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David Bacon (missionary)
David
Bacon
was an
American missionary
in
Michigan Territory
. He was
born
in
Woodstock, Connecticut
. He
worked
primarily with the
Ottawa
and
Chippewa
tribes
, although they were not particularly receptive to his
Christian
teachings
. He
founded
the town
of
Tallmadge, Ohio
, which later became the
center
of the
Congregationalist
faith
in
Ohio
. He
died
in
Hartford, Connecticut
.
He was
the father
of
Rev
.
Leonard
Bacon