Talk:Edgar Bacon (disambiguation)

Edgar Mayhew Bacon
Text of his Marquis Who's Who entry, from https://archive.org/stream/whoswhoinamerica02marq/whoswhoinamerica02marq_djvu.txt:

BACON, Edgar  Mayhew,  author;  b.  June 5, 1855,  Nassau,  New  Providence,  Bahamas, where his  father,  John  R.  B.,  was  then  U. S.  consul;  ed. private schools,  Tarrytown, N. Y. ;  worked  in  bookstore,  Albany,  N. Y. ;  later  adopted  art  as  a  profession ;  later, editorial writer  on  New  York  weeklies. Re- visited West Indies  in  1888-9,  and  again  in 1890  to  study  conditions  of  life  there. Has contributed stories,  sketches,  poems,  etc., to various  mags.,  etc.  Author:  The  New Jamaica; The  Pocket  Piece  (collection  of short  stories) ;  Chronicles  of  Tarrytown and Sleepy  Hollow;  etc.  Address:  Tarry- town-on-Hudson, N.  Y.  Pam  D  09:01, 6 February 2024 (UTC)