NameSarah T. FITZ RANDOLPH157
Birth22 Dec 1826, Salem, Harrison Co., West Virginia
Death11 Feb 1898
Spouses
Birth12 Aug 1828, Clark Co., Ohio
Death28 Sep 1898, Nortonville, Jefferson Co., Kansas
Notes for Sarah T. FITZ RANDOLPH
Sarah T. (Fitz Randolph) Babcock 1826-1899
Categories: Nortonville, Kansas, Rev. George Wilber Hills Officiating, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 55, No 10, p 159, Mar. 6, 1899.
At her home, near Nortonville, Kansas, Feb. 11, 1899, of a complication of disorders, Mrs. Sarah T. Babcock, widow of the late J. Smalley Babcock.
Sister Babcock was the daughter of Samuel F. Randolph and Ziphorah Davis. She was born at Salem, W. Va., Dec. 22, 1826. Her parents moved to Ohio when she was about one year old. She became a member of the Port Jefferson Seventh-day Baptist church (now extinct) in Ohio, at 13 years of age. She was married to J. Smalley Babcock on March 12, 1851. They emigrated to Humboldt, Neb., in 1857, and to Nortonville, Kansas, in 1894. She died in the membership of the Seventh-day Baptist church of Nortonville. Her last illness was of but few days' duration, in which she was tenderly cared for by her children. She leaves a large circle of children and grandchildren. G. W. H.
Census: 1880 Frankin, Richardson Co., Nebraska
Notes for John Smally (Spouse 1)
John Smalley Babcock 1828-1898
Categories: Nortonville, Kansas, Rev. George Wilber Hills Officiating, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 54, No 42, p 671, Oct. 17, 1898.
On Sept. 29, 1898, of a complication of disorders, at his home near Nortonville, Kansas, John Smalley Babcock.
He was born in Clark County, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1828. At about 18 years of age he experienced a change of heart and became a member of the North Hampton Seventh-day Baptist church of Ohio. Later he joined the Jackson Centre church. In June, 1859, he settled near Humboldt, Nebraska where he became a constituent member of the Long Branch church, later known as the Humboldt church. In 1894 he came to Nortonville, Kansas, of which church he was a member at his death. He was twice married: first to Eliza Lippincott, second to Sarah F. Randolph. He had been in failing health for about four years, a part of the time a great sufferer. His companion and children gave him the most tender care. G. W. H.
Census: 1880 Frankin, Richardson Co., Nebraska