• Born: 8 Oct 1817, Dedham MA
• Marriage (1): Martha Jane Colburn on 4 Jan 1844 in Newton MA
• Marriage (2): Maria Elizabeth Morse after Aug 1849
• Died: 8 Jan 1893

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

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

• Watch paper, c 1850
  American Antiquarian Society
  

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Dedham MA, listed as a jeweler.

• He worked in 1857-1880 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.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Dedham MA, listed as a jeweler.

• Tradecard, c 1870
  Private Collection
  

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Dedham MA, listed as a watchmaker and jeweler.

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

Silas married Martha Jane Colburn on 4 Jan 1844 in Newton MA. (Martha Jane Colburn died on 31 Aug 1849 in Boston MA.)

Silas next married Maria Elizabeth Morse after Aug 1849. (Maria Elizabeth Morse was born in 1830 in Dedham MA and died on 10 Jan 1906.)