TRUMBULL COUNTY OHIO - BIO: Bacon, Rev. David (pub. 1925)
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Subj: [OHTRUMBU] Bacon, History of Ohio, 1925, Volume I 
Date: 8/28/2001 11:06:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From:    margstri@bmi.net (Margaret Strickland)
To:    OHTRUMBU-L@rootsweb.com



For Gayle in Cincinnati -

Volume I - page 433 - Rev. David & Delia

Village of Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio, history.

The unincorporated Village of Tallmadge has a rather distinctive history.
The first settlement was made in 1807 by Rev. David Bacon.  He had come with
the idea of establishing a religious colony.  No immigrants were to be
received into the township, which bore the same name as the village, who
were not members of the Congregational or Presbyterian Church.  Two dollars
for each 100 acres of land was to be paid annually for the support of the
Gospel.  For a time the settlement was fairly prosperous, and Bacon had
hopes of establishing here a Puritan New England community.  In this he
failed.  The independent spirit of the western pioneer did not readily
adjust itself to the restraints and limitation swhich Bacon wished to
impose.  While here, a daughter was born to Rev. Bacon and his wife, who was
destined to add to the fame of her father and her native village.  Her name
was Delia Bacon, and she is credited with having been the first person to
seriously question the authorship of the plays of Shakespeare, and to
inaugurate the famous Bacon-Shakespeare controversy.


Margaret Strickland
Walla Walla, WA

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