Josiah Bacon Gets Gravestone-- Part 2

While in Indiana with the 4th U.S. Infantry, he served as quartermaster and became a friend of William Henry Harrison.

Six months after the Battle of Tippecanoe, the 4th U.S. was at Detroit during the War of 1812 and Josiah Bacon and his wife were taken prisoner by the British when General Hull surrendered.  Later he was freed and returned to Boston

He served a few terms as representative from Sandwich in the state assembly.  In 1841, he was appointed by President William Henry Harrison to the Marine Hospital in Chelsea and led that hospital for eleven years.

In 1852, he took $1,000 of his money and helped create Sailors' Snug Harbor of Boston to help old and infirm sailors.

Quite a Life.  --Brock-Perry