Judge Nathaniel Bacon
July 14, 1802-Sept. 9, 1869
Niles Democrat (Niles, Michigan), Saturday, September 9, 1869, page 3, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Sudden Death—The old inhabitants of Western Michigan and, in fact all classes of our citizens, will be pained to learn of the sudden and unexpected death of Judge Bacon at his residence near this city on Thursday evening. During the day he was downtown, apparently as well as ever, and on Wednesday finished a term of Court at Berrien. At 9 o'clock in the evening he was taken with an apoplectic fit and died shortly before 10. The deceased came to this place from Rochester, N.Y., in 1833, at which time that place was not as large as Niles is to-day. He practiced law some twenty-six years, until he was elected Circuit Judge, which position he had held some ten years, being on his third term. He was in his 67th year, had accumulated quite a property and leaves a large circle of warm friends.