Nathaniel Hunter Bacon was born October 24, 1880,
Lexington, Georgia, the son of Lewis Howard Bacon
and Annie Mae Hunter, grandson of Nathan Hunter and
Sarah Richter. Joel John Bacon and Emily Susan
Howard; great grandson of Nathan Hunter and Annie H.
Smith. He traces his Revolutionary ancestry to Lewis
DuPre who served his country as Captain during the
War and as a member of the Provincial Congress. He
was raised to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel during
the War.

Although not a native of Wilkinson County yet Mr.
Bacon has adapted this as his home and is recognized
as one of its leading and public spirited citizens.
He is Mayor of Irwinton; a member of the Masonic
Lodge; is now serving as a member of the Trustees of
the Wilkinson County High School and is a consistent
Democrat.

Mr. Bacon served as Bank Auditor before coming to
Irwinton in 1919, when he resigned his position to
become

cashier of the Irwinton Bank, which position he has
filled ever since. His business-like methods of
operating the bank has won for him the approbation
of its officials.

In addition to his duties as banker, Mr. Bacon
operates very successfully his model farm, growing
on it the finest varieties of fruits, vegetables,
and other food products. Besides his fine milch
cows, Mr. Bacon is a breeder of pure-bred Poland-
China hogs for which he finds a ready market.

He was married February 3, 1916 to Elizabeth Brett
Camp, the daughter of Dr. B.F. Camp (1852-1928) and
Annie Slade Brett Camp grand-daughter of George and
Sallie (Cutchins) Camp and of George Augustus Brett
and Mary (Slade) Brett; great-grand-daughter of
William and Penelope Slade; great-great-great grand-
daughter of William and Anne (Gainor) Slade. Mrs.
Bacon is justly proud of her Virginia and North
Carolina lineage tracing her ancestry also to
Colonel Benjamin Blount who served as Colonel during
the Revolutionary War and whose line goes back to
the Danes who came to England in the seventh
century. She is a member of the John Ball Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution, and is now
serving as Vice-Regent of the Chapter. She is a
degree graduate of Hollins College, Virginia, and is
serving as one of the teachers in the Wilkinson
County High School. She is active in the work of the
Baptist Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Bacon have six children; Nathaniel
Hunter, Jr., Franklin Camp, John Brett, Paul Howard,
Anne Elizabeth, and Catherine Virginia.