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Yates County Whig – July 27, 1854 contributed by Cathy Coon
MARRIED: At Italy Hill, July 3, by Rev. Mr. Smith of Pratsburgh, Mr. Hermon H. Clarke, of Corning, to Miss Harriet E. Lare, of Penn Yan.
YATES COUNTY CHRONICLE, Dec. 25, 1879
contributed by M. Kelly
Obituary of Nathan Babcock
Nathan Babcock died at the residence of his son in Gorham, April 21, 1879.
He was born in the Town of Dryden, Tompkins County, April 21, 1793. He
married Phoebe Robinson, daughter of the late Jeremiah Robinson, one of the pioneer settlers on the Green tract in the Town of Jerusalem. She survives
him at the age of 85 on the first day of the present month. They had seven children: Maria, Horace, Milo, Lyman H., Phebe M., Marshall N. and Erastus
S.
Maria, the oldest married Jackson Wright. They have six children: Maria L., Lucy L., Phebe P., Adeline C., William W., and Lyman J. Maria married
Chester French, who died in 1868, and she then married Thomas L. White. They had no children. Lucy
L. married William Culver. They have two
children, Chester and Alice. Phoebe P. is single. Adeline C. married
Samuel N. French of Jerusalem. They have four children: Lewis, Lottie, Mary and
Neele A. William W. married Elizabeth Mariner, the present week. Lyman J.
married Susan Hewitt. They have one child Kerle C.
Horace the second child of Nathan Babcock, married Judith Slayton, daughter of the late Chauncey Slayton of Middlesex. They have two children,
Chester
and Theodore. Chester married Mary E. Faulkner. They have one child Theodore. Theodore lives with his parents and is recently
married.
Milo married Catherine Lyons. They have two children, Henrietta and Horace. Both reside with their parents in Jerusalem.
Lyman H. married Maria Turner. They have five children, Mary L., Phebe Ann, Emma, John M. and Charles;
one other died young. They live in Pennsylvania.
Phebe M. married John Turner. They have six children: Hannah Jane, Judith Catherine, Angeline J., Phoebe M. and Lewis H. Hannah Jane married
Oscar Northrup, and they have three children: Lea E., Elmer J. and Chester. Judtih and Catherine died of
diphtheria in 1868. Angeline J. married Theodore Dusenberry. They have one child,
Benjamin. Phebe M. and Lewis H.
reside with their parents.
Marshall N. married for his first wife, Phebe Brown. They had three children,
Augusta E., Cordlia C. and Frank. August E. and Celia C. married
brothers by the name of Merrick. Cordelia has one child, Luman. Frank
is a lad living with his
grandfather, Alfred Brown of Potter County, Pa. Marshall N. married for his second wife,
Ann E. Ludington, and they reside in
Brigham, Potter County, Pa.
Erastus E. married Elizabeth Griswold of Jerusalem. They had four children:
William, Frankie, Janette and Dora. William and Janette are dead. Frankie
and Dora reside with their parents in Italy.
Nathan Babcock was a son of Caleb Babcock, a Revolutionary Soldier who formerly resided in Dryden. He participated in a number of revolutionary
battles. Nathan and his father held a tract of land and learned the trade of a mason. He wrought at that trade in Ithaca for a time and about 45
years ago moved into Jerusalem when he bought land of Jackson Wright, and resided on it until he was obliged to relinquish labor at his trade. He and
his wife then moved to Gorham to reside with his son, Horace, where they have remained the past 12 or 14 years. Burial was at Italy Valley Cemetery.
Ontario Repository-Messenger, Canandaigua, NY Thursday Mar 25, 1886 contributed by: Dianne Thomas
The boiler in a steam saw mill, near Shepherd's Hall in West Italy, Yates county, exploded last Tuesday, seriously injuring three men at work in the mill.
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