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WALTER ROMAYNE BACON

 

 

BACON, WALTER ROMAYNE, Attorney at Law, San Francisco, Cal., was born at Mexico, Miami County, Ind., September 14, 1857, the son of Francis Marion Bacon and Sarah Felton (Griswold) Bacon.  He married Evelyn F. Smith, November 24, 1884.

      Mr. Bacon received his early education in the public schools of Indiana, attending the High School at Rochester, Indiana, until the year 1870.  He then went to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and there attended Parsons’ Academy.  Leaving the latter institution in 1873, he immediately went to Grand Island, Nebraska, where he read law in the office of the law firm of Thummel & Platt.  In 1886 he was admitted to the Bar of Nebraska and soon entered into the active practice of law for himself.  In 1888 Mr. Bacon was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Hall County, Nebraska, in which office he served one term.

      In 1891 he moved to Los Angeles, Cal., and being admitted to the Bar of California he established a law practice there.  He continued practice for eight years, during which time he held the office of General Counsel of the Los Angeles Gas and Electric Co.   He was also the President of the Southern California Historical Society for eight years, and was one of the founders of the Southwest Archaeological Society and Museum of Los Angeles.  In 1907 Mr. Bacon moved his business headquarters to San Francisco, where much of his professional work was centered, and where he has continued in active practice as the attorney for a number of large corporations and estates.

      Mr. Bacon is a strong supporter of all movements intended for the betterment of the State.  He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Jonathan and Union League Clubs of Los Angeles.

 

 

 

Transcribed by Betty Vickroy.

Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I,  Page 817, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.  1913.

© 2007 Betty Vickroy.

 

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