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Counties of PORTER and Lake Indiana.
Historical and Biographical
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor
Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor
F. A. Battey & Co., Pub., Chicago - 1882

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        G. W. BABCOCK, dealer in agricultural implements, was born in
     Sandusky County, Ohio, September 1, 1829.  He is a son of CLARK and
     ANNA (LEE) BABCOCK, who were natives of Ontario County, N.Y., and
     Northumberland County, Penn., and the parents of seven children, three
     of whom are yet living, viz., GEORGE W., MARGARET J., and ANNA.  CLARK
     BABCOCK was a farmer, and emigrated to Indiana in 1832, locating first
     in La Porte County, but that same fall moved to what is now Porter
     County (then La Porte County), and settled in Washington Township.
     What is now Porter County had less than twenty inhabitants, and was in
     a state of nature.  He built a log house and engaged in farming, and
     made that his home till his death, in September, 1854, followed by his
     widow about ten years later.  Both are buried in Luther Cemetery, in
     Washington Township.  G. W. BABCOCK was reared in Porter County to
     manhood, and has always made it his home.  He received a common school
     education, and was married February 22, 1855, to ELMIRA LEWIS, and by
     her has four children - AGNES, now Mrs. KELLOGG; LIZZIE, LAWRENCE R.,
     and LUELLA.  The mother was born in June 1830, in Union County, Ind.
     Mr. BABCOCK is a Republican; has held township offices, and is a mem-
     ber of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities.  Besides good town
     property, he owns a small farm in Washington Township - a part of the
     old homestead.  He was over the ground where the city of Valparaiso
     now stands long before it was laid out, and has seen it grow from one
     to hundreds of houses.

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