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Dwight Bacon. The early members of the Bacon family came from England to the United States, and were among the first Puritan settlers of Connecticut. They were soldiers in the Revolutionary War, and Pascal Bacon grandfather of Dwight, was born and reared in the “Nutmeg State.” He was married to Betsey Fuller, and Dwight, Jarvis, Jewett, Morgan, Lawton L. and Ira were their children. He was a farmer, and lived to be ninety-four years of age. The son, Lawton L., was born near Hartford, Conn., and received a common-school education. At the age of eighteen years he wedded Maria Haskins, who afterward died, having borne two children, Esther and Phoebe, both deceased. Soon after his marriage he went to Portage County, Ohio, his father accompanying him and giving him a farm. Here he lived for many years. His second wife was Maria Goodsell, a daughter of David Goodsell, and eight children were born to them: Annis, Elizabeth, Marilla, Dwight, Melissa, Guy, Henry and Emery. In 1847 Mr. Bacon moved to Missouri, and in 1857 came to Lawrence County, but two years later moved to Barry County, where he still resides aged eighty-seven years: He is a Democrat. Dwight Bacon, son of the above was born in Portage County, Ohio, in 1835, and his early days were spent in working on the farm and in attending the common schools. When twelve years old he was brought to Missouri, and in 1861, at the age of twenty-eight years, was married to Mary J. Jones, and the following are their children: Henry, Joseph Moline, Ira, Emery and Edgar. Two died in childhood. In 1878 Mrs. Bacon died, and he then married Ellen Buttrick, daughter of William Buttrick, and they have one child—Jane. Mr. Bacon served one year in the Missouri State Militia, and was in several skirmishes. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, and he is a Republican. He owns 230 acres of land, and has given his son Henry eighty acres, and his son Joseph thirty acres, and money equivalent to the others.