Caroline MITCHELL^[1]

Abt 1826 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Caroline MITCHELL
  Birth	Abt 1826	Georgia
  Gender	Female
  _UID	16037FCE91434CCEA3FD21229ED7E312A120
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I5853	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Family	Sterling Theophilus BACON,   b. 14 May 1824, Georgia d. Aft 1880, Georgia (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1844	Newton County, Georgia
  	Marraige listed in the book Newton County, Georgia Marriages 1822-1903 page 7
  Children	1. Sarah E. BACON,   b. Abt 1846, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   2. John W. BACON,   b. Abt 1848, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   3. Nicholas Hobson BACON,   b. Abt 1850, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   4. E. D. BACON,   b. Abt 1852, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Caroline is listed in the 1860 Oglethorpe County census page 413 with just the children. Sterling is listed on the 1860 Hamilton County, Tennessee & 1870 Walker County census with a wife named Mary. This suggests that Caroline and Sterling were either divorced proir to the 1860census or he left her and went to Tennessee where he remarried. Our Sterling could be the "BLACK SHEEP" of the Bacon family if he abandoned Caroline and became a bigamist. Divorce was VERY uncommon for this era.

  
  

• Sources

  [SAuth] compiled by James H Carney, Jim Carney.