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holder of Democratic principles, but has
rarely consented to become a candidate
for office. For many years he served as
justice of the peace.
Mr. Atkins married, in Minneapolis,
October 9, 1872, Mary M. House, who
was born August 18, 1852, in Manchester,
New Hampshire, daughter of Josiah and
Hannah House. She was a capable and
faithful helpmeet, a loving companion,
whose loss by death, February 14, 1883,
was a heavy blow to her husband and
children. Of the latter, only one, a daugh-
ter, Grace M., now survives. The eldest,
George R., born January 31, 1874, died
December 20, 1920, at Vero, Florida.
Albert, born December 2, 1878, died Jan-
uary 8, 1883. Richard H., born June 13,
1882, resided at home and died May 23,
1909.
BACON, Louis Paddock,
Merchant, Plnmbiug and Steam Fitting.
A worthy and respected member of
the ancient family which participated in
the first settlement of Middletown, Mr.
Bacon is identified with an important
industry of the city. Nathaniel Bacon
came from England and was among the
settlers of Middletown. His son, Nathan-
iel, was an extensive land owner in the
town, and died in 1759. He married Hannah
Wetmore and their second son, Benjamin
Bacon, was born November 28,
1708, lived in Middletown and married
Rhoda Miller. Their second son, Phineas
Bacon, born October 19, 1744, was a tan-
ner, innkeeper and farmer, and died, in
1716. He married, December 25, 1766,
his cousin, Sarah Atkins, born December
27, 1745, daughter of Thomas and
Martha (Miller) Atkins. Benjamin Bacon,
eldest child of Phineas and Sarah, born
November 17, 1767, died in 1840. He
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married December 22, 1788, Abiah Corn-
wall, who was born February 18, 1763, in
Middletown, seventh daughter of Lieu-
tenant Nathaniel and Mary (Cornwall)
Cornwall, of Westfield. Benjamin Bacon,
eldest child of Benjamin and Abiah
(Cornwall) Bacon, born October 2, 1789,
lived with his grandfather, Phineas Bacon,
until the death of the latter. The management
of the paternal homestead came
into his hands. He died December 20,
1881, in his ninety-third year, in posses-
sion of all his faculties. He married
Lavinia Wilcox, born January 31, 1797,
third daughter of Joseph and Miriam (Ba-
con) Wilcox. Mr. Bacon bears in his
veins the blood of many Middletown
pioneers.
Phineas Bacon, third son of Benjamin
and Abiah (Cornwall) Bacon, was born
November 4, 1795, in the Westfield sec-
tion of Middletown, was a farmer in early
life and later, operated a grist mill on
West River, within the limits of the present
city of Middletown, at the power now
occupied by the I. E. Palmer hammock
factory. He died October 29, 1882, in
Newfield. He was a very active man, a
member of the North Church, and a Republican
from the organization of the
party. He married, June 9, 1823, Sarah
Paddock, born February 18, 1800, bap-
tized at the North Church, October 12,
1883, "two or three years old." She was
a daughter of Seth and Lucinda (Kenyon)
Paddock of Middletown, descended
from Robert Paddock, who was in Plym-
outh, Massachusetts, as early as 1643,
probably earlier, and died July 25, 1650.
His second son, Zachariah Paddock, born
March 20, 1636, lived in that part of Barn-
stable now Yarmouth, Massachusetts,
where he died May i, 1727, in his eighty-
eighth year. He married Deborah Sears,
dauarhter of Richard Sears, who had a