Obituary from the "The Hartford Courant," Hartford, Connecticut, July 12, 1937:
C. R. Bacon, River Boat Captain, Dies
Commanded Steamer 'Hartford' 26 Years Until Discontinuance of Line in 1931
Middletown, July 11. ---(Special.)---Captain Charles R. Bacon, 65, of 73 Lawn Avenue, Middletown, for 47 years a sailor and captain of the steamer 'Hartford' on the Connecticut River for 26 years until discontinuance of the line in November, 1931, died Sunday afternoon at Middlesex Hospital. He had been in poor health for two years and was taken to the hospital a week and a half ago.
Captain Bacon's father and grandfather were both sea captains and at the age of 13 he began his life as a sailor aboard a schooner commanded by his father, which carried brownstone from the Portland quarries to New York and Philadelphia. Mr. Bacon took a great interest in the construction of the new Middletown-Portland highway bridge, members of his family said Sunday, because he brought the first piles for the present bridge up the river.
Entering the employ of the Hartford and New York Transportation Company, later the New England Steamship Company, in 1801 [sic], Captain Bacon started at the bottom. He worked as a deckhand on the tug, 'M. R. Brazos,' and later on the tugs 'Luther C. Ward,' 'Admiral Farragut' and 'Mabel.' For a short time he was substitute captain on two passenger boats and in 1905 was promote to captain on the steamer 'Hartford.'
On his last trip down the river Captain Bacon was accompanied by a group of friends and relatives including his wife, Mrs. Luella H. Bacon, and one of his daughters, Mrs. Ellsworth F. Page of Middletown. Since retirement Captain Bacon has spent his time around home where he had a small garden.
Besides his wife and Mrs. Page he leaves two other daughters, Miss Luella Bacon of Hartford and Mrs. Charles A. Wilson of Jackson Heights, N. Y.; three brothers, Walter W. and Norman T. Bacon of New Haven, and Radcliffe Bacon of Jackson Heights, N. Y., and two sisters, Mrs. Theodore Eastwood of Middletown and Mrs. Edgar T. Belden of Scotis, N. Y. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
From Connecticut History On-line:
The screw steamer Hartford was built in Baltimore, 1899. She was one of several fleets of vessels owned by subsidiary companies of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad that coordinated rail-steamboat travel connecting New York and New England cities. Hartford ran between New York City and Hartford until 1931. She was scrapped in 1938. Published by Morris Berman, New Haven, CT.
C. R. Bacon, River Boat Captain, Dies
Commanded Steamer 'Hartford' 26 Years Until Discontinuance of Line in 1931
Middletown, July 11. ---(Special.)---Captain Charles R. Bacon, 65, of 73 Lawn Avenue, Middletown, for 47 years a sailor and captain of the steamer 'Hartford' on the Connecticut River for 26 years until discontinuance of the line in November, 1931, died Sunday afternoon at Middlesex Hospital. He had been in poor health for two years and was taken to the hospital a week and a half ago.
Captain Bacon's father and grandfather were both sea captains and at the age of 13 he began his life as a sailor aboard a schooner commanded by his father, which carried brownstone from the Portland quarries to New York and Philadelphia. Mr. Bacon took a great interest in the construction of the new Middletown-Portland highway bridge, members of his family said Sunday, because he brought the first piles for the present bridge up the river.
Entering the employ of the Hartford and New York Transportation Company, later the New England Steamship Company, in 1801 [sic], Captain Bacon started at the bottom. He worked as a deckhand on the tug, 'M. R. Brazos,' and later on the tugs 'Luther C. Ward,' 'Admiral Farragut' and 'Mabel.' For a short time he was substitute captain on two passenger boats and in 1905 was promote to captain on the steamer 'Hartford.'
On his last trip down the river Captain Bacon was accompanied by a group of friends and relatives including his wife, Mrs. Luella H. Bacon, and one of his daughters, Mrs. Ellsworth F. Page of Middletown. Since retirement Captain Bacon has spent his time around home where he had a small garden.
Besides his wife and Mrs. Page he leaves two other daughters, Miss Luella Bacon of Hartford and Mrs. Charles A. Wilson of Jackson Heights, N. Y.; three brothers, Walter W. and Norman T. Bacon of New Haven, and Radcliffe Bacon of Jackson Heights, N. Y., and two sisters, Mrs. Theodore Eastwood of Middletown and Mrs. Edgar T. Belden of Scotis, N. Y. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
From Connecticut History On-line:
The screw steamer Hartford was built in Baltimore, 1899. She was one of several fleets of vessels owned by subsidiary companies of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad that coordinated rail-steamboat travel connecting New York and New England cities. Hartford ran between New York City and Hartford until 1931. She was scrapped in 1938. Published by Morris Berman, New Haven, CT.
