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|caption = Zorn's 1897 portrait of Mr. Bacon
|caption = Zorn's 1897 portrait of Mr. Bacon
|image_size = 220px
|image_size = 220px
|birth_date = 1853
|birth_date = 1848
|birth_place = [[New York City]], <br>United States
|birth_place = [[Le Roy]], <br>United States
|death_date = {{death date|1919|04|07}}
|death_date = {{death date|1915|12|02}}
|other_names = E.R. Bacon
|other_names = E.R. Bacon
|occupation = Lawyer, Financier
|occupation = Lawyer, Financier

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Edward R. Bacon
Portrait of Edward Rathbone Bacon by Anders Zorn. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum.
Zorn's 1897 portrait of Mr. Bacon
Born1848
Le Roy,
United States
Died(1915-12-02)December 2, 1915
Other namesE.R. Bacon
Occupation(s)Lawyer, Financier
SpouseNone
ChildrenNone

Edward R. Bacon

Edward Rathbone Bacon was born in Le Roy, New York on November 22, 1848. His father was David Rinaldo Bacon and his mother was Elizabeth Rathbone. He had four siblings, Walter Rathbone, Lathrup Rufus, John Ganson, and Mary Sibley Bacon[1]. Bacon never married or had children. Bacon served as the vice-president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and as the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad. He also worked as a lawyer and financier. [2] [3]

Bacon's main residence was 247 5th Avenue, New York, where he lived with his brother Walter and his sister-in-law Virginia P. Bacon.[4] He had an office at 2 Wall Street. [5] Bacon traveled often to Europe

Career

Art Collection

Club Memberships and Society Presence

Edward R. Bacon, as pictured in the Railway Age Gazette obituary.

Death and Estate

References

  1. ^ Ancestry.com, Bacon-Kemp family tree
  2. ^ Railway Age Gazette. Railway Age Gazette, Incorporated. 1915. p. 1110.
  3. ^ New York Times December 12, 1915
  4. ^ New York Times December 3, 1915
  5. ^ Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of ... American Publishers' Association. 1914. p. 45.