WILLIAM JOHNSON BACON

BACON, William Johnson (1803-1889), (son of Ezekiel Bacon and grandson of John Bacon), a Representative from New York; born in Williamstown, Berkshire, Mass., February 18, 1803; moved with his parents to Utica, N.Y., in 1815; was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1822; studied law and was graduated from the Litchfield Law School in 1824; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y.; appointed city attorney in 1837; member of the State assembly in 1850; elected trustee of Hamilton College in 1851; elected judge of the State supreme court of the fifth district in 1854 and served until 1870; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); was not a candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the practice of law; died in Utica, N.Y., July 3, 1889; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Father: Ezekiel Bacon
Born: 1 Sep 1776 Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Died: 18 Oct 1870 Utica, Oneida, New York
Mother: Abby Smith
Spouse 1:
Eliza Kirkland b. abt 1807
Children:
Cornelia Goldthwaite Bacon F 30 Jun 1829 in Utica, New York
Fanny E Bacon b. abt 1833 New York
William K Bacon b. abt 1842 New York
Spouse 2:
Susan Sloane b. abt 1822 in Massachusetts

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell