mother 
passed away in 1899. The father is living a retired life at the old homestead, 
one of the most influential and representative citizens of his locality. He has 
always taken a keen interest in political matters, serving his county in the 
State Assembly, and for many years was postmaster in Columbia. He had the 
distinction of installing the first hydraulic  mining machinery in that county. 
The subject of this review acquired his education in the public schools of his 
county. Laying aside his books, he became identified with ranching and the wood 
business, and this he followed for five years. For the past twenty years he has 
been engaged in searching records. In 1907 he removed to Martinez, where he 
opened an abstract office. Here he soon had an extensive business. In this 
connection he became familiar with conditions and the need of a similar business 
in Richmond, and in 1914 the Richmond Abstract & Title Company erected its 
present commodious brick building on Twenty-second Avenue, where he is now 
located. Mr. Bacon has displayed extraordinary executive ability, and has 
succeeded in building up one of the most successful systems in the State for 
handling his work. In this connection the Richmond company has installed the 
only photographic plant in California. Careful of his own interests in Martinez, 
he has always considered those of others who are identified with him in the 
company. The Richmond Abstract & Title Company is composed of the leading 
real-estate men, bankers, and attorneys. Politically, Mr. Bacon is registered as 
a Republican, and has served four years as city trustee of Martinez. 
Fraternally, he is a member of the B. P. O. E. of Richmond and the I. O. O. F. 
of Sonora. On June 22, 1908, he was united in marriage to Miss Irene Hall, a 
daughter of Josiah and Sarah Hall, of Sonora, Tuolumne County. Her father was 
engaged in the mercantile business, and at one time owned many of the valuable 
mines in Tuolumne County. Her father was engaged in the mercantile business, and 
at one time owned many of the valuable mines in Tuolumne County. Mrs. Bacon is 
actively engaged in the club and social circles, and us a member of the Women's 
Improvement Club of Martinez. She is also an active member of the Episcopal 
church.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California", Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
p. 472.