Background
BACON, Albion Fellows was born on April 8, 1865 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Revolution Albion and Mary (Erskine) Fellows.
president Advisory State Probation Commission
BACON, Albion Fellows was born on April 8, 1865 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Revolution Albion and Mary (Erskine) Fellows.
Evansville Schools; High School. Private tutors.
Organizer and leader of men’s circle of Friendly Visitors, 3 years. Organizer and leader of Flower Mission, 5 years. An organizer Anti-Tuberculosis League, Monday Night Club, Working Girls’ Association (ex-president).
Organized, October 28, 1911, and secretary, Indiana Housing Association. Director National Housing Association. Member Public Health Nursing Association, State Federation Women’s Clubs, etc.
Author and leading advocate of state tenement law enacted in 1913. Secured passage of housing law applying to all unsafe or unsanitary dwellings in State of Indiana, 1917. Lecturer and writer on tenement reform.
The diversity of religious expressions is guaranteed by the separation of church and state. However, church and state should interact in different social and political fields for the benefit of the whole society.
The strong feature of Methodism is that prayers are not only led by an ordained minister, but often by a local preacher - a lay person who has been trained and authorized to lead worship and preach.
Member Public Health Nursing Association, State Federation Women’s. Member President Hoover’s Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership, 1931.
Married Hilary E. Bacon, October 11, 1888 (died 1933). Children: Margaret (deceased), Albion Mary, Hilary Edwin and Joy (twins).