A former 19th-century Circus worker...
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BIO: BABCOCK, STEPHEN SLY. (1824-1894) Moved to Delavan, WI, 1846, and engaged in farming and the grocery business. Formed a partnership with H. Buckley & Co., 1857, and traveled throughout the southwest, Gulf States, Cuba and other West Indies. Experienced 2 years of
countless setbacks, ranging from attacks by Indians and bandits to a shipwreck in the Caribbean. General agent, Dan Castello & William C. Coup's, 1870. After retiring from the circus business, was elected county sheriff and also town president of Delavan.
SOURCE: "Olympians of the Sawdust Circle - A biographical dictionary of the ninteenth century American circus.", Compiled and Edited by: William L. Slout.
Source [link]: http://www.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlypiansA.htm
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BIO: BABCOCK, STEPHEN SLY. (1824-1894) Moved to Delavan, WI, 1846, and engaged in farming and the grocery business. Formed a partnership with H. Buckley & Co., 1857, and traveled throughout the southwest, Gulf States, Cuba and other West Indies. Experienced 2 years of
countless setbacks, ranging from attacks by Indians and bandits to a shipwreck in the Caribbean. General agent, Dan Castello & William C. Coup's, 1870. After retiring from the circus business, was elected county sheriff and also town president of Delavan.
SOURCE: "Olympians of the Sawdust Circle - A biographical dictionary of the ninteenth century American circus.", Compiled and Edited by: William L. Slout.
Source [link]: http://www.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlypiansA.htm
A former 19th-century Circus worker...
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BIO: BABCOCK, STEPHEN SLY. (1824-1894) Moved to Delavan, WI, 1846, and engaged in farming and the grocery business. Formed a partnership with H. Buckley & Co., 1857, and traveled throughout the southwest, Gulf States, Cuba and other West Indies. Experienced 2 years of
countless setbacks, ranging from attacks by Indians and bandits to a shipwreck in the Caribbean. General agent, Dan Castello & William C. Coup's, 1870. After retiring from the circus business, was elected county sheriff and also town president of Delavan.
SOURCE: "Olympians of the Sawdust Circle - A biographical dictionary of the ninteenth century American circus.", Compiled and Edited by: William L. Slout.
Source [link]: http://www.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlypiansA.htm
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BIO: BABCOCK, STEPHEN SLY. (1824-1894) Moved to Delavan, WI, 1846, and engaged in farming and the grocery business. Formed a partnership with H. Buckley & Co., 1857, and traveled throughout the southwest, Gulf States, Cuba and other West Indies. Experienced 2 years of
countless setbacks, ranging from attacks by Indians and bandits to a shipwreck in the Caribbean. General agent, Dan Castello & William C. Coup's, 1870. After retiring from the circus business, was elected county sheriff and also town president of Delavan.
SOURCE: "Olympians of the Sawdust Circle - A biographical dictionary of the ninteenth century American circus.", Compiled and Edited by: William L. Slout.
Source [link]: http://www.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlypiansA.htm
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