Caroline S. (Lord) Bacon
August 25, 1815-Sept. 4, 1887
Niles Republican, Thursday, September 8, 1887, page 5, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Judge Bacon
Caroline S. Lord, relict of the late Judge Nathaniel Bacon, died at one o'clock Sunday afternoon, September 4th, 1887, after an illness of about two months.
She was the daughter of John P. Lord, a merchant of Portsmouth, N.H., where she was born, August 25, 1815. Her mother was Sophia Ladd. Caroline was the oldest daughter of eight children and the death of her brother left the girl of fifteen to be nurse and protector of the younger children.
She came to Niles in 1844, her brother Rev. Charles E. Lord, then being pastor of the Presbyterian Church, and on Jan. 1, 1845, she was married to Nathaniel Bacon. The marriage was at the house of Bacon Wheeler, who at that time occupied the Major Graves house, and was perhaps the leading merchant here. She resided on her husband's farm, two miles east of Niles, continuously until 1874, when she removed to town. Of her six children three only survive, Frederick H. of St. Louis, Nathaniel, who lives in Niles, and Mrs. Emily Hoppin, of California. Mrs. Bacon was of refined and cultivated nature. She had read extensively and . . . [illegible] . .but her distinguishing characteristics were her charitable deeds and her lofty Christian faith which approached the sublime. She acted from principle and her life was an unblemished record of kindly acts and consistent growth in spirituality. In all church works she did her part, though lately her health prevented her bodily presence at meetings and church gatherings. She had a profound knowledge of the Bible. She was sympathetic and was always the adviser and friend of those who were in trouble. She was reticent in regard to these matters, and none but those who lived under the same roof ever knew how many burdened and distressed people came to her with their perplexities.
Self-denial, love and faith were exemplified in her life of pure and unselfish doing, and her death removes one whose place must remain vacant for a long time.
Her last illness was borne with fortitude and patience and she often said that she was conscious of no other feelings at the near approach of death than those she had always experienced. Her end was peaceful, and shortly after death a sweet smile and expression of peace came upon her face.
Niles Democrat, Saturday, September 10, 1887, page 5, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Caroline Lord, relict of the late Judge Nathaniel Bacon, died at her residence in this city Sunday afternoon at one o'clock, after a painful and lingering illness of an aneurism. She was born at Biddeford, Maine, August 25, 1815. Her mother died when she was but fifteen years of age, and the care of the younger members of the family devolved upon her until the second marriage of her father, after which time she taught until her removal to the west. She came to Niles with her brother, Rev. Charles Lord, who was in charge of the Presbyterian church here in 1844. January first 1845 she was married to the late Judge Bacon, then a practicing attorney in this city. She was the mother of six children, three of whom Frederick H. Bacon, of St. Louis, Mo., Nathaniel Bacon, of this city, and Mrs. Charles R. Hoppin, of Yolo, Cal., survive and were with her at the time of her death. She was a lady of fine education and of refined mind--devoted to her family and her church. She led one of those singularly pure and exemplary lives which give so much of comfort to all of those around and furnish to survivors and loved ones the sublime satisfaction and remembrance of a life well spent.