Obituary from the "The Hartford Courant," Hartford, Connecticut, July 12, 1937:
C. R. Bacon, River Boat Captain, Dies
Commanded Steamer 'Hartford' 26 Years Until Discontinuance of Line in 1931
Middletown, July 11. ---(Special.)---Captain Charles R. Bacon, 65, of 73 Lawn Avenue, Middletown, for 47 years a sailor and captain of the steamer 'Hartford' on the Connecticut River for 26 years until discontinuance of the line in November, 1931, died Sunday afternoon at Middlesex Hospital. He had been in poor health for two years and was taken to the hospital a week and a half ago.
Captain Bacon's father and grandfather were both sea captains and at the age of 13 he began his life as a sailor aboard a schooner commanded by his father, which carried brownstone from the Portland quarries to New York and Philadelphia. Mr. Bacon took a great interest in the construction of the new Middletown-Portland highway bridge, members of his family said Sunday, because he brought the first piles for the present bridge up the river.
Entering the employ of the Hartford and New York Transportation Company, later the New England Steamship Company, in 1801 [sic], Captain Bacon started at the bottom. He worked as a deckhand on the tug, 'M. R. Brazos,' and later on the tugs 'Luther C. Ward,' 'Admiral Farragut' and 'Mabel.' For a short time he was substitute captain on two passenger boats and in 1905 was promote to captain on the steamer 'Hartford.'
On his last trip down the river Captain Bacon was accompanied by a group of friends and relatives including his wife, Mrs. Luella H. Bacon, and one of his daughters, Mrs. Ellsworth F. Page of Middletown. Since retirement Captain Bacon has spent his time around home where he had a small garden.
Besides his wife and Mrs. Page he leaves two other daughters, Miss Luella Bacon of Hartford and Mrs. Charles A. Wilson of Jackson Heights, N. Y.; three brothers, Walter W. and Norman T. Bacon of New Haven, and Radcliffe Bacon of Jackson Heights, N. Y., and two sisters, Mrs. Theodore Eastwood of Middletown and Mrs. Edgar T. Belden of Scotis, N. Y. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
From Connecticut History On-line:
The screw steamer Hartford was built in Baltimore, 1899. She was one of several fleets of vessels owned by subsidiary companies of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad that coordinated rail-steamboat travel connecting New York and New England cities. Hartford ran between New York City and Hartford until 1931. She was scrapped in 1938. Published by Morris Berman, New Haven, CT.
C. R. Bacon, River Boat Captain, Dies
Commanded Steamer 'Hartford' 26 Years Until Discontinuance of Line in 1931
Middletown, July 11. ---(Special.)---Captain Charles R. Bacon, 65, of 73 Lawn Avenue, Middletown, for 47 years a sailor and captain of the steamer 'Hartford' on the Connecticut River for 26 years until discontinuance of the line in November, 1931, died Sunday afternoon at Middlesex Hospital. He had been in poor health for two years and was taken to the hospital a week and a half ago.
Captain Bacon's father and grandfather were both sea captains and at the age of 13 he began his life as a sailor aboard a schooner commanded by his father, which carried brownstone from the Portland quarries to New York and Philadelphia. Mr. Bacon took a great interest in the construction of the new Middletown-Portland highway bridge, members of his family said Sunday, because he brought the first piles for the present bridge up the river.
Entering the employ of the Hartford and New York Transportation Company, later the New England Steamship Company, in 1801 [sic], Captain Bacon started at the bottom. He worked as a deckhand on the tug, 'M. R. Brazos,' and later on the tugs 'Luther C. Ward,' 'Admiral Farragut' and 'Mabel.' For a short time he was substitute captain on two passenger boats and in 1905 was promote to captain on the steamer 'Hartford.'
On his last trip down the river Captain Bacon was accompanied by a group of friends and relatives including his wife, Mrs. Luella H. Bacon, and one of his daughters, Mrs. Ellsworth F. Page of Middletown. Since retirement Captain Bacon has spent his time around home where he had a small garden.
Besides his wife and Mrs. Page he leaves two other daughters, Miss Luella Bacon of Hartford and Mrs. Charles A. Wilson of Jackson Heights, N. Y.; three brothers, Walter W. and Norman T. Bacon of New Haven, and Radcliffe Bacon of Jackson Heights, N. Y., and two sisters, Mrs. Theodore Eastwood of Middletown and Mrs. Edgar T. Belden of Scotis, N. Y. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
From Connecticut History On-line:
The screw steamer Hartford was built in Baltimore, 1899. She was one of several fleets of vessels owned by subsidiary companies of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad that coordinated rail-steamboat travel connecting New York and New England cities. Hartford ran between New York City and Hartford until 1931. She was scrapped in 1938. Published by Morris Berman, New Haven, CT.
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CAPT. CHARLES R. BACON
1871 - 1937
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1905 - 1931
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