ROBERT BACON

Bacon, Robert (1860-1919) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 5, 1860. U.S. Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. Presbyterian. Died in New York City, N.Y., May 29, 1919.
Son of William B. Bacon and Emily C. (Low) Bacon
Married, October 10, 1883, to Martha Waldron Cowdin b. abt 1864 New York
Children:
Robert Low Bacon b. July 23, 1884 Massachusetts
Gasper G Bacon b. abt 1886 Massachusetts
Elliot C Bacon b. abt 1889 Massachusetts
Martha Beatrix Bacon b. abt 1891 Massachusetts

Sources:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
U.S. Federal Census
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell