Silas Dexter Bacon

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner from 1845 to 1857 with Edwin Smith in Boston MA as BACON & SMITH, listed in the 1855 Boston city directory at 6 Elm Street. ⁴

• He worked from 1858 to 1880 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Boston MA as SILAS D. BACON & Co, with a shop at 6 and 8 Elm Street and later at 14 Brattle Square.

• Tradecard, c 1870
Private Collection

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Dedham MA, listed as a jeweler.