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Edward Bacon was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.<ref>{{cite book|title=Railway Age Gazette|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=j39NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1110|year=1915|publisher=Railway Age Gazette, Incorporated|page=1110}}</ref> In 1869 he was admitted to the Bar in Buffalo, New York. <ref name="LeonardMarquis1907">{{cite book|author1=John William Leonard|author2=Albert Nelson Marquis|title=Who's who in America|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1-UUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65|year=1907|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|page=65}}</ref> Bacon lived and worked in Buffalo for a time, where he "achieved success as a lawyer."<ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/02/02/108221572.html?pageNumber=2 <i>New York Times</i> February 2, 1896]</ref> In around 1881 he moved to New York City and became Vice-President of the Cincinnati, Washington, & Baltimore Railroad.<ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/02/02/108221572.html?pageNumber=2 <i>New York Times</i> February 2, 1896]</ref><ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/12/03/106733508.html?pageNumber=11 <i>New York Times</i> December 3, 1915]</ref> From 1890 to 1902 he was the President of the Cincinnati, Washington, and Baltimore Railroad, which was later called the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad|Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad]]. In fact, "it was through his efforts that the Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore branch of the road was built,” according to Bacon's <i>New York Times</i> obituary. <ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/12/03/106733508.html?pageNumber=11 <i>New York Times</i> December 3, 1915]</ref> In 1896 he was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]].
Edward Bacon was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.<ref>{{cite book|title=Railway Age Gazette|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=j39NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1110|year=1915|publisher=Railway Age Gazette, Incorporated|page=1110}}</ref> In 1869 he was admitted to the Bar in Buffalo, New York. <ref name="LeonardMarquis1907">{{cite book|author1=John William Leonard|author2=Albert Nelson Marquis|title=Who's who in America|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1-UUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65|year=1907|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|page=65}}</ref> Bacon lived and worked in Buffalo for a time, where he "achieved success as a lawyer."<ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/02/02/108221572.html?pageNumber=2 <i>New York Times</i> February 2, 1896]</ref> In around 1881 he moved to New York City and became Vice-President of the Cincinnati, Washington, & Baltimore Railroad.<ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/02/02/108221572.html?pageNumber=2 <i>New York Times</i> February 2, 1896]</ref><ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/12/03/106733508.html?pageNumber=11 <i>New York Times</i> December 3, 1915]</ref> From 1890 to 1902 he was the President of the Cincinnati, Washington, and Baltimore Railroad, which was later called the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad|Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad]]. In fact, "it was through his efforts that the Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore branch of the road was built,” according to Bacon's <i>New York Times</i> obituary. <ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/12/03/106733508.html?pageNumber=11 <i>New York Times</i> December 3, 1915]</ref> In 1896 he was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]].


Bacon counseled various railway companies in law matters before and during his posts at Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.<ref>{{cite book|title=Railway Age Gazette|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=j39NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1110|year=1915|publisher=Railway Age Gazette, Incorporated|page=1110}}</ref> In 1881 he joined the firm Field, Dorsheimer, Deyo, and Bacon.<ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/02/02/108221572.html?pageNumber=2 <i>New York Times</i> February 2, 1896]</ref> The companies he counseled include [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] Company, [[Consol Energy |Consolidated Coal Company]], [[West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad Company]], and [[Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad Company]]. <ref name="LeonardMarquis1907">{{cite book|author1=John William Leonard|author2=Albert Nelson Marquis|title=Who's who in America|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1-UUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65|year=1907|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|page=65}}</ref>
Bacon counseled various railway companies in law matters before and during his posts at Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.<ref>{{cite book|title=Railway Age Gazette|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=j39NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1110|year=1915|publisher=Railway Age Gazette, Incorporated|page=1110}}</ref> In 1881 he joined the firm Field, Dorsheimer, Deyo, and Bacon.<ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/02/02/108221572.html?pageNumber=2 <i>New York Times</i> February 2, 1896]</ref> The companies he counseled include [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] Company, [[Consol Energy |Consolidated Coal Company]], [[Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway|West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad Company]], and [[Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway|Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad Company]]. <ref name="LeonardMarquis1907">{{cite book|author1=John William Leonard|author2=Albert Nelson Marquis|title=Who's who in America|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1-UUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65|year=1907|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|page=65}}</ref>


