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Peter C. Bacon
Peter Child Bacon (November 11, 1804 – February 7, 1886) was an attorney who served as the third Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Peter Child Bacon | |
|---|---|
| 3rd Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| In office April 1, 1849[1] – April 7, 1851[1] | |
| Preceded by | Henry Chapin |
| Succeeded by | John S.C. Knowlton |
| Majority | 668[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 11, 1804[1] Dudley, Massachusetts[1] |
| Died | February 7, 1886 (aged 81)[1] |
| Political party | Free Soil[1] |
| Alma mater | Brown University; class of 1827[1] |
| Profession | Attorney[1] |
Biography edit
Bacon was born on November 11, 1804. He graduated from Brown University in 1827.[1][2] Bacon studied law at the New Haven Law School, and with the law firm of Davis & Allen of Worcester.[2]
In 1839, Bacon was admitted the bar at Worcester, County.[2] He practiced law for two years in Dudley, Massachusetts and twelve years in Oxford, Massachusetts after which he moved to Worcester.[2]
He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1860.[3]
Notes edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight: Fifty Years A City : A Graphic Representation of Its Institutions, Industries, and Leaders, Worcester, Massachusetts: F.S. Blanchard and Company, p. 23
- ^ a b c d Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Two Volumes, Vol. II, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 355
- ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory