"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 46, No 36, p 576, Sep. 4, 1890.
In Westerly, R. I., Aug. 25, 1890, Asher Miner Babcock, aged 92 years, 2 months, and 9 days.
Mr. Babcock was born in Leyden, Mass., June 16, 1798, and was the son of Ezra Babcock and Sabra Stillman, who had recently moved to that place from Westerly, R. I. Jan. 1, 1829, he was married to Mary E. Stillman, daughter of Deacon Ethan Stillman, at Unadilla Forks, N. Y., and again to Prudence C. Cleveland, of Brookfield, Oct. 12, 1847. Nine children were born to him, of whom five survive him, among whom is George H. Babcock, of Plainfield, N. J. He was one of a family of twelve children, all of whom lived to maturity, and reared large families, and three of whom - two brothers and one sister - survive him. When quite young his parents moved to Scott, N. Y., where he was converted and united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church in 1844. He removed his membership to the Pawcatuck Church in Westerly, R. I., where it remained until the time of his death, as above. He was a man of unusual mechanical talent, and took a prominent and important part in the development of various manufacturing interests, both in New York State and in Rhode Island. Brother Babcock was a man of strong convictions and earnest Christian purpose. His standards of Christian character and Christian living were high, and this, to those whose convictions were less sharp, and whose standards were less high, made him appear sometimes uncharitable in judgment, but, in truth, he was tender-hearted as a child. During a pastorate of six years in Westerly the writer found him a warm friend and a sincere supporter of every good thing. There were few persons whose frequent calls at the parsonage were more welcome than his. During his last days he was tenderly cared for at the home, and by the family of his youngest son, Herbert A. Babcock, in Westerly. A long, eventful, and useful life on earth, has thus come to its close, to open, as we trust, in eternal day.
L. A. P.
In Westerly, R. I., Aug. 25, 1890, Asher Miner Babcock, aged 92 years, 2 months, and 9 days.
Mr. Babcock was born in Leyden, Mass., June 16, 1798, and was the son of Ezra Babcock and Sabra Stillman, who had recently moved to that place from Westerly, R. I. Jan. 1, 1829, he was married to Mary E. Stillman, daughter of Deacon Ethan Stillman, at Unadilla Forks, N. Y., and again to Prudence C. Cleveland, of Brookfield, Oct. 12, 1847. Nine children were born to him, of whom five survive him, among whom is George H. Babcock, of Plainfield, N. J. He was one of a family of twelve children, all of whom lived to maturity, and reared large families, and three of whom - two brothers and one sister - survive him. When quite young his parents moved to Scott, N. Y., where he was converted and united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church in 1844. He removed his membership to the Pawcatuck Church in Westerly, R. I., where it remained until the time of his death, as above. He was a man of unusual mechanical talent, and took a prominent and important part in the development of various manufacturing interests, both in New York State and in Rhode Island. Brother Babcock was a man of strong convictions and earnest Christian purpose. His standards of Christian character and Christian living were high, and this, to those whose convictions were less sharp, and whose standards were less high, made him appear sometimes uncharitable in judgment, but, in truth, he was tender-hearted as a child. During a pastorate of six years in Westerly the writer found him a warm friend and a sincere supporter of every good thing. There were few persons whose frequent calls at the parsonage were more welcome than his. During his last days he was tenderly cared for at the home, and by the family of his youngest son, Herbert A. Babcock, in Westerly. A long, eventful, and useful life on earth, has thus come to its close, to open, as we trust, in eternal day.
L. A. P.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 46, No 36, p 576, Sep. 4, 1890.
In Westerly, R. I., Aug. 25, 1890, Asher Miner Babcock, aged 92 years, 2 months, and 9 days.
Mr. Babcock was born in Leyden, Mass., June 16, 1798, and was the son of Ezra Babcock and Sabra Stillman, who had recently moved to that place from Westerly, R. I. Jan. 1, 1829, he was married to Mary E. Stillman, daughter of Deacon Ethan Stillman, at Unadilla Forks, N. Y., and again to Prudence C. Cleveland, of Brookfield, Oct. 12, 1847. Nine children were born to him, of whom five survive him, among whom is George H. Babcock, of Plainfield, N. J. He was one of a family of twelve children, all of whom lived to maturity, and reared large families, and three of whom - two brothers and one sister - survive him. When quite young his parents moved to Scott, N. Y., where he was converted and united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church in 1844. He removed his membership to the Pawcatuck Church in Westerly, R. I., where it remained until the time of his death, as above. He was a man of unusual mechanical talent, and took a prominent and important part in the development of various manufacturing interests, both in New York State and in Rhode Island. Brother Babcock was a man of strong convictions and earnest Christian purpose. His standards of Christian character and Christian living were high, and this, to those whose convictions were less sharp, and whose standards were less high, made him appear sometimes uncharitable in judgment, but, in truth, he was tender-hearted as a child. During a pastorate of six years in Westerly the writer found him a warm friend and a sincere supporter of every good thing. There were few persons whose frequent calls at the parsonage were more welcome than his. During his last days he was tenderly cared for at the home, and by the family of his youngest son, Herbert A. Babcock, in Westerly. A long, eventful, and useful life on earth, has thus come to its close, to open, as we trust, in eternal day.
L. A. P.
In Westerly, R. I., Aug. 25, 1890, Asher Miner Babcock, aged 92 years, 2 months, and 9 days.
Mr. Babcock was born in Leyden, Mass., June 16, 1798, and was the son of Ezra Babcock and Sabra Stillman, who had recently moved to that place from Westerly, R. I. Jan. 1, 1829, he was married to Mary E. Stillman, daughter of Deacon Ethan Stillman, at Unadilla Forks, N. Y., and again to Prudence C. Cleveland, of Brookfield, Oct. 12, 1847. Nine children were born to him, of whom five survive him, among whom is George H. Babcock, of Plainfield, N. J. He was one of a family of twelve children, all of whom lived to maturity, and reared large families, and three of whom - two brothers and one sister - survive him. When quite young his parents moved to Scott, N. Y., where he was converted and united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church in 1844. He removed his membership to the Pawcatuck Church in Westerly, R. I., where it remained until the time of his death, as above. He was a man of unusual mechanical talent, and took a prominent and important part in the development of various manufacturing interests, both in New York State and in Rhode Island. Brother Babcock was a man of strong convictions and earnest Christian purpose. His standards of Christian character and Christian living were high, and this, to those whose convictions were less sharp, and whose standards were less high, made him appear sometimes uncharitable in judgment, but, in truth, he was tender-hearted as a child. During a pastorate of six years in Westerly the writer found him a warm friend and a sincere supporter of every good thing. There were few persons whose frequent calls at the parsonage were more welcome than his. During his last days he was tenderly cared for at the home, and by the family of his youngest son, Herbert A. Babcock, in Westerly. A long, eventful, and useful life on earth, has thus come to its close, to open, as we trust, in eternal day.
L. A. P.
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