Family rumor:
Wilbert served in the military or at least was suppose to in 1918. He did not want to serve in the military because of WWI. He hid in a church belfry to avoid authorities. There is probably truth to this because Wilbert can be found in the 1910 and 1930's United States censuses but not in the 1920 census. This could imply that he was still afriad to be found by military authorities.
May divorced Franklin and married Wilbert Jackson Frost, Sr.
Thomas LaFitte Bacon was probably named after a New Orleans favorite: Jean Lafitte.
"From the Gulf of Mexico through a vast uncharted maze of waterways to New Orleans, his name was legend even in his day. Entrepreneur and astute diplomat, he took an island-full of bloodied seafarers, rovers and fishermen and turned them into an organization of buccaneers, smugglers and wholesalers. From the ships they plundered off the Caribbean Coast and in the Atlantic he and his "crew of a thousand men" kept a constant cargo of black-marketed and very necessary provisions (including Negro slaves, a very important "commodity" to the early South) moving through the Mississippi Delta to help feed and clothe a part of the nation that the government overlooked. As a result, he won the praise of the local rich and poor alike."
Land Patent issued to Mary F. Bacon on July 3, 1902:
W half of the SW quarter & the S half of the NW quarter of Section 10 in Township 17 N, of Range 2 E, of Louisiana Meridian in Louisiana, containing 159.87 acres.1870 Federal Census for Jackson Parish, Louisiana
Sherman, A. pg 458
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1880 United States Census for 1st Ward, Caddo, Louisiana, Family History Library Film 1254449, NA Film Number T9-0449, Page Number 178D
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Wm. BROWN Self M Male W 46 TX Farmer --- MO
Allice M. BROWN Wife M Female W 35 AL Housekeeper SC SC
Mary E. BROWN Dau S Female W 18 LA Farm Lab --- ---
Sarah F. BROWN Dau S Female W 16 LA Farm Lab --- ---
Geo. G. BROWN Son S Male W 14 LA Farm Lab --- ---
Virginia BROWN Dau S Female W 9 LA --- ---
Isaac L. BROWN Son S Male W 7 LA --- ---
Nannie Lee BROWN Dau S Female W 5 LA --- ---
Agnes H. BROWN Dau S Female W 3 LA --- ---
James W. BROWN Son S Male W 10M LA --- ---
Sally Bacon was a Pentecostal. She was said to be 3/4th Choctaw Indian.
Research needed:
Name: Bacon, Sarah; Tribe: Choctaw; Record Type: enrollment; Sex: F; Enrollment Type: P (Parent):
Card No.: D601
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Card No.: 4887
Card No.: 5070
Card No.: 5734