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

Josiah Bacon Gets Gravestone-- Part 1

From the Oct. 17, 2015, Boston Herald "War of 1812 vet with storied history gets Everett gravestone" by O'Ryan Johnson and Matt Ingersoll.

A Boston man who fought at the Battle of Tippecanoe, befriended a governor who became president, was taken prisoner by the British and founded Sailors' Snug Harbor has been honored.

A gravestone was unveiled by a grandson at Woodland Cemetery in Everett for Lt. Josiah Bacon, a veteran of the War of 1812.

He was a soldier, a leader of the Whig party in Massachusetts, state representative from Sandwich and a philanthropist.

In 1808, he joined the 4th U.S. Infantry and was called to help Indiana Governor William Henry Harrison quell an Indian uprising.

--Brock-Perry