JOHN B. BACON.
Mr. Bacon, who is now President of the Tuolumne Re-Union, was born in Warrington, Ohio, on the 7th September, 1836. In 1851, being then of the age of fifteen years, he removed with his parents to Terre Haute, Indiana, and after a residence of two years in that settlement came to California, landing in San Francisco in March of that year. For four years following he employed himself to mining, at the end of that time entering the service of Mr. O. L. Bemis, with whom he remained for ten years, acting also as Stage Agent for C. H. Sisson & Co , of Sonora.
Mr. Bacon married Mrs. Johanna Meagher, a native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the pair having their children: Dollie, Birdie, and George.
As remarked above, Mr. Bacon is President of the Tuolumne Re-Union; and respecting this fact it may be well stated that that organization was founded in 1868, Mrs. Soderer, now of San Jose, and Mr. Dinsmore, of Oakland, being the originators. Its of each object is to give a picnic each year, whereat the present and former residents of the county of Tuolumne may gather for their mutual improvement and gratification. The plan of the founders has been faithfully adhered to for thirteen successive years. The society is organized by the choice of a President, Vice- President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Board of Trustees. Those of offices were held as follows during the past year: J. J. Vasconcellos, President, J. B. Bacon, Vice-President; W. L. Cunningham, Secretary; and H. M. Rosekrans, Treasurer. The Board of Trustees was composed of Daniel Sewell, G. W. McPherson, J. B. Bacon, J. A. Sampson, C.E. Blake, James L. Homer and J. A. Benham.
The list of the past Presidents of the association (14 and number) is as follows:
Dr. W. P. Gibbons 1869
C.E. McCasker 1870
J. M. Cavis 1871
W. G. Dinsmore 1872
Z. H. Cunningham 1873
L. P. McCarty 1874
James L. Homer 1875
Stephen Wing 1876
C. B. Rutherford 1877
H. M. Rosekrans 1878
C. E. Blake 1879
E.G. Jones 1880
Fred. Lux 1881
J. B. Bacon 1882
Through the kindness of Secretary Cunningham, the following list of members is presented, together with the dates of their arrival in Tuolumne County:
Joseph Aldridge 1853
Joseph Armitage 1851
Thomas Ainsley 1852
Moses C. Andross 1860
B. F. Alley 1881
James Allen 1855
Oscar Allison 1850
L. L. Alexander 1849
Florin Antoniowich 1850
W. T. Arnold 1870
Chas. H. Arnold 1870
H. G. Austen 1849
Chas.E. Blake 1850
John B. Bacon 1853
David F. Baxter 1856
David M. Baldwin 1858
Marie L. Baldwin 1858
A.K. Benton 1850
P. B. Bacon 1853
John A. Benham 1854
Allen F. Bartlett 1851
Jas. H. Brooks 1854
A. C. Bradford 1849
Fred. Brown 1852
Henry Balch 1851
J. P. Banman 1858
Chas. I. Burks 1856
David B. Barclay 1877
Wm. H. Bruner 1851
S. Blaisdell 1849
Jno. A Brown 1854
John M. Buffington 1849
Z. H. Cunningham 1856
Thos. A Cochrane 1850
Chas H Chamberlain 1849
Susan G Chamberlain 1852
Wm. H Chamberlain 1855
James Craig 1850
John E. Cary 1849
William Cullinan 1852
O. P. Calloway 1850
Jos. M. Cavis 1856
R. A. Cunningham 1856
F.E. Chapin 1857
D. Cornel 1854
Wm. G. Dinsmore 1855
W. E. Dodge 1855
W. E. Dargie 1859
Wm. A. . Davies 1852
John Duffy 1850
John D. Bracy 1853
John B. Douglass 1853
Thomas Donnels 1850
James A. Dyer 1854
M. Dyer 1851
John Dunn 1854
M. Drascovich 1855
Peter Dean 1849
Chas. F. Dodge 1849
William Dunphy 1849
T. G. Detlow 1855
Geo. W. Dent 1852
W. A. Duchow 1854
J. G. Divoll 1862
