Esther Ann Babcock d/o Elial Babcock and Lydia C. Dake of Denver Twp., Newaygo Co., MI.
Esther Ann Babcock age 22 married 1/h Horace W. Carter age 21 of Whitehall, MI., 7 Aug. 1877 Denver Twp., Newaygo Co., MI., son of Henry Walton Carter and Irene A. Gaston.

Horace W. Carter and Esther A. Carter had one child only : William Walthan Carter b. 14 Nov. 1879 Whitehall, Muskegon Co., MI. Horace W. Carter was from Muskegon, MI., and she was from Denver Twp., Newaygo Co., MI., but on marriage license it says he was from Whitehall, MI., and a printer by occupation.

Horace W. Carter and Esther Ann Babcock Carter divorced before 1884. No Divorce for Horace Carter vs. Esther Carter in Newaygo Co., MI. Possibly divorced in Muskegon Co., Oceana Co., and Kent Co., MI.

1883 City Directory for Muskegon, MI had Horace W. Carter Single occ. Shingle Packer
1885 City Directory for Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI. Horrace W. Carter occ. Barber

Esther Ann (Babcock) Carter remarried 2/h George L. Southworth son of Andrew A. Southworth and Elizabeth Soper (Loper?) on 19 May 1884 in Whitehall, Muskegon Co., MI. Listed living in 1900 Denver Twp., Newaygo Co., MI. They Divorced June 24, 1913 Circuit Court, Newaygo Co., MI.

Son William Carter purchased 2 burial plots for he and his mother Esther Ann and himself
in Maple Grove Cemetery, Fremont, Michigan and both buried there.

Death certificate under spelling of Ester Southworth
died 4 July 1926 from Stomach Cancer. Burial on the 7th of July 1926.

Please Do Not confuse above Esther Ann Babcock, Carter Southworth with Esther Ann (Harper) Carter and Horace Carter who have similar years of birth in Blaine Co., Oklahoma or Kingfisher, Oklahoma. In Ancestry.com some people have done this. Please correct if you are one of these people in Ancestry.com.

Federal Census listings:
1860 Janesville, Rock Co., WI with parents Elial and Lydia Babcock
1870 Denver Twp., Newaygo Co., MI with parents (census taker has surname: Bobcock)
1880 ? Living in Muskegon Co., MI. ?

1894 Michigan Special Census, Lincoln Twp. Newaygo Co., MI. George L. Southworth

1900 Lincoln Twp., Newaygo Co., MI
George L. Southworth 40 Oct. 1859 m.16 Farmer b. MI NY NY
Esther Southworth 45 Mar 1855 m.16 1-1 b. WI NY NY
William C. Southworth son 23 Nov. 1876 Farm Laborer b. MI MM WI
(should say step-son, this is William Walthan Carter son from Horace C. Carter her 1st marriage)

1910 Greenwood Twp. Oceana Co., MI
Hiram Place 66 Farmer
Sadie Place 53
George Southworth 53 married Hired Man Farm Laborer b. MI MI PA

1910 Dayton, Newaygo Co., MI. (Surname should be Southworth-census taker error)
Esther Southwick head 55 b. WI
George B. Mosher Boarder 28 b. MI
William Morris Boarder 22 b. MI
1920 ?

Esther (Babcock) Carter, Southworth was sister of my ggfather
Henry Truman Babcock, aunt to my grandmother Elfa Rose Babcock, Foster, Monks and great aunt to my mother Vivian V. Foster, Teague.