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History of Manistee, Mason & Oceana Counties, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1882

         [pg 65]
         
         S. BABCOCK is one of the substantial business men of Manistee,
       and senior member of the lumber firm of S. Babcock & Co. Mention
       of their mill is made in another part of this work.
       
         MR. BABCOCK is a native of New York State, but came to Wiscon-
       sin while a young man. For several years he was a contractor
       and builder in Milwaukee. In 1873 he first became interested in
       the lumber business at Manistee, but did not remove here with his
       family until 1877. He has invented a machine for the manufacture
       of rift-sawed siding, which is in use at their mill, and is a val-
       uable patent. He has recently completed one of the handsomest 
       residences in the city, which is both a private luxury and a pub-
       lic ornament. It is built of red brick, and elegantly furnished.
       
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