"Oliver C. Babcock was born in Brookfield, N. Y., June 8, 1807, and died Dec. 26, 1886. Nov. 10, 1827, he married Emma Langworthy, who was born in Bridgewater, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1806. Mr. Babcock's parents were born in Rhode Island. They were very superstitious, the mother especially, and these false conceptions were early instilled into the young mind of the son. He was taught that witches prowled around nights and plied their nefarious trades in the air and in the stillness of the household. In consequence he went from one extreme to the other and throughout life retained many of the fallacies he imbibed in childhood. Nevertheless he possessed sterling traits of character and an indomitable perseverance. He kept Saturday as the sabbath in accordance with his honest convictions and during its existence was one of the foremost members of the Seventh Day Baptist church in Persia. He had fifteen children, one of whom is George C., still living in town. Another is Francis M., who was born in Brookfield, Dec. 8, 1828, and was educated in the common schools in the Seventh Day settlement. A natural mechanic he became a carpenter and millwright and followed those avocations until about 1866; afterward he was a farmer. In 1871 he settled on the farm where his son Oliver C. now lives, where he died May 31, 1882. Jan. 1, 1854, he married Avilda Babcock, a native of Pennsylvania, who survives him. Their only child, Oliver C., married Flora A. Cook, of Forestville, N. Y., March 16, 1879, and settled on the homestead." (Reprinted from TOWN OF PERSIA, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES FROM: "HISTORICAL GAZETTEER AND BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIAL of CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NY, edited by WILLIAM ADAMS, Published 1893)
"Oliver C. Babcock came from Madison County about 1830, and began making a home on lot 51, which was at first windowless and without a chimney. He has lived in this locality ever since, rearing a family of ten children." (History of Cattaraugus, Illustrations And Biographical Sketches Of Some Of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1879, Edited By Franklin Ellis, Chapter: Town of Persia, pages 374-381)
"Oliver C. Babcock came from Madison County about 1830, and began making a home on lot 51, which was at first windowless and without a chimney. He has lived in this locality ever since, rearing a family of ten children." (History of Cattaraugus, Illustrations And Biographical Sketches Of Some Of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1879, Edited By Franklin Ellis, Chapter: Town of Persia, pages 374-381)
"Oliver C. Babcock was born in Brookfield, N. Y., June 8, 1807, and died Dec. 26, 1886. Nov. 10, 1827, he married Emma Langworthy, who was born in Bridgewater, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1806. Mr. Babcock's parents were born in Rhode Island. They were very superstitious, the mother especially, and these false conceptions were early instilled into the young mind of the son. He was taught that witches prowled around nights and plied their nefarious trades in the air and in the stillness of the household. In consequence he went from one extreme to the other and throughout life retained many of the fallacies he imbibed in childhood. Nevertheless he possessed sterling traits of character and an indomitable perseverance. He kept Saturday as the sabbath in accordance with his honest convictions and during its existence was one of the foremost members of the Seventh Day Baptist church in Persia. He had fifteen children, one of whom is George C., still living in town. Another is Francis M., who was born in Brookfield, Dec. 8, 1828, and was educated in the common schools in the Seventh Day settlement. A natural mechanic he became a carpenter and millwright and followed those avocations until about 1866; afterward he was a farmer. In 1871 he settled on the farm where his son Oliver C. now lives, where he died May 31, 1882. Jan. 1, 1854, he married Avilda Babcock, a native of Pennsylvania, who survives him. Their only child, Oliver C., married Flora A. Cook, of Forestville, N. Y., March 16, 1879, and settled on the homestead." (Reprinted from TOWN OF PERSIA, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES FROM: "HISTORICAL GAZETTEER AND BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIAL of CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NY, edited by WILLIAM ADAMS, Published 1893)
"Oliver C. Babcock came from Madison County about 1830, and began making a home on lot 51, which was at first windowless and without a chimney. He has lived in this locality ever since, rearing a family of ten children." (History of Cattaraugus, Illustrations And Biographical Sketches Of Some Of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1879, Edited By Franklin Ellis, Chapter: Town of Persia, pages 374-381)
"Oliver C. Babcock came from Madison County about 1830, and began making a home on lot 51, which was at first windowless and without a chimney. He has lived in this locality ever since, rearing a family of ten children." (History of Cattaraugus, Illustrations And Biographical Sketches Of Some Of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1879, Edited By Franklin Ellis, Chapter: Town of Persia, pages 374-381)
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