Panthea Bunker received her education in the district and private schools. In her sixteenth year, she taught one term of school at Durham, N.H. In 1835, at the age of nineteen, she was married to Joshua M. Babcock, who was born at Springfield, Vt., in 1812, son of the Rev. William S. and Elizabeth (Merrill) Babcock. His father was a Free Baptist minister, resided for many years in Barrington, N.H. Joshua M. Babcock came to Barnstead when a young man, bought a clothing-mill, and afterward operated it for about sixty years. He went to Boston in 1844, spent eight years as a carpenter and bridge-builder, and returned to Barnstead in 1852. The railroad bridge from Boston to Charlestown was framed by him, and he superintended other important work of that character. His grandfather Babcock, an old sea captain, once owned the land on which the Tremont building stands, but sold the property because the noise of the city disturbed him. Joshua M. Babcock spent the later years of his life in Barnstead, and, at his death, October 8, 1881, was one of the oldest residents here. He was a Captain in the old State militia for many years. Although he served as a Representative to the New Hampshire legislature, he seldom accepted political nominations. For thirty years or more he was an honored member of the Congregational society, of which his widow is a communicant.
~Biographical Review: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Strafford and Belknap Counties, Volume XXI, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897, p. 485
~Biographical Review: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Strafford and Belknap Counties, Volume XXI, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897, p. 485
Panthea Bunker received her education in the district and private schools. In her sixteenth year, she taught one term of school at Durham, N.H. In 1835, at the age of nineteen, she was married to Joshua M. Babcock, who was born at Springfield, Vt., in 1812, son of the Rev. William S. and Elizabeth (Merrill) Babcock. His father was a Free Baptist minister, resided for many years in Barrington, N.H. Joshua M. Babcock came to Barnstead when a young man, bought a clothing-mill, and afterward operated it for about sixty years. He went to Boston in 1844, spent eight years as a carpenter and bridge-builder, and returned to Barnstead in 1852. The railroad bridge from Boston to Charlestown was framed by him, and he superintended other important work of that character. His grandfather Babcock, an old sea captain, once owned the land on which the Tremont building stands, but sold the property because the noise of the city disturbed him. Joshua M. Babcock spent the later years of his life in Barnstead, and, at his death, October 8, 1881, was one of the oldest residents here. He was a Captain in the old State militia for many years. Although he served as a Representative to the New Hampshire legislature, he seldom accepted political nominations. For thirty years or more he was an honored member of the Congregational society, of which his widow is a communicant.
~Biographical Review: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Strafford and Belknap Counties, Volume XXI, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897, p. 485
~Biographical Review: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Strafford and Belknap Counties, Volume XXI, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897, p. 485
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