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BACON, Mary Lucina

BACON, Mary Lucina

Female 1840 - 1911  (70 years)   Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name BACON, Mary Lucina 
    Birth 13 Nov 1840  Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 14 Jul 1911  Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2436  Edgoose
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2026 

    Father BACON, Alanson,   b. 6 Sep 1812, Hamilton, Madison County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1880, Eleroy, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother STEBBINS, Dorcas Lyman,   b. 15 Jul 1813, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1841 (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage 1831 
    Family ID F990  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family TOWAR, Francis Reuben   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1868  Stephenson County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1231  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

  • Notes 

    • MARY LUCINA BACON 1840--1911

      Mary Lucina BACON was born at Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA, on 13 November 1840.
      (source: simplyrose@earthlink.net)

      The 1850 census of Erin, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA:
      Alanson BACON, aged 37, carpenter, owned real estate worth $800, born in New York;
      Elizabeth BACON, aged 27, born in New York;
      Philo S. BACON, aged 14, born In New York;
      Lucinda BACON, aged 12, born in Wisconsin;
      Mary L. BACON, aged 9, born in Illinois;
      Clark BACON, aged 1, born in Illinois.

      When she was about sixteen her sisters had planned to take an examination to become school teachers. Mary Lucina announced that she wanted to take the test with them. The sisters told her that she was too young. Their father intervened and gave her permission and she passed with high grades. She became a school marm and taught until she was 28 and married Francis Reuben TOWAR in Stephenson County, Illinois, on 17 November 1868.
      (source: simplyrose@earthlink.net)

      She died aged 70 at Phoenix Maricopa, Arizona, USA, on 14 July 1911.
      (source: simplyrose@earthlink.net)

      According to her obituary she had two sisters (Sally & Lucinda) and three brothers (Philo+ two others
      (source: simplyrose@earthlink.net)

      Note: For the text of a letter written to Mary BACON by her sister Lucinda ANDERSON in 1861 see notes on Lucinda BACON (1838-1914).

      (revised 29.08.2017)