Additional posts include director of the Farmer's Loan and Trust Company, director of the Inter-borough Rapid Transit Company in New York, director of Knickerbocker Apartment Company, and director of the Kansas City Southern Railway.<ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/12/03/106733508.html?pageNumber=11 <i>New York Times</i> December 3, 1915]</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Electric Railway Journal|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kKdMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1016|year=1917|publisher=McGraw Hill Publishing Company|page=1016}}</ref>
Additional posts include director of the Farmer's Loan and Trust Company, director of the Inter-borough Rapid Transit Company in New York, director of Knickerbocker Apartment Company, and director of the Kansas City Southern Railway.<ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/12/03/106733508.html?pageNumber=11 <i>New York Times</i> December 3, 1915]</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Electric Railway Journal|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kKdMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1016|year=1917|publisher=McGraw Hill Publishing Company|page=1016}}</ref>

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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, New York,
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 passed away on December 2, 1915 in Baltimore, Maryland as a result of an appendicitis operation he had a week earlier.[4]

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.[5] He is also reported to have lived in Buffalo for a time.[6] Bacon worked out of an office at 2 Wall Street in New York. [7] He traveled often to Europe, which is where he purchased many of the works that made up his extensive art collection. [8] [9] He was included in the list of notable people arriving from Europe to New York City in the New York Times on October 13, 1895.[10]

Career

Edward Bacon was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.[11] In 1869 he was admitted to the Bar in Buffalo, New York. [12] Bacon lived and worked in Buffalo for a time, where he "achieved success as a lawyer."[13] In around 1881 he moved to New York City and became Vice-President of the Cincinnati, Washington, & Baltimore Railroad.[14][15] From 1890 to 1902 he was the President of the Cincinnati, Washington, and Baltimore Railroad, which was later called the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad. In fact, "it was through his efforts that the Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore branch of the road was built,” according to Bacon's New York Times obituary. [16] In 1896 he was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Bacon counseled various railway companies in law matters before and during his posts at Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.[17] In 1881 he joined the firm Field, Dorsheimer, Deyo, and Bacon.[18] The companies he counseled include Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Consolidated Coal Company, West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, and Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad Company. [12]

Additional posts include director of the Farmer's Loan and Trust Company, director of the Inter-borough Rapid Transit Company in New York, director of Knickerbocker Apartment Company, and director of the Kansas City Southern Railway.[19][20]

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. ^ New York Times December 3, 1915
  6. ^ American Art News December 11, 1915
  7. ^ Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of ... American Publishers' Association. 1914. p. 45.
  8. ^ Memorial Catalog of Paintings by Old and Modern Masters, Collected by Edward R. Bacon, Prepared by James B. Townsend and W. Stanton Howard (New York: The Devinne Press, 1919).
  9. ^ Memorial Catalogue of Chinese Art Objects, Including Porcelains, Potteries, Jades, Bronzes, and Cloisonne enamels, Collected by Edward R. Bacon, Prepared by James B. Townsend and W. Stanton Howard. Introduction by John Getz (New York: The Devinne Press, 1919), xi.
  10. ^ New York Times October 13, 1895.
  11. ^ Railway Age Gazette. Railway Age Gazette, Incorporated. 1915. p. 1110.
  12. ^ a b John William Leonard; Albert Nelson Marquis (1907). Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who. p. 65.
  13. ^ New York Times February 2, 1896
  14. ^ New York Times February 2, 1896
  15. ^ New York Times December 3, 1915
  16. ^ New York Times December 3, 1915
  17. ^ Railway Age Gazette. Railway Age Gazette, Incorporated. 1915. p. 1110.
  18. ^ New York Times February 2, 1896
  19. ^ New York Times December 3, 1915
  20. ^ Electric Railway Journal. McGraw Hill Publishing Company. 1917. p. 1016.
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