Honolulu County HI Archives Obituaries.....Babbitt, Mrs. Sarah Carter December 15, 1948 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com February 16, 2012, 2:28 pm Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Wednesday, December 15, 1948 Mrs. Sarah Carter Babbitt, of Kamaaina Family, Dies at 76. Death came at 3 p.m. Wednesday to a beloved woman of a kamaaina family, Mrs. Sarah Carter Babbitt. She died at her home, 2728 Nuuanu Ave., after a long illness. Her ancestry runs back to the early days of voyages of New England ships to Hawaii; and to the foundation of the first sugar plantation, at Koloa, Kauai. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Carter family plot in Nuuanu cemetery, with the Rev. Allen Hackett of Central Union church and the Rev. Henry P. Judd officiating. Flowers should be sent to the cemetery. Born in Honolulu. Mrs. Babbitt was born in Honolulu June 1, 1872, the daughter of Joseph Oliver Carter, publicist and diplomat, and Mary Elizabeth Ladd Carter. Her mother was a member of the Ladd family, connected with the first sugar plantation, at Koloa, Kauai. She was the granddaughter of Capt. Joseph O. Carter, New England shipmaster, who is believed to have first visited Hawaii in 1825 and who established his home here a few years later. Her father, eldest son of Capt. Carter, was born in Honolulu in 1835. He was a charter member of the present corporation of C. Brewer & Co., Ltd., in 1883, becoming president in 1891, and in addition had a long career as journalist, public official, diplomat, financier, and philanthropist. He was on the staff of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser from the late 50’s until 1872, and for 10 years was marine correspondent here for the New York Herald. He served as a member of the legislature and was particularly active in reform in the treatment of labor. He acted as privy councilor to Queen Liliuokalani, and after the overthrow of the monarchy acted as her business agent in various trust capacities. Educated at Punahou. Sarah Mitchell Carter received her early education at Punahou and was married in 1901 to Winfred H. Babbitt. A founder member of Central Union church, she also was a member of the Daughters of Hawaii, the Hawaii Mission Children’s society, the Garden Club of America, the Strangers Aid society and the Friends of the Academy. She is survived by a son, Howard Carter Babbitt, an officer of C. Brewer & Co., and by three grandchildren, Henry M. Spellman, Richard Carter Spellman and Elizabeth Babbitt Spellman, all of Cambridge, Mass. They are the children of the late Mrs. Henry M. Spellman Jr. (Elizabeth Babbitt). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/honolulu/obits/babbitt190gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/hifiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb