Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), pp 1114-1115.
THORNTON N. BABCOCK, one of the prominent and successful farmers and stock growers of Codington county, was born on the parental homestead, Winona county, Minnesota, on the 28th of December, 1865, and is a son of George P. and Antoinette (Newcomb) Babcock, the former of whom was born in the state of New York and the latter in Massachusetts, both families having long been identified with the annals of American history. George P. was a carpenter and cabinetmaker by trade, and followed the same as a vocation for many years, having come to Minnesota in the pioneer days and having there maintained his residence until 1880, when he removed to South Dakota, taking up land in Codington county and there improving a good farm. He died at Tracy, Minnesota, on the 1st of March, 1892, while enroute home from Minneapolis, at the age of sixty-four years. In politics he was a staunch Republican. His widow was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, her death having occurred on the 9th of June, 1899, at the age of seventy years. They became the parents of four sons and four daughters, all of whom are living except the eldest, Ada, wife of J. J. Greer, who died at the age of forty years. The others are Libbie M., unmarried; Charley, a farmer of Brookings county; Lillian; wife of A. M. Nash, of Tracy, Minnesota, a conductor on the Northwestern Railroad; Willie C., of Seattle, Washington, a conductor on the Northern Pacific Railroad; Hobart A., county clerk at Watertown; and Metta, wife of J. E. McKoane, of Minot, North Dakota, in the abstract and real-estate business, and Thornton.
The subject of this sketch received his early educational training in the public schools of Lanesboro, Fillmore county, Minnesota, where he completed a course in the high school. In 1880, at the age of fourteen years, he came to South Dakota, where he gave his attention to farm work and to teaching in the district schools until 1883. Thereafter he remained on his father's farm, taking charge of the same after the death of the latter and still residing on the homestead, which now comprises one hundred and sixty acres, and which is located in Fuller township, eight miles northwest of Watertown, two miles north of Lake Kampeska. In addition to the homestead Mr. Babcock controls and utilizes about five hundred acres, principally Indian-reservation land, and in all he has about five hundred acres under effective cultivation and devoted to diversified agriculture, while he also gives special attention to the raising of live stock, in which dine he has gained marked precedence and met with distinctive success. His cattle are of high grade, and he has some purebred shorthorn stock in the line, while he also breeds the best type of Percheron and road horses and Berkshire hogs. He is associated with others in the ownership of a fine thoroughbred Percheron stallion, of which he has the management. In politics Mr. Babcock gives an unfaltering allegiance to the Republican party, and he served for two terms as clerk of his township, while he has been a valued member of the school board for twelve years. He is a Methodist, while his wife belongs to the Baptist church. Fraternally he is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
On the 3d of January, 1899, Mr. Babcock was united in marriage to Miss Carlotta A. Hewitt, a daughter of C. P. and Arminta (Straub) Hewitt, of Watertown, her birth having occurred in Calamus, Clinton county, Iowa. Of this union have been born two children, Bruce A. and Doris.
THORNTON N. BABCOCK, one of the prominent and successful farmers and stock growers of Codington county, was born on the parental homestead, Winona county, Minnesota, on the 28th of December, 1865, and is a son of George P. and Antoinette (Newcomb) Babcock, the former of whom was born in the state of New York and the latter in Massachusetts, both families having long been identified with the annals of American history. George P. was a carpenter and cabinetmaker by trade, and followed the same as a vocation for many years, having come to Minnesota in the pioneer days and having there maintained his residence until 1880, when he removed to South Dakota, taking up land in Codington county and there improving a good farm. He died at Tracy, Minnesota, on the 1st of March, 1892, while enroute home from Minneapolis, at the age of sixty-four years. In politics he was a staunch Republican. His widow was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, her death having occurred on the 9th of June, 1899, at the age of seventy years. They became the parents of four sons and four daughters, all of whom are living except the eldest, Ada, wife of J. J. Greer, who died at the age of forty years. The others are Libbie M., unmarried; Charley, a farmer of Brookings county; Lillian; wife of A. M. Nash, of Tracy, Minnesota, a conductor on the Northwestern Railroad; Willie C., of Seattle, Washington, a conductor on the Northern Pacific Railroad; Hobart A., county clerk at Watertown; and Metta, wife of J. E. McKoane, of Minot, North Dakota, in the abstract and real-estate business, and Thornton.
The subject of this sketch received his early educational training in the public schools of Lanesboro, Fillmore county, Minnesota, where he completed a course in the high school. In 1880, at the age of fourteen years, he came to South Dakota, where he gave his attention to farm work and to teaching in the district schools until 1883. Thereafter he remained on his father's farm, taking charge of the same after the death of the latter and still residing on the homestead, which now comprises one hundred and sixty acres, and which is located in Fuller township, eight miles northwest of Watertown, two miles north of Lake Kampeska. In addition to the homestead Mr. Babcock controls and utilizes about five hundred acres, principally Indian-reservation land, and in all he has about five hundred acres under effective cultivation and devoted to diversified agriculture, while he also gives special attention to the raising of live stock, in which dine he has gained marked precedence and met with distinctive success. His cattle are of high grade, and he has some purebred shorthorn stock in the line, while he also breeds the best type of Percheron and road horses and Berkshire hogs. He is associated with others in the ownership of a fine thoroughbred Percheron stallion, of which he has the management. In politics Mr. Babcock gives an unfaltering allegiance to the Republican party, and he served for two terms as clerk of his township, while he has been a valued member of the school board for twelve years. He is a Methodist, while his wife belongs to the Baptist church. Fraternally he is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
On the 3d of January, 1899, Mr. Babcock was united in marriage to Miss Carlotta A. Hewitt, a daughter of C. P. and Arminta (Straub) Hewitt, of Watertown, her birth having occurred in Calamus, Clinton county, Iowa. Of this union have been born two children, Bruce A. and Doris.
Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), pp 1114-1115.
THORNTON N. BABCOCK, one of the prominent and successful farmers and stock growers of Codington county, was born on the parental homestead, Winona county, Minnesota, on the 28th of December, 1865, and is a son of George P. and Antoinette (Newcomb) Babcock, the former of whom was born in the state of New York and the latter in Massachusetts, both families having long been identified with the annals of American history. George P. was a carpenter and cabinetmaker by trade, and followed the same as a vocation for many years, having come to Minnesota in the pioneer days and having there maintained his residence until 1880, when he removed to South Dakota, taking up land in Codington county and there improving a good farm. He died at Tracy, Minnesota, on the 1st of March, 1892, while enroute home from Minneapolis, at the age of sixty-four years. In politics he was a staunch Republican. His widow was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, her death having occurred on the 9th of June, 1899, at the age of seventy years. They became the parents of four sons and four daughters, all of whom are living except the eldest, Ada, wife of J. J. Greer, who died at the age of forty years. The others are Libbie M., unmarried; Charley, a farmer of Brookings county; Lillian; wife of A. M. Nash, of Tracy, Minnesota, a conductor on the Northwestern Railroad; Willie C., of Seattle, Washington, a conductor on the Northern Pacific Railroad; Hobart A., county clerk at Watertown; and Metta, wife of J. E. McKoane, of Minot, North Dakota, in the abstract and real-estate business, and Thornton.
The subject of this sketch received his early educational training in the public schools of Lanesboro, Fillmore county, Minnesota, where he completed a course in the high school. In 1880, at the age of fourteen years, he came to South Dakota, where he gave his attention to farm work and to teaching in the district schools until 1883. Thereafter he remained on his father's farm, taking charge of the same after the death of the latter and still residing on the homestead, which now comprises one hundred and sixty acres, and which is located in Fuller township, eight miles northwest of Watertown, two miles north of Lake Kampeska. In addition to the homestead Mr. Babcock controls and utilizes about five hundred acres, principally Indian-reservation land, and in all he has about five hundred acres under effective cultivation and devoted to diversified agriculture, while he also gives special attention to the raising of live stock, in which dine he has gained marked precedence and met with distinctive success. His cattle are of high grade, and he has some purebred shorthorn stock in the line, while he also breeds the best type of Percheron and road horses and Berkshire hogs. He is associated with others in the ownership of a fine thoroughbred Percheron stallion, of which he has the management. In politics Mr. Babcock gives an unfaltering allegiance to the Republican party, and he served for two terms as clerk of his township, while he has been a valued member of the school board for twelve years. He is a Methodist, while his wife belongs to the Baptist church. Fraternally he is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
On the 3d of January, 1899, Mr. Babcock was united in marriage to Miss Carlotta A. Hewitt, a daughter of C. P. and Arminta (Straub) Hewitt, of Watertown, her birth having occurred in Calamus, Clinton county, Iowa. Of this union have been born two children, Bruce A. and Doris.
THORNTON N. BABCOCK, one of the prominent and successful farmers and stock growers of Codington county, was born on the parental homestead, Winona county, Minnesota, on the 28th of December, 1865, and is a son of George P. and Antoinette (Newcomb) Babcock, the former of whom was born in the state of New York and the latter in Massachusetts, