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DR. THOMAS L. BACON was born January 19, 1832, in Halifax County, Va.; he is the eldest child of Charles A. and Susan (Rowlette) Bacon; the former was born February 15, 1807, in Charlotte County, Va., now a resident of Roaring Springs; the latter was born in Halifax County, Va.; she died in 1841. In 1832 the parents removed to Montgomery County, Tenn., remained there one year, then came to Christian County, where they remained till 1846; they then removed to Trigg County where his father now resides. At about the age of twenty-two he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. John C. Metcalf, of Christian County, and later attended the medical department of the Louisville University; there he graduated in 1855; he then commenced the practice of medicine in North Christian; remained there but a short time, and removed to Princeton, where he practiced about one year. In the fall of 1856 he removed to Henderson County; there practiced his profession till 1860; he then went to Philadelphia and received a course of lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in March, 1861; he then returned to Roaring Springs; there continued in the practice of his profession till 1874, when he removed to Cadiz, where he has since resided. Dr. Bacon was married in 1857 to Miss Martha E. Bacon, who was born in Muhlenburg County, Va.; she died in January, 1860, aged thirty; his second marriage was November 1, 1865, to Miss Elizabeth E. Edwards; she was born in Christian County. This union has been blessed with five children, two of whom are now living—one son and one daughter.