Mrs. C. W. Drury 1856
T. L. Darling 1852
C. L. Ellis 1856
G. S. Evans 1849
T. J. Evans 1860
Chas. H. Eaton 1853
Robert Ferral 1854
Willard T. Fletcher 1853
William W. Fitzgerald 1852
John M.Faughnan 1849
John Ferral, Jr. 1854
John Ferral, Sr. 1854
Jas. A. Fuller 1850
O. P. Fitzgerald 1854
J. Folansbee 1854
W. P. Gamble -- --
Geo. W. B. Green 1853
W. P. Gibbons 1856
Wm. F. Goldsmith 1851
Wm. B. Goodwin 1853
Geo. Gros 1856
Robt. E. Gardner 1849
Walter Gallagher 1858
D. V. Gelcich 1854
M. G. Gillet 1857
Edwin Grady 1855
John H. Grady 1855
Charles E. Hunt 1862
George A. Hildreth 1850
Conrad Hildebrand 1852
John R. Hicks 1851
James L. Homer 1849
Allen Heald 1851
H. S. Hildreth 1851
George Hanna 1855
Frank O. Hancock 1860
John K. Hunter 1853
William F. Hassell 1849
John Van Harlingen 1849
J. H. Hurd 1855
Thomas C. Hogan 1852
D. W. Houlton 1851
Robert How 1853
Charles E. Hatch 1851
George Hager 1849
Henry Harter 1851
W. N. Harris 1850
J. M. Haskell 1856
George H. H. Haskell 1856
Francis C. Haskell 1857
Andrew J. Hatch 1852
P. J. Ipsen 1852
E. G. Jones 1856
E. O. Judd 1851
Antone Johanismann 1858
Sewell A. Knapp 1854
Lewis Koster 1849
Thomas Kent 1850
Charles H. Klein -- --
John T. Kelley 1858
H. H. Knight 1852
John E. Klein 1855
Herbert O. Lang 1880
Joel Libby 1851
A. B. Lawson 1855
Frederick Lux 1846
Thomas B. Lucas 1856
Morris Louisson 1854
Louis Levy -- --
Herman R. Lenz 1852
E. G. Lyons 1852
Peter Lesher 1854
W. H. Love 1852
John E. Magary 1850
C. B. McDonald 1855
Thomas J. Mattison -- --
C. E. McCusker 1856
W. P. Morehouse 1852
Mrs Margaret Mehen 1850
C. L. R. Malt -- --
C. L. Metzger 1855
George II Morton 1852
A. D. Miesegaer 1853
L. P. McCarty 1861
E. W. Marsten 1852
M. T. McPherson -- --
H. G. Mason 1849
George W. McPherson -- --
Daniel Mullen 1858
E. W. Nottage 1849
Leonard W Noyes 1852
Benjamin C Northrap 1851
Charles B. Northrap 1854
N. M. Orr 1856
A. W. Prevost 1850
Henry Palmer 1849
Abner Pitts 1849
Robert C. Patton 1852
J. Henry Peters 1851
M. W. Parsons 1852
Ed. Parsons 1856
L. Quint 1850
P. B. Quinlan 1857
C. B. Rutherford 1852
C. H. Randall 1851
H. M. Rosekrans 1852
V. R. Raymond 1849
Elizabeth Raymond 1854
W. H. Rulofson 1850
Isaac Ripperdan 1851
Frank A. Rutherford 1854
J. C. Rouse 1853
George Reed 1851
Mrs. M. E. Riordan 1850
George Roddan 1852
John A. Roy 1854
George H. Rogers 1849
Charles M. Radcliff 1849
R. A. Robinson 1853
J. W. Ricard 1849
A.C. Rulofson 1853
Theodore Reiser 1856
Charles L. Stone 1849
H. S. Stone 1852
W. L. Sears 1861
J. T. Smith 1850
Patrick Smith 1851
Henry Schuler 1859
Abraham Sharp 1855
James B. Stetson 1852
Peter H. Snyder 1849
G. Sutkey -- --
Mrs. N. N Soderer 1858
N. Soderer 1849
J. A. Sampson 1852
W. H. Smith 1849
C. C. P Severance 1852
Charles W Severance 1855
John Sedgwick 1850
George Schirra 1849
P. F. Scott 1854
F. Sellman 1850
Daniel Sewell 1859
Charles Schwilk -- --
Gus Soderer 1859
Lyman C. Tibbits 1850
Albert H. Tobey 1860
Gideon Thompson 1852
Charles D. Turner 1865
Charles B. Turner -- --
James Taylor, Jr. -- --
Joseph J Vasconcellos 1856
G. J. Van Vlack 1869
J.F. Wagner 1850
Stephen Wing 1853
Isabella M. Wing 1856
Charles C. Wheeler 1857
J. J. White 1856
Peter R Woodman 1852
Charles M. Weber 1841
R. K. Weston 1855
T. P. Wales 1853
W. Wyckoff 1852
Charles S. Wright 1852
Allen Wildes -- --
A. C. J. Wilson 1852
T. M. Yancey 1850
“A
History of Tuolumne Co, CA” B.F. Alley, 1882.
Appendix pg. 39-43.
Submitted
by: Nancy Pratt Melton