NameJosephus Davis BABCOCK157,199
Birth11 May 1839, Jackson Center, Shelby Co., Ohio
Death17 Sep 1903, Asotin, Asotin Co., Washington
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
FatherJeptha BABCOCK (1820-)
MotherLovina DAVIS (1818-)
Spouses
Birth20 Oct 1839, Virginia
Death14 Dec 1905, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
FatherJonathan MAXSON (1810-1878)
MotherChristiana DAVIS (~1812-)
Marriage21 Oct 1858, Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Notes for Josephus Davis BABCOCK
Census: 1880 North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska: age 41

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 59, No 40, p 637, Oct. 5, 1903.
At Asotin, Washington, Sept. 17, 1903, of inflammation of the kidneys, Mr. Josephus Davis Babcock, aged 64 years, 4 months and 6 days.
Brother Babcock was the oldest son of Jeptha and Lovina Davis Babcock, and was born near Jackson Center, Ohio, May 11, 1839. His grandfather was Jacob Davis, with whom he came to Wisconsin about 1843, and with whom he lived until about 1858, when he was married to Miss Angelina Maxson. Since that time he has lived in the Far West, passing through Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Idaho, and into Washington, in all of which states he has lived. He leaves a wife, one son and several daughters, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren to mourn their loss. In 1856 or 7, he was baptized by the late Elder W. C. Whitford, into the fellowship of the Seventh-day Baptist church of Milton, Wis. In all the changes through which he has passed, he remained steadfast in faith, living a worth Christian life, and dying in the triumphs of a victorious faith. L. A. P.
Notes for Angelina (Spouse 1)
Angelina (Maxson) Babcock 1839-1905
Categories: 1850's Settlers, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 62, No 1, p 13, Jan. 1, 1906.
Angelina Maxson Babcock, daughter of Jonathan and Christina Maxson, was born in 1839, and died at Ogden, Utah, Dec. 14, 1905.
She experienced religion when eighteen years of age under the labors of Rev. Varnum Hull, and united with the Seventh-day Baptist church at Rock River, Wis. She was married to Joseph D. Babcock, September 29, 1858. Her faith and trust in God and in Christ remained firm to the last. At the time of her death she was at home with her daughter, Mrs. E. R. Hoge, in Ogden. Words of comfort were spoken at her funeral by Elder W. A. Alway, pastor of the Seventh day Adventist Church of Ogden.

Census: 1850 Madison, Jay Co., Indiana: age 11, b OH
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