Adelaide A. Wing

ALBERT BABCOCK, farmer, P. O. Ravenna, was born in Ravenna Township, this county, September 12, 1824; son of Almon and Mary Babcock. The former, born in Granville, Mass., November 9, 1788, came to this county in 1810; the latter, born in Hartford, Conn., August 15, 1789, came to this county in 1812. They were married December 25, 1814, and remained here until their death, May 4, 1850, and May 28, 1859, respectively. Our subject was married, April 26, 1854, to Betsey E. Avery, born in Portage County, Ohio, May 30, 1831, daughter of Reuben and Corinne Avery, the former born in Hoosenick Colony of Connecticut, March 2, 1772; the latter in Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn., December 23, 1789. Mr. Avery was married the first time in 1804, to Rachel Baldwin, of his native State, and they resided in New York until 1816, when they moved to Aurora, this county, where she died in 1822, and he then married Corrinne Faxon February 9,1823, the widow of Isaac Faxon. Mr. Avery died May 25, 1873, his widow June 9, 1878.

Mr. and Mrs. Babcock have had six children:

• John F.,
• Adalaide A. (wife of Kelsey S. Wing),
• Mary C. (wife of Charles D. Hughs),
• Martha M.,
• Nettie M. and
• Josephine B.

Mr. Babcock has been engaged in farming through life, and owns 190 acres where he has resided since 1840. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

Bibliographic information:

• Title History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc ...
• Editors Robert C. Brown, J. E. Norris
• Contributor Warner & Beers
• Publisher Warner, Beers & Company, 1885
• Original from Indiana University
• Digitized Jun 1, 2009
• Length 911 pages
• Page 862
• https://books.google.com/books?id=RVDWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA862&lpg=PA862&d...

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549. Almon 7 Babcock, son of Perry and Cynthia (Hickox) Babcock (Jonathan, David, George, John, James), b. Granville, Mass., Nov. 19, 1788; d. Rootstown, O., May 4, 1850; m. Rootstown, Dec. 25, 1814. Mary, dau. of Robert and Chloe (Wadsworth) Collins, b. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 15, 1789, d. Rootstown, May 28, 1859.

In June, 1810, Almon went from W. Granville, Mass., to Ohio as a member of the Charlestown Land Company to look after his father's land.

Children:

1140 Perry H.,* b. Jan. 23, 1816; m. (1) Marie Hurd; m. (2) Caroline Baldwin.

John, b. Ravenna, O., Dec. 25, 1819; d. Dec. 22, 1822, at Ravenna.

Mary Ann, b. Mar. 12, 1822; res. 1902, Ravenna, O.

1141 Albert, b. Sept. 12, 1824; m. Betsey Avery.

Eliza, b. Aug. 4. 1827; d. Aug. 16, 1861; m. Apr. 24, 1853, Dr. Stephen Miller, b. Amherst, Mass.; d. Feb. 2, 1854. Had one daughter, who d. young.

1141. Albert 8 Babcock, son of Almon and Mary (Collins) Babcock (Perry, Jonathan, David, George, John, James), b. Ravenna, O., Sept. 12, 1824; res. 1902, Rootstown, O.; m. Aurora, O., Apr. 26. 1854, Betsy, dau. of Reuben and C. (Lewis) Avery, b. Aurora, May 30, 1831.

Children, b. Rootstown:

John F., b. Apr. 30, 1855; res. Ravenna; m. Ravenna, Dec. 6, 1877. Celestine C., dau. of Tobias and Maria Hoover Cooffman, b. Berlin, O., Feb. 21. 1853.

Adalaid, b. May 21. 1857; res. 1902, Ravenna; m. Rootstown, Oct. 30, 1878, Kelsie S., son of Bela and Elizabeth (Hutchins) Wing, b. Louisville, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1852. Child: Albert K., b. Sept. 12, 1879.

Mary C, b. Jan. 20. 1859: res. Cleveland. O.: m. Rootstown, Dec. 24, 1879, Charles D., son of David and Elizabeth (Davis) Hughes, d. May 26, 1892.

Martha M., b. July 15, 1861; res. 1902, Ravenna; m. Ravenna, Mar. 21, 1888, Lester J., son of Henry and Ellen (Davis) Gooddard, b. Aurora. O., July 26, 1859. No children.

Jannette Marie, b. July 2, 1864; res. 1902, Ravenna; unm.

Josephine B., b. June 16, 1868; m. Rootstown, July 3, 1892, Charles A., son of Thomas and Ellen Hughes Clark, b. Oct. 28, 1866. Child: Hazel E., b. July 26, 1893.

Bibliographic information:

• Title Isaiah Babcock, Sr. and his descendants
• Author A. Emerson Babcock
• Publisher Eaton & Mains, 1903
• Original from Harvard University
• Digitized Feb 1, 2008
• Length 119 pages
• Subjects Reference › Genealogy
• Pages 255 and 439
• https://books.google.com/books?id=dtcUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&d...