NameEthel Angeline BABCOCK157,138
Birth16 Aug 1872, Welton, Clinton Co., Iowa
Death15 Feb 1957, Dodge Center, Dodge Co., Minnesota
Burial17 Feb 1957, Dodge Center, Dodge Co., Minnesota
FatherJohn Hill BABCOCK (1846-1926)
Spouses
Birth2 Sep 1868, Brookfield, Linn Co., Missouri
Death6 Nov 1952, Dodge Center, Dodge Co., Minnesota
Burial8 Nov 1958, Dodge Center, Dodge Co., Minnesota
OccupationMinister
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
FatherGeorge T. THORNGATE (1834-1891)
MotherArloiena Grace CRANDALL (1846-1923)
Marriage5 Sep 1891, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska
ChildrenMyra Wilametta (1892-1981)
 George (1893-1991)
Notes for Ethel Angeline BABCOCK
Census: 1880 North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska
Cause of death: Arteriosclerotic heart disease

of Albion, WI in her mother's 1936 obituary

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 162, No 9, p 143, Mar. 4, 1957.
Ethel Angeline Babcock, daughter of John H. and Metta Platts Babcock, was born in Welton, Iowa., Aug. 16, 1872. She died quietly in her home in Dodge Center, Minn., Friday morning, Feb. 15, 1957.
Early in life, the family moved to Farina, Ill., and later to North Loup, Neb. She was an early graduate of the North Loup High School, and taught one year in one of the rural schools near there.
On Sept. 5, 1891, she was married to Charles W. Thorngate, who died Nov. 6, 1952. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary together.
When Mr. Thorngate followed the call of the Spirit to act as a Seventh Day Baptist pastor, his faithful wife followed him. Together they worked in Exeland, Wis., Stone Fort, Ill., Albion, Wis., and Dodge Center, Minn., she with her music and he with preaching.
Mrs. Thorngate loved children and young people, and worked with them in her home and in the church. She was a Sabbath School teacher for years. At the time of her death she was pianist for the Dodge Center Sabbath School. In 1955, she was runner-up for the Mother of the Year, for the State of Minn.
Surviving are: six children, Mrs. Myra Barber, Ord, Neb.; Dr George, Monterey, Calif.; John, Eau Claire, Wis.; Mrs. Marguerite Clapper, Montgomery, Minn.; and Mary, of Dodge Center and Eau Claire, Wis.; fourteen grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held from the church, all her children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren being present. Rev. Kenneth Van Horn, her pastor, officiated.
Interment will be in the Riverside Cemetery at Dodge Center beside her husband.
Notes for Charles William (Spouse 1)
Census: 1880 North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska

Cause of death: Acute congestive cardiac failure

of Exeland, Wisconsin in his mother's 1923 obituary.

of Albion, Wisconsin when he assisted in the funeral of William Benjamin Maxson in 1936 in Milton. His son John was married to William's daughter Dorothy.

of Dodge Center, Minn when he assisted in the funeral of Jacob Barber in North Loup, Nebraska in 1946. His daughter Myra was married to Jacob.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 153, No 23, p 288, Dec. 22, 1952.
Charles W. Thorngate, younger son of George and Arlouine Crandall Thorngate, was born near Brookfield, Mo., September 2, 1868. He died peacefully, after a brief illness, November 6, 1952, at his home in Dodge Center, Minn., aged 84 years.
When he was a young boy, he, with his father and mother and elder brother, Ray, all of whom have preceded him in death, moved to Valley County, Neb., where the family lived for some time. Because of wounds suffered in the Civil War, the father was incapacitated. The two boys, at an early age, had, perforce, to take upon themselves the care of the family.
On September 5, 1891, he was united in marriage with Ethel Babcock, who survives him. They have been spared to each other for 61 years. To Mr. and Mrs. Thorngate, six children were born, all now living: Mrs. Myra Barber, Ord, Neb.; Dr. George, Alfred, N. Y.; John, Eau Claire, Wis.; Mrs. Marguerite Clapper, Dodge Center, Minn.; Mrs. Wesley Baldridge, Montgomery, Minn.; and Mary, Eau Claire, Wis., and Dodge Center, Minn. There are 14 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. In the family there have been but four deaths until his passing: two grandchildren and two sons-in-law.
His life was active and varied. For some time he was a pioneer thresherman in Valley County where he also farmed. Later he took up the craft of carpentry.
In later life he was baptized and joined the Seventh Day Baptist church of North Loup, Neb. The present edifice in North Loup is a tribute to his building ability, as well as many homes and barns in that area. He also built the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Exeland, Wis., where he served for a time as pastor.
Later he accepted the call to "go and preach." Licensed from the North Loup Church, December 27, 1911, he and his faithful wife moved to Exeland, Wis.; from thence to Stonefort, Ill.; to Albion, Wis.; and to Dodge Center, Minn., where he served the churches of his faith in these several places. He was with the Dodge Center Church for 12 years. While in the service of the Lord it was his privilege to assist in the marriage of his sons, George and John, and to perform the marriage of his daughters, Marguerite and Kitty, and his grandchildren, Billy, Charles Jr., Stephen, and Peggy. Likewise as a minister of the gospel it became his privilege to serve his family in the funeral services of his sons-in-law, Clyde Clapper and Jake Barber, and his grandchildren, Laurie Clapper and Kathryn Baldridge.
Modest and hard-working, he did what his hand found to do. He was a true Christian, and earnestly served the Master, whom he loved. No further tribute need to be given to him, save that he was loved by all, and that his children can rise up and call him blessed.
He was buried in the Dodge Center Cemetery, with Rev. Kenneth Van Horn officiating at the service.
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