Born in a rustic log cabin at Fairfield, Texas on October 31, 1865, Arthur Babb grew up in a succession of rural communities where his total time in school came to less than one year. Yet despite this educational handicap, Arthur managed to transcend his humble beginnings. Starting out as a farmer, he went on to work as a railroad carpenter, architect, building contractor, and finally, during his old age, a bookbinder. Endowed with natural intelligence and inquisitiveness, Arthur also managed to acquire knowledge and make up for his lack of formal schooling by becoming a voracious reader of books, magazines, and newspapers. His seemingly inherent ability to think critically about what he read—to investigate, analyze, and draw conclusions, served him well and by the time he reached his sixties he had become a freethinking agnostic. His favorite subjects were history, biography, science, and religion.
He is buried beside his wife Bertha McCandless Babb, who predeceased him, in the Stephen McCandless plot.
He is buried beside his wife Bertha McCandless Babb, who predeceased him, in the Stephen McCandless plot.
Born in a rustic log cabin at Fairfield, Texas on October 31, 1865, Arthur Babb grew up in a succession of rural communities where his total time in school came to less than one year. Yet despite this educational handicap, Arthur managed to transcend his humble beginnings. Starting out as a farmer, he went on to work as a railroad carpenter, architect, building contractor, and finally, during his old age, a bookbinder. Endowed with natural intelligence and inquisitiveness, Arthur also managed to acquire knowledge and make up for his lack of formal schooling by becoming a voracious reader of books, magazines, and newspapers. His seemingly inherent ability to think critically about what he read—to investigate, analyze, and draw conclusions, served him well and by the time he reached his sixties he had become a freethinking agnostic. His favorite subjects were history, biography, science, and religion.
He is buried beside his wife Bertha McCandless Babb, who predeceased him, in the Stephen McCandless plot.
He is buried beside his wife Bertha McCandless Babb, who predeceased him, in the Stephen McCandless plot.
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