LATE PIONEER WELL KNOWN
Amos Babb, Who Crossed Plains In 1864, Survived by Children
Amos Babb, of Portland, who dropped dead Monday, September 27, from heart ailment, was a native of Indiana, having been born in Vermillion County, January 28, 1842. He came to Oregon toward the close of the Civil War, crossing the plains in 1844. He took up a homestead, but moved to Portland, where he lived until his death except for the years between 1882 and 1889, which he passed in Nebraska with his mother. Mr. Babb married Ellen Hendricks, April 25, 1872. She died in 1892. But two children were born to them, Charles A. Babb, of Memphis, and Mrs. May Streyffler [sic], of Portland. In 1889 [sic] he married Anna Mattison, who died four years ago. Mr. Babb had been in the employ of the Goodyear Rubber Company for the last 20 years. Besides his children a sister, Mrs. E. Rusk, of Milwaukie, Or., and another sister and two brothers, of Illinois, survive.
[The Oregonian, October 2, 1915]
Amos Babb, Who Crossed Plains In 1864, Survived by Children
Amos Babb, of Portland, who dropped dead Monday, September 27, from heart ailment, was a native of Indiana, having been born in Vermillion County, January 28, 1842. He came to Oregon toward the close of the Civil War, crossing the plains in 1844. He took up a homestead, but moved to Portland, where he lived until his death except for the years between 1882 and 1889, which he passed in Nebraska with his mother. Mr. Babb married Ellen Hendricks, April 25, 1872. She died in 1892. But two children were born to them, Charles A. Babb, of Memphis, and Mrs. May Streyffler [sic], of Portland. In 1889 [sic] he married Anna Mattison, who died four years ago. Mr. Babb had been in the employ of the Goodyear Rubber Company for the last 20 years. Besides his children a sister, Mrs. E. Rusk, of Milwaukie, Or., and another sister and two brothers, of Illinois, survive.
[The Oregonian, October 2, 1915]
LATE PIONEER WELL KNOWN
Amos Babb, Who Crossed Plains In 1864, Survived by Children
Amos Babb, of Portland, who dropped dead Monday, September 27, from heart ailment, was a native of Indiana, having been born in Vermillion County, January 28, 1842. He came to Oregon toward the close of the Civil War, crossing the plains in 1844. He took up a homestead, but moved to Portland, where he lived until his death except for the years between 1882 and 1889, which he passed in Nebraska with his mother. Mr. Babb married Ellen Hendricks, April 25, 1872. She died in 1892. But two children were born to them, Charles A. Babb, of Memphis, and Mrs. May Streyffler [sic], of Portland. In 1889 [sic] he married Anna Mattison, who died four years ago. Mr. Babb had been in the employ of the Goodyear Rubber Company for the last 20 years. Besides his children a sister, Mrs. E. Rusk, of Milwaukie, Or., and another sister and two brothers, of Illinois, survive.
[The Oregonian, October 2, 1915]
Amos Babb, Who Crossed Plains In 1864, Survived by Children
Amos Babb, of Portland, who dropped dead Monday, September 27, from heart ailment, was a native of Indiana, having been born in Vermillion County, January 28, 1842. He came to Oregon toward the close of the Civil War, crossing the plains in 1844. He took up a homestead, but moved to Portland, where he lived until his death except for the years between 1882 and 1889, which he passed in Nebraska with his mother. Mr. Babb married Ellen Hendricks, April 25, 1872. She died in 1892. But two children were born to them, Charles A. Babb, of Memphis, and Mrs. May Streyffler [sic], of Portland. In 1889 [sic] he married Anna Mattison, who died four years ago. Mr. Babb had been in the employ of the Goodyear Rubber Company for the last 20 years. Besides his children a sister, Mrs. E. Rusk, of Milwaukie, Or., and another sister and two brothers, of Illinois, survive.
[The Oregonian, October 2, 1915]
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