Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Babcock, Calvin G. January 7, 1835 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak naela@earthlink.net December 29, 2007, 10:53 am Author: Hardin & Willard Babcock, Calvin G., Newport, was born in Brookfield, Madison county, N.Y., January 7, 1835. His father was Richard C. Babcock, a son of Gideon Babcock, who was an early settler of Madison county. Richard C. was a native of Rhode Island and one of the first settlers of Madison county. He was a sea captain, having crossed the ocean sixteen times and visited all the important places in Europe, but spent his last days in Madison county as a farmer. his wife was Mary C. Perry, a cousin of Commodore Perry. They had six sons and four daughters, Calvin G. being the youngest. Mr. and Mrs. Babcock both died in Madison county. Calvin G. was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, and in Brookfield and Hamilton Academy. On the 20th of November, 1859, he married Lodema Gile, a native of Oneonta, N.Y., by whom he had three children, Mary C., George H. and Calvin G., jr. In 1869 Mr. Babcock with his family came to Newport and settled on the place he now owns. He is a cheese maker by trade and owns Shedbrook factory of Newport, Sterling Creek factory of Schuyler, North Schuyler factory in Schuyler, and the Newport factory. He and his family are Baptists. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/herkimer/bios/babcock203gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb