Medical Pioneer. James Woods Babcock was the son of Dr. Sydney and Margaret Woods Babcock, who died in 1864, next to whom James Woods is buried. Like his father James Woods became a doctor as shown by a grave monument for a Dr. James Woods Babcock, son of Dr. Sydney & Mrs Babcock, Born 1856, and died in 1922. However Dr. James Woods Babcock would become a locally famed psychiatrist for his ground breaking work in the study of the illness caused by pellagra and its ready cure. There is a continuation of his work at the Babcock Center which provides this biography of this innovative thinker: "Dr. James Woods Babcock was born in Chester, SC in 1856. After earning a medical degree from Harvard University, Dr. Babcock served as assistant physician at McLean Asylum in Somerville, MA. In 1891, South Carolina's Governor, Benjamin R. Tillman, appointed him Superintendent of the SC Lunatic Asylum. Through Dr. Babcock's leadership, the state hospital established the first training school for nurses south of Maryland. During his career, Dr. Babcock made many important contributions to medical science. He was responsible for the identification of Pellagra in the US. Dr. Babcock was also the first physician to call attention to the enormous death rate from tuberculosis among patients in institutions for people with mental illness. He wrote many books and papers about medical services. After leaving his post at the State Hospital in 1914, Dr. Babcock established and operated the Waverly Sanitarium in Columbia. Waverly performed a needed function by relieving some of the patient load from the State Hospital and served as a place where people with acute psychoses could find haven for short periods. From 1915 until his death in 1922, he also served as professor of mental diseases at the SC Medical College in Charleston. Dr. Babcock married Katherine Guion and from this union resulted at least one child and two grandchildren. It is probable that Dr. Babcock died in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina and his body was returned to be buried with and by the graves of his parents.