BIOGRAPHIES:  Frank BABCOCK, M.D., Cumberland, Barron County, WI

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Frank Babcock, M. D., practicing physician and surgeon of Cumberland, as
born in Afton, Minn., April 3, 1885, the son of Isaac G. and Melissa C.
(Squire) Babcock. He was brought to Cumberland by his parents and was here
reared, passing through the graded schools, and graduating from the Cumberland
High School in 1903. Then for two years he received business experience in
various places in the Northwest. In 1907 he entered the Marquette University, 
at Milwaukee, Wis., from which he was graduated in medicine in 1912. With
this preparation he came back to Cumberland and engaged in practice with his
father. In 1915 he went to Haugen, also in this county, and opened an office
there. He came back to Cumberland in 1918, opened an office, and has since 
been in successful practice here. He is at present municipal health officer.
Fraternally, he associates with the Knights of Pythias. Dr. Babcock was
married Jan. 26, 1920, to Mabel Irwin, daughter of George and Lila (Anderson)
Irwin, long-time residents of Cumberland. Dr. and Mrs. Babcock have one
child, Jean Phyllis.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 267.