Update June 23 wit Deborah Firestone Himes - believe this person is Joseph C Bacon who died 1882 per headstone application. Information changed on this date.

Note bronze star marker does cite J c Bacon

Family is in Medina Ohio Mr. Witt bought his burial plot. I could find no marriage and no reason why he ended up in columbiana.

Will continue to locate him and connect with family.

Listed 1880 census in Medina Ohio living alone - a boarder in boarding house

View 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph C. Bacon
Age: 36
Birth Date: Abt 1844
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Medina, Medina, Ohio, USA
Dwelling Number: 201
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph C. Bacon 36

Joseph Bacon (5310999)

Suggested edit: Debbie, Cemetery Inscriptions, book 1 lists him as JC Bacon, same as on the GAR metal marker. page 1 Old Section 1 Row 1. Book 24 lists him as J C Bacon page 2371. We are in the process of applying for new markers thru the VA and are submitting the page from Book 1 as well as FAG. It would help to have the information identical. thank you, Debbie
Contributor: Deborah Himes (48275635) • [email protected]

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U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
about Joseph Bacon
Name: Joseph Bacon
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Ohio
Regiment Name: 8 Ohio Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 8th Regiment, Ohio Infantry
Company: K
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Sergeant
Rank Out Expanded: Sergeant
Film Number: M552 roll 4

Source Information:

National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online , acquired 2007.

From D Felger 4/2/2014:
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Name: Joseph Bacon
Age at enlistment: 21
Enlistment Date: 5 Jun 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Ohio
Was Wounded?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company K, Ohio 8th Infantry Regiment on 05 Jun 1861.Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant.Promoted to Full Sergeant on 17 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 13 Jul 1864.
Birth Date: abt 1840
Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of OhioNational Archives: Index to Federal Pension Records

Researched by Deborah Himes of Historical Society
WC Beck’s Civil War pension papers lists his wife the widow Amira and minor child Lucinda Jenkins in New York. I find probate records where WC dies and then I’ll mirror back dies and the guardianship of the minor child Lucinda c beck of 1870 for the child was born in 1866 August