Charles Babbitts

As printed in 1881

CHARLES BABBITTS, retired w'woolen manufacturer, Springfield. Air.

Charles Babbitts’ open, frank countenance and hearty manner are his passport to the immediate confidence and respect of his merest acquaintance — and of how few can this be truly said! Mr. Babbitt is a man of true worth, and an ornament to any community; his life has been an even one, tlio following being a brief chronological outline of it. Mr. Babbitts is of English birth and parentage, having been born in Wiltshire, England, on Sept. 7, 1820, hence just 60 years old Aliis family came to this country in 1832, settling in Cuyahoga County; in 1843, Mr. Babbitts moved to Newark, Ohio, and embarked in woolen manufacture. and in 1847 established the same industry here, in copartnership with Mr. L. H. Olds, from which Mr. Olds retired about 1852. On the 3d of May, 1849, Mr. Babbitts consummated a matrimonial alliance with Miss Margaret Robison, the result of which union has been four sons and two daughters (one son being dead), all as yet single: one of the former is James H. Babbitts, of the prominent law firm of Keifer, White Sc Babbitts. Mr. Babbitts retired from.active business in 1875, having, up to his retirement, done the leading business in the line of woolen manufactures, and given a decided impetus to that industry. Mr. and Mrs. Babbitts have been for many years members of and thoroughly identified with the interests and prosperity of the Second Presbyterian Church. Springfield has produced no better men than Babbitts Sc Olds, and no community has need of better.

As printed in The history of Clark County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest te (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.