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James Albert Bacon (b. May 9, 1875, d. May 14, 1946)

James Albert Bacon (son of James Edmund Bacon and Sarah Jane Porterfield) was born May 9, 1875 in Highway #10, North of Caledon, Ontario (see notes), and died May 14, 1946 in Alton (Wellington) , Ontario. He married Mary Thomasina Sloan on November 2, 1899 in Caledon Peel County, Ontario, daughter of Thomas Sloan and Elizabeth Morris.

Notes for James Albert Bacon:
Research for this limb of family tree was done by George D. Rennick, 6866 Hwy. 101, Wirral, New Brunswick, E0G 3M0
Letter dated December 31, 1984
"Grandpa Bacon was a big man with huge hands, especially to the small boy I was, and in contrast to my father who was small.
None of Grandpa's children had his stature. His son Roy was the only one who was heavily built and his was unhealthy overweight. Grandpa first farmed in Mono Township north of Orangeville. Aunt Birthine and my mother were born before moving to the Fourth Line west Caledon to a farm owned by my grandma Bacon's grandfather Joseph Morris. This was also the farm where Edward Morris settled in 1820, the same year that Miles and Anne Bacon came to Melville on what was to be known as the Center Road and now Highway 10.
Grandpa Bacon was raised on the original homestead farm E half lot 23 Concession 1 Caledon West. He went to Melville school, which was at the corner of line one west and lot 25.
From all he told us children he was forever into some deviltry and gave his teachers few dull moments. On one occasion he was in jeopardy and had to sit under the teacher's desk. Being active and strong he tipped the desk over and spilled the school's supplies, pencils, etc. He said everyone got extra pencils that day.
Grandpa told of tripping the teacher who was in pursuit of another pupil past his desk. On another occasion when he was a big lad he kissed his teacher. The shocked young woman ran all the way to Grandpa's home with the story. Great-grandfather James Edmond gave her little sympathy, saying, "If that's all he did, you shouldn't worry young woman."
Grandpa went all his years with one blind eye. His brother Miles hit the eye with a stalk of sweet clover when he was twelve or so.
In the year of 1912 after the crop was in the barn Grandpa was struck with lightning while milking. from that time on his face was badly twisted.
Grandpa's dearest love in the years I knew him were the growing crowd of grandchildren. How he dearly loved to tell us things to make us laugh. Life had given him a good supply of hard knocks but he seldom ever let it show. He had a plentiful supply of stories to regale the adult family members with, too, many that would not bear repeating. I was always and still am mystified at how he remembered so much. It was seldom he repeated a story.
Grandpa Bacon was a mighty worker. He was bear strong and very agile for his size. He could stand and jump a four and a half foot fence at the time my parents were married and he was then a man of forty-five and weighed in at two hundred twenty-five pounds.
He often told us of playing football with the neighbour's boys as a grown man on Sundays. I'm sure the young people loved having him around because he made laughter ring wherever he was.
Grandpa was a prosperous farmer but he was too generous with his effort and money to aquire a great deal of this world's goods. As always with a generous person there are many leeches to bleed the giver without thought of thanks.
Dad and I helped Grandpa on many occasions, particularly in harvest and thrashing time, though dad had always been ready to give him a hand from he and mother were married.
Grandpa had no one to take his place at the plough and so the farm went to strangers when he had a stroke at seventy years."

Source of death date (May 14) Information issued to Helena Giilck, by Office of the Registrar General Janaury 16, 1984. Other date (May 23) appears in Obituary) See documents in Marg Aldridge book about Eliza Jane Weir

Also Source of dates: George Rennick

More About James Albert Bacon:
Burial: Alton Cemetery, Caledon Township, Ontario.
Fact 1: Occupation: Farmer.
Fact 2: Buried: Alton Cemetery, Erin, Ontario.

More About James Albert Bacon and Mary Thomasina Sloan:
Marriage: November 2, 1899, Caledon Peel County, Ontario.

Children of James Albert Bacon and Mary Thomasina Sloan are:

+Birthine Elizabeth Bacon, b. May 23, 1900, Caledon Township, Ontario, d. May 14, 1983, Guelph, Ontario.
+Una May Bacon, b. October 28, 1901, d. February 15, 1994.
+Clayton James Thomas Bacon, b. November 10, 1903, d. December 1983.
+Roy Albert Edwin Bacon, b. January 5, 1906, d. September 1991.
Mary Evelyne Bacon, b. November 2, 1908, d. November 4, 1908.
+Olive Bacon, b. February 10, 1910.
Clifford George Bacon, b. October 1, 1912, d. November 19, 1912.
Wilbert Cornelius Bacon, b. March 2, 1914, d. January 29, 1936, Winnipeg, Manitoba (see facts)).
+Reta Bacon, b. July 27, 1917.