Obituary of Mrs. Sarah M. Babcock, Craighead Co, Ar *********************************************************** Submitted by: Paul V. Isbell Date: 1 May 2011 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 3,1909-Mrs. Sidney Henry Babcock Dead-Jonesboro, Ark. -Miss Sarah Margaret Allen Babcock, formerly of Forsyth. The daughter of the late Rev. W. S. Allen of the North Georgia Conference, and the widow of the late Sidney H. Babcock, of the White River Conference of Arkansas. She is survived by her six children. Among her relatives in Georgia are Mrs. Frank Siler of Atlanta, Mrs. Laura Wilder of Forsyth, Mrs. P. A. Redding of Douglasville, all sisters; and Rev. B. P. Allen of Cedartown, Professor M. C. Allen of Blakely, and George P. Allen of Elberton, brothers. She was widely known as an educator, having been prominently identified with her husband in building up Galloway College at Searcy, Ark. Interment in Jonesboro. apacity for two years before retiring to private life. Buried Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D. C. -Born Nov. 22,1835 Extracted from: Atlanta Constitution via Ancestry. com