CIVIL WAR VETERAN, DIES
Soldier Who Saw Fighting at Many Points in the South Has Succumbed.
W. H. Babcock [William H. Babcock], civil war veteran, 83 years of age, passed away Sunday morning at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Johnston, 2135 Broadway. Death was due to the infirmities of old age. He leaves five children: Mrs. W. H. Johnston, of Fort Wayne; W. A. and Charles Babcock of Canton, Ill; Mrs. H. B. Evans, San Luis Obispo, Cal., and Mrs. Bertha Shrader, of Portland, Ore. There are twenty-seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Mr. Babcock was born in the town of Benton, Yates county, N. Y., January 18, 1835. He served in the war of the rebellion, as a private and sharpshooter in company H. 60th Ohio volunteer infantry, until taken seriously ill and sent home.
He was in the battle of Spottsylvania and saw General Sedgewick fall. His first battle was in May, 1864, the battle of the wilderness, trying to take Richmond, fighting two days, leaving the third night and marching two days up through the old field of Chansorville, then through Fredericksburg, then to Spotsylvania. His company crossed the Rapadian river on a pontoon bridge. He was attached to the second brigade, third division of the ninth army corps, under command of General Burnside, comprising four divisions. He was in General Grant's army and came nearly to being captured at the battle of Cold Harbor and at North Anna Penn; also at South Anna and at Bethsada church, where his company captured twenty pieces of artillery. Wilcox, from Detroit, was in command of his third division. Mr. Babcock was also in the army of the Potomac, and had seen them shoot the cannon without unlimbering.
Mr. Babcock was in the grand review at Washington on May 23 and 24, 1865, and was on detail in Old Capitol prison the day Lincoln's conspirators were hung.
Mr. Babcock had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. W H. Johnston, at 2135 Broadway for the past six yeas and enjoyed very much the summer outing at their cottage at Lake James.
Funeral services Tuesday afternoon from the residence of Mrs. Johnston. The remains will be taken to the Klaehn & Melching chapel and Wednesday morning will be shipped to Canton, Ill. [Note: This obituary is from an unknown newspaper in Fort Wayne, IN and appeared in the paper on Monday, 4 Mar 1918. William H. Babcock was the husband of Lucy Isabel Swartz Babcock (she having died 21 Apr 1907 in Pacific Grove, CA). They lived and raised their family in Fulton County from 1871 to 1904....submitted by Dorene Fox-Sprague]
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Soldier Who Saw Fighting at Many Points in the South Has Succumbed.
W. H. Babcock [William H. Babcock], civil war veteran, 83 years of age, passed away Sunday morning at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Johnston, 2135 Broadway. Death was due to the infirmities of old age. He leaves five children: Mrs. W. H. Johnston, of Fort Wayne; W. A. and Charles Babcock of Canton, Ill; Mrs. H. B. Evans, San Luis Obispo, Cal., and Mrs. Bertha Shrader, of Portland, Ore. There are twenty-seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Mr. Babcock was born in the town of Benton, Yates county, N. Y., January 18, 1835. He served in the war of the rebellion, as a private and sharpshooter in company H. 60th Ohio volunteer infantry, until taken seriously ill and sent home.
He was in the battle of Spottsylvania and saw General Sedgewick fall. His first battle was in May, 1864, the battle of the wilderness, trying to take Richmond, fighting two days, leaving the third night and marching two days up through the old field of Chansorville, then through Fredericksburg, then to Spotsylvania. His company crossed the Rapadian river on a pontoon bridge. He was attached to the second brigade, third division of the ninth army corps, under command of General Burnside, comprising four divisions. He was in General Grant's army and came nearly to being captured at the battle of Cold Harbor and at North Anna Penn; also at South Anna and at Bethsada church, where his company captured twenty pieces of artillery. Wilcox, from Detroit, was in command of his third division. Mr. Babcock was also in the army of the Potomac, and had seen them shoot the cannon without unlimbering.
Mr. Babcock was in the grand review at Washington on May 23 and 24, 1865, and was on detail in Old Capitol prison the day Lincoln's conspirators were hung.
Mr. Babcock had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. W H. Johnston, at 2135 Broadway for the past six yeas and enjoyed very much the summer outing at their cottage at Lake James.
Funeral services Tuesday afternoon from the residence of Mrs. Johnston. The remains will be taken to the Klaehn & Melching chapel and Wednesday morning will be shipped to Canton, Ill. [Note: This obituary is from an unknown newspaper in Fort Wayne, IN and appeared in the paper on Monday, 4 Mar 1918. William H. Babcock was the husband of Lucy Isabel Swartz Babcock (she having died 21 Apr 1907 in Pacific Grove, CA). They lived and raised their family in Fulton County from 1871 to 1904....submitted by Dorene Fox-Sprague]
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN, DIES
Soldier Who Saw Fighting at Many Points in the South Has Succumbed.
W. H. Babcock [William H. Babcock], civil war veteran, 83 years of age, passed away Sunday morning at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Johnston, 2135 Broadway. Death was due to the infirmities of old age. He leaves five children: Mrs. W. H. Johnston, of Fort Wayne; W. A. and Charles Babcock of Canton, Ill; Mrs. H. B. Evans, San Luis Obispo, Cal., and Mrs. Bertha Shrader, of Portland, Ore. There are twenty-seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Mr. Babcock was born in the town of Benton, Yates county, N. Y., January 18, 1835. He served in the war of the rebellion, as a private and sharpshooter in company H. 60th Ohio volunteer infantry, until taken seriously ill and sent home.
He was in the battle of Spottsylvania and saw General Sedgewick fall. His first battle was in May, 1864, the battle of the wilderness, trying to take Richmond, fighting two days, leaving the third night and marching two days up through the old field of Chansorville, then through Fredericksburg, then to Spotsylvania. His company crossed the Rapadian river on a pontoon bridge. He was attached to the second brigade, third division of the ninth army corps, under command of General Burnside, comprising four divisions. He was in General Grant's army and came nearly to being captured at the battle of Cold Harbor and at North Anna Penn; also at South Anna and at Bethsada church, where his company captured twenty pieces of artillery. Wilcox, from Detroit, was in command of his third division. Mr. Babcock was also in the army of the Potomac, and had seen them shoot the cannon without unlimbering.
Mr. Babcock was in the grand review at Washington on May 23 and 24, 1865, and was on detail in Old Capitol prison the day Lincoln's conspirators were hung.
Mr. Babcock had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. W H. Johnston, at 2135 Broadway for the past six yeas and enjoyed very much the summer outing at their cottage at Lake James.
Funeral services Tuesday afternoon from the residence of Mrs. Johnston. The remains will be taken to the Klaehn & Melching chapel and Wednesday morning will be shipped to Canton, Ill. [Note: This obituary is from an unknown newspaper in Fort Wayne, IN and appeared in the paper on Monday, 4 Mar 1918. William H. Babcock was the husband of Lucy Isabel Swartz Babcock (she having died 21 Apr 1907 in Pacific Grove, CA). They lived and raised their family in Fulton County from 1871 to 1904....submitted by Dorene Fox-Sprague]
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Soldier Who Saw Fighting at Many Points in the South Has Succumbed.
W. H. Babcock [William H. Babcock], civil war veteran, 83 years of age, passed away Sunday morning at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Johnston, 2135 Broadway. Death was due to the infirmities of old age. He leaves five children: Mrs. W. H. Johnston, of Fort Wayne; W. A. and Charles Babcock of Canton, Ill; Mrs. H. B. Evans, San Luis Obispo, Cal., and Mrs. Bertha Shrader, of Portland, Ore. There are twenty-seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Mr. Babcock was born in the town of Benton, Yates county, N. Y., January 18, 1835. He served in the war of the rebellion, as a private and sharpshooter in company H. 60th Ohio volunteer infantry, until taken seriously ill and sent home.
He was in the battle of Spottsylvania and saw General Sedgewick fall. His first battle was in May, 1864, the battle of the wilderness, trying to take Richmond, fighting two days, leaving the third night and marching two days up through the old field of Chansorville, then through Fredericksburg, then to Spotsylvania. His company crossed the Rapadian river on a pontoon bridge. He was attached to the second brigade, third division of the ninth army corps, under command of General Burnside, comprising four divisions. He was in General Grant's army and came nearly to being captured at the battle of Cold Harbor and at North Anna Penn; also at South Anna and at Bethsada church, where his company captured twenty pieces of artillery. Wilcox, from Detroit, was in command of his third division. Mr. Babcock was also in the army of the Potomac, and had seen them shoot the cannon without unlimbering.
Mr. Babcock was in the grand review at Washington on May 23 and 24, 1865, and was on detail in Old Capitol prison the day Lincoln's conspirators were hung.
Mr. Babcock had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. W H. Johnston, at 2135 Broadway for the past six yeas and enjoyed very much the summer outing at their cottage at Lake James.
Funeral services Tuesday afternoon from the residence of Mrs. Johnston. The remains will be taken to the Klaehn & Melching chapel and Wednesday morning will be shipped to Canton, Ill. [Note: This obituary is from an unknown newspaper in Fort Wayne, IN and appeared in the paper on Monday, 4 Mar 1918. William H. Babcock was the husband of Lucy Isabel Swartz Babcock (she having died 21 Apr 1907 in Pacific Grove, CA). They lived and raised their family in Fulton County from 1871 to 1904....submitted by Dorene Fox-Sprague]
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Co H 60th Ohio Inf
Gravesite Details
BABCOCK, William H. Wid (d.c.) b. Jan. 18, 1835 Benton, Yates Co., N. Y. d. Mar. 3, 1918 Fort Wayne, Ind. burd. Mar. 7, 1918-83y 1m 15d fa Amos Babcock mo. Jennie Wicks b. N. Y. Pvt. Army Co. H 60 Ohio Inf. Civil War Ref. Fulton County Vet. Burials
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