Melvin E. Babcock and Clara V. Hendricks were married on May 11, 1905 in Adams County, IN.
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Allen Co, IN; Tuesday, 12 May 1942, p. 2
BABCOCK
Funeral services for Melvin E. Babcock, 60, of 1118 Columbia avenue, who died at 10:43 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph's hospital of heart disease will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the residence and at 2 p.m. at the Crescent Avenue Evangelical church with Rev. Leroy Geiger, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Lindenwood cemetery. The remains will be returned to the residence at 2 p.m. today from the D. O. McComb & Sons' funeral home. Surviving are the wife, Clara; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Lee of Hudson, Ind., and Mrs. Burness Woodruff of Fort Wayne; four sons, Harry, Marshall and Lester of this city, and True Babcock of Huntington; three sisters, Mrs. Leon Diegel and Mrs. James Stouder of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Robert Hathaway of Springfield, O.; four brothers, Frank and Charles Babcock of this city, Sylvan of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Troy Babcock of Logansport; 11 grandchildren and a half-brother, James Glick of Monroe, Ind.
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Melvin Earl Babcock; County: 1 Monroe, Adams, Indiana; State: Indiana; Birth Date: 25 Feb 1882; Race: White; Roll: 1439777; DraftBoard: 0; Age: 36; Occupation: farmer for self in Monroe, Adams, Indianad.; Nearest Relative: Clara V. Babcock, same as above; Height/Build: med/med; Color of Eyes/Hair: brown/dark; Signed: Sept. 12, 1918
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Allen Co, IN; Tuesday, 12 May 1942, p. 2
BABCOCK
Funeral services for Melvin E. Babcock, 60, of 1118 Columbia avenue, who died at 10:43 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph's hospital of heart disease will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the residence and at 2 p.m. at the Crescent Avenue Evangelical church with Rev. Leroy Geiger, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Lindenwood cemetery. The remains will be returned to the residence at 2 p.m. today from the D. O. McComb & Sons' funeral home. Surviving are the wife, Clara; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Lee of Hudson, Ind., and Mrs. Burness Woodruff of Fort Wayne; four sons, Harry, Marshall and Lester of this city, and True Babcock of Huntington; three sisters, Mrs. Leon Diegel and Mrs. James Stouder of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Robert Hathaway of Springfield, O.; four brothers, Frank and Charles Babcock of this city, Sylvan of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Troy Babcock of Logansport; 11 grandchildren and a half-brother, James Glick of Monroe, Ind.
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Melvin Earl Babcock; County: 1 Monroe, Adams, Indiana; State: Indiana; Birth Date: 25 Feb 1882; Race: White; Roll: 1439777; DraftBoard: 0; Age: 36; Occupation: farmer for self in Monroe, Adams, Indianad.; Nearest Relative: Clara V. Babcock, same as above; Height/Build: med/med; Color of Eyes/Hair: brown/dark; Signed: Sept. 12, 1918
Melvin E. Babcock and Clara V. Hendricks were married on May 11, 1905 in Adams County, IN.
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Allen Co, IN; Tuesday, 12 May 1942, p. 2
BABCOCK
Funeral services for Melvin E. Babcock, 60, of 1118 Columbia avenue, who died at 10:43 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph's hospital of heart disease will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the residence and at 2 p.m. at the Crescent Avenue Evangelical church with Rev. Leroy Geiger, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Lindenwood cemetery. The remains will be returned to the residence at 2 p.m. today from the D. O. McComb & Sons' funeral home. Surviving are the wife, Clara; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Lee of Hudson, Ind., and Mrs. Burness Woodruff of Fort Wayne; four sons, Harry, Marshall and Lester of this city, and True Babcock of Huntington; three sisters, Mrs. Leon Diegel and Mrs. James Stouder of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Robert Hathaway of Springfield, O.; four brothers, Frank and Charles Babcock of this city, Sylvan of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Troy Babcock of Logansport; 11 grandchildren and a half-brother, James Glick of Monroe, Ind.
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Melvin Earl Babcock; County: 1 Monroe, Adams, Indiana; State: Indiana; Birth Date: 25 Feb 1882; Race: White; Roll: 1439777; DraftBoard: 0; Age: 36; Occupation: farmer for self in Monroe, Adams, Indianad.; Nearest Relative: Clara V. Babcock, same as above; Height/Build: med/med; Color of Eyes/Hair: brown/dark; Signed: Sept. 12, 1918
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Allen Co, IN; Tuesday, 12 May 1942, p. 2
BABCOCK
Funeral services for Melvin E. Babcock, 60, of 1118 Columbia avenue, who died at 10:43 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph's hospital of heart disease will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the residence and at 2 p.m. at the Crescent Avenue Evangelical church with Rev. Leroy Geiger, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Lindenwood cemetery. The remains will be returned to the residence at 2 p.m. today from the D. O. McComb & Sons' funeral home. Surviving are the wife, Clara; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Lee of Hudson, Ind., and Mrs. Burness Woodruff of Fort Wayne; four sons, Harry, Marshall and Lester of this city, and True Babcock of Huntington; three sisters, Mrs. Leon Diegel and Mrs. James Stouder of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Robert Hathaway of Springfield, O.; four brothers, Frank and Charles Babcock of this city, Sylvan of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Troy Babcock of Logansport; 11 grandchildren and a half-brother, James Glick of Monroe, Ind.
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Melvin Earl Babcock; County: 1 Monroe, Adams, Indiana; State: Indiana; Birth Date: 25 Feb 1882; Race: White; Roll: 1439777; DraftBoard: 0; Age: 36; Occupation: farmer for self in Monroe, Adams, Indianad.; Nearest Relative: Clara V. Babcock, same as above; Height/Build: med/med; Color of Eyes/Hair: brown/dark; Signed: Sept. 12, 1918
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