Leslie Irving Thompson and Harriet Ella (Scollay) Babb were married Dec. 18, 1906 in Enfield, Hartford, CT. Les eventually owned two distinct properties. Being one of the original "snowbirds", his winter property was located in Winter Beach, Indian River, FL, where he and Ella and her son, Benjamin Poor's Babb wintered. Both Les and Ella died there.
Their summer place was a working farm on a hilltop in Hiram, Oxford, ME. The farmhouse, which never had electricity or running water, no longer exists. But in its day, Les and Ben kept the property up very well. There were many family get-togethers and reunions there. After Les died in 1937, Ben Babb handled the property summers until his death in 1955. Locally, it became known as the Benjamin Babb place.
Led loved his Maine farm and his wish was to be buried there. The buildings may be long gone now and the property overtaken by Mother Nature, but the pipe railing surrounding his grave still remains.
Although I never met the man, he being gone long before I arrived, I grew up hearing many fond reminisces of him and his farm.
Their summer place was a working farm on a hilltop in Hiram, Oxford, ME. The farmhouse, which never had electricity or running water, no longer exists. But in its day, Les and Ben kept the property up very well. There were many family get-togethers and reunions there. After Les died in 1937, Ben Babb handled the property summers until his death in 1955. Locally, it became known as the Benjamin Babb place.
Led loved his Maine farm and his wish was to be buried there. The buildings may be long gone now and the property overtaken by Mother Nature, but the pipe railing surrounding his grave still remains.
Although I never met the man, he being gone long before I arrived, I grew up hearing many fond reminisces of him and his farm.
Leslie Irving Thompson and Harriet Ella (Scollay) Babb were married Dec. 18, 1906 in Enfield, Hartford, CT. Les eventually owned two distinct properties. Being one of the original "snowbirds", his winter property was located in Winter Beach, Indian River, FL, where he and Ella and her son, Benjamin Poor's Babb wintered. Both Les and Ella died there.
Their summer place was a working farm on a hilltop in Hiram, Oxford, ME. The farmhouse, which never had electricity or running water, no longer exists. But in its day, Les and Ben kept the property up very well. There were many family get-togethers and reunions there. After Les died in 1937, Ben Babb handled the property summers until his death in 1955. Locally, it became known as the Benjamin Babb place.
Led loved his Maine farm and his wish was to be buried there. The buildings may be long gone now and the property overtaken by Mother Nature, but the pipe railing surrounding his grave still remains.
Although I never met the man, he being gone long before I arrived, I grew up hearing many fond reminisces of him and his farm.
Their summer place was a working farm on a hilltop in Hiram, Oxford, ME. The farmhouse, which never had electricity or running water, no longer exists. But in its day, Les and Ben kept the property up very well. There were many family get-togethers and reunions there. After Les died in 1937, Ben Babb handled the property summers until his death in 1955. Locally, it became known as the Benjamin Babb place.
Led loved his Maine farm and his wish was to be buried there. The buildings may be long gone now and the property overtaken by Mother Nature, but the pipe railing surrounding his grave still remains.
Although I never met the man, he being gone long before I arrived, I grew up hearing many fond reminisces of him and his farm.
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