Albert Bacon, 86, passed away Monday night, December 9, 1963, at a Fresno hospital. Mr. Bacon first came to Fresno in June of 1894 from Kansas. For a short time he drove teams hauling lumber for the Shaver and Bancroft Mills before going into the blacksmith business. He was a partner in a smithy on Fresno Street across from the old Barton Opera House, now the Sequoia Theater.
Mr. Bacon married the former Nellie Allison on March 14, 1900, and the couple moved to the Fall River Mills in Shasta County, where he raised cattle and horses for five years. He then set up another blacksmith's shop in Santa Rosa until 1913 when he went into the dairy business in Modesto. In 1916 the Bacons returned to Fresno.
Until 1922 he was in the real estate business. He then joined the Fresno County sheriff's office as a deputy in the criminal department. One of his duties was enforcing prohibition and in a 1954 interview, he recalled a raid on Peach Avenue: "When I went inside," Bacon said, "a bunch of prominent people were in the crowd. They kept their bottles on the floor and sat there like they expected me to let them go. But I had a job to do so I arrested 40 persons. Prohibition officers were certainly unpopular."
In 1931 Mr. Bacon was appointed county highway patrol officer by the board of supervisors. He served in that post until 1940 when he went back into the real estate business. In 1938 he was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff, running against former Sheriff George Overholt. Mr. Bacon was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge for 65 years and the Masonic Lodge for 44 years. He made his home at 1744 East Princeton Avenue in Fresno.
Besides his widow, Nellie, he was survived by three sons, Oscar Odell Bacon of Fresno, Albert Virgil Bacon Jr. of Long Beach and James Elmore Bacon of Soulsbyville in Tuolumne County; a daughter, Mrs. Alberta Vivian Thomas, of Fresno; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Edmiston, of Fresno; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the Lisle Calaveras Funeral Home. Burial followed at Belmont Memorial Park in Fresno.
Mr. Bacon married the former Nellie Allison on March 14, 1900, and the couple moved to the Fall River Mills in Shasta County, where he raised cattle and horses for five years. He then set up another blacksmith's shop in Santa Rosa until 1913 when he went into the dairy business in Modesto. In 1916 the Bacons returned to Fresno.
Until 1922 he was in the real estate business. He then joined the Fresno County sheriff's office as a deputy in the criminal department. One of his duties was enforcing prohibition and in a 1954 interview, he recalled a raid on Peach Avenue: "When I went inside," Bacon said, "a bunch of prominent people were in the crowd. They kept their bottles on the floor and sat there like they expected me to let them go. But I had a job to do so I arrested 40 persons. Prohibition officers were certainly unpopular."
In 1931 Mr. Bacon was appointed county highway patrol officer by the board of supervisors. He served in that post until 1940 when he went back into the real estate business. In 1938 he was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff, running against former Sheriff George Overholt. Mr. Bacon was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge for 65 years and the Masonic Lodge for 44 years. He made his home at 1744 East Princeton Avenue in Fresno.
Besides his widow, Nellie, he was survived by three sons, Oscar Odell Bacon of Fresno, Albert Virgil Bacon Jr. of Long Beach and James Elmore Bacon of Soulsbyville in Tuolumne County; a daughter, Mrs. Alberta Vivian Thomas, of Fresno; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Edmiston, of Fresno; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the Lisle Calaveras Funeral Home. Burial followed at Belmont Memorial Park in Fresno.
Albert Bacon, 86, passed away Monday night, December 9, 1963, at a Fresno hospital. Mr. Bacon first came to Fresno in June of 1894 from Kansas. For a short time he drove teams hauling lumber for the Shaver and Bancroft Mills before going into the blacksmith business. He was a partner in a smithy on Fresno Street across from the old Barton Opera House, now the Sequoia Theater.
Mr. Bacon married the former Nellie Allison on March 14, 1900, and the couple moved to the Fall River Mills in Shasta County, where he raised cattle and horses for five years. He then set up another blacksmith's shop in Santa Rosa until 1913 when he went into the dairy business in Modesto. In 1916 the Bacons returned to Fresno.
Until 1922 he was in the real estate business. He then joined the Fresno County sheriff's office as a deputy in the criminal department. One of his duties was enforcing prohibition and in a 1954 interview, he recalled a raid on Peach Avenue: "When I went inside," Bacon said, "a bunch of prominent people were in the crowd. They kept their bottles on the floor and sat there like they expected me to let them go. But I had a job to do so I arrested 40 persons. Prohibition officers were certainly unpopular."
In 1931 Mr. Bacon was appointed county highway patrol officer by the board of supervisors. He served in that post until 1940 when he went back into the real estate business. In 1938 he was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff, running against former Sheriff George Overholt. Mr. Bacon was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge for 65 years and the Masonic Lodge for 44 years. He made his home at 1744 East Princeton Avenue in Fresno.
Besides his widow, Nellie, he was survived by three sons, Oscar Odell Bacon of Fresno, Albert Virgil Bacon Jr. of Long Beach and James Elmore Bacon of Soulsbyville in Tuolumne County; a daughter, Mrs. Alberta Vivian Thomas, of Fresno; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Edmiston, of Fresno; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the Lisle Calaveras Funeral Home. Burial followed at Belmont Memorial Park in Fresno.
Mr. Bacon married the former Nellie Allison on March 14, 1900, and the couple moved to the Fall River Mills in Shasta County, where he raised cattle and horses for five years. He then set up another blacksmith's shop in Santa Rosa until 1913 when he went into the dairy business in Modesto. In 1916 the Bacons returned to Fresno.
Until 1922 he was in the real estate business. He then joined the Fresno County sheriff's office as a deputy in the criminal department. One of his duties was enforcing prohibition and in a 1954 interview, he recalled a raid on Peach Avenue: "When I went inside," Bacon said, "a bunch of prominent people were in the crowd. They kept their bottles on the floor and sat there like they expected me to let them go. But I had a job to do so I arrested 40 persons. Prohibition officers were certainly unpopular."
In 1931 Mr. Bacon was appointed county highway patrol officer by the board of supervisors. He served in that post until 1940 when he went back into the real estate business. In 1938 he was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff, running against former Sheriff George Overholt. Mr. Bacon was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge for 65 years and the Masonic Lodge for 44 years. He made his home at 1744 East Princeton Avenue in Fresno.
Besides his widow, Nellie, he was survived by three sons, Oscar Odell Bacon of Fresno, Albert Virgil Bacon Jr. of Long Beach and James Elmore Bacon of Soulsbyville in Tuolumne County; a daughter, Mrs. Alberta Vivian Thomas, of Fresno; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Edmiston, of Fresno; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the Lisle Calaveras Funeral Home. Burial followed at Belmont Memorial Park in Fresno.
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