Census: 1880 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 7
Residence: 1902 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin


Louis A. Babcock 1873-1955
Milton Newspaper Obituary
"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, May, 19, 1955, p 7.
Funeral services for Louis A. Babcock, Milton, who died in Mercy hospital, Janesville, May 12, following an illness of several months, were held in Milton Seventh Day Baptist church last Saturday at 3 p.m. the Rev. Elmo F. Randolph conducting. A quartet, composed of Edward Rood, Ivan Fitz Randolph, Paul Green, jr., and Don V. Gray, sang two selections with Miss Elizabeth Daland at the organ. Burial was in Milton cemetery with pallbearers being Ernest Shellestad, P. L. Hudson, Frank Holmes, D. N. Inglis, Edwin Morse and Leland Hulett.
Mr. Babcock was born in Albion, Wis., March 9, 1873, the son of Rev. Simeon and Elizabeth McCormick Babcock. After graduating from the Walworth high school, he attended Milton College.
On August 13, 1896, he married Lettie Lanphere, of Hammond, La., who survives him. To them were born three children: Laurence, now of Rockford, Ill.; Margaret, of Elgin, Ill.; and Kenneth of Milton. There are seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Other survivors are a brother, Milton, of Albion; a sister, Mrs. Abbie Van Horn, of Dunellen, N. J.; four nieces and nine nephews. Two sisters, Mrs. Emma Whitford, Mrs. Stella Brown, and a brother, Lester, preceded him in death.
A resident of Milton for 54 years, Mr. Babcock was in the grocery business for twenty-three years and for twenty-one years he was teller and then assistant cashier of the Bank of Milton, from which work he retired in 1945.
Always active in church and civic affairs, he was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, for many years a trustee of Milton College and until his death, a director of the Bank of Milton and of the Milton Savings and Loan Association. Mr. Babcock was a charter member of the Milton Civic club.

Census: 1880 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 5

Lettie (Lanphere) Babcock 1875-1960
"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Jan. 7, 1960, p 1.
Mrs. Louis A. Babcock, 84, a resident of Milton for more than 50 years, died early Wednesday morning at Edgerton Memorial Hospital.
Lettie L. Lanphere was born in Albion, Wis., on August 19, 1875. She was baptized at the age of nine years by the Rev. Simeon H. Babcock, later to become her father-in-law.
At 12 years of age her family moved to Hammond, La. Here she was married to Louis A. Babcock on August 13, 1896. In 1899 she and her husband and son returned to Wisconsin, living in Albion for a few years, when they moved to Milton. As a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church she was active in the Women's Circle and especially in the Sabbath School, where she was superintendent of the primary department.
She was at one time president of the Women's Village Improvement Club and at the time of her death was a member of the past presidents group of the club.
She was preceded in death by her husband on May 12, 1955. The surviving relatives are: a daughter, Mrs. Paul Blackbourn, Elgin, Ill., two sons, Laurance of Fort Meyers, Fla., and Kenneth, Milton, a sister, Mrs. Edward Lee of Columbus, Ind., a sister-in-law, Mrs. Herbert C. Van Horn, Milton, seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, the Rev. Elmo F. Randolph officiating. The body will lie in state in the church parlor from 12:30 until 3:00 o'clock. Burial will be in the Milton Cemetery. Friends may call at the Albrecht Funeral Home, Milton Junction, from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday evening, Jan 8.