of New Hampton, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Comfort Elias Babcock
Comfort Elias Babcock⚭ Katherine Emerson
childrenCharles Amos Babcock
Their story
What the record says
Past and present of O'Brien and Osceola counties, Iowa.
Father of Charles Amos Babcock.
In business at Janesville, Wisconsin where he married Katherine Emerson in 1852.
Twelve children (eight boys, four girls).
A 'rover' who moved from Wisconsin to Kansas, then in fall of 1860 to Fayette county, Iowa.
A red-hot Abolitionist and admirer of John Brown.
Died at New Hampton, Iowa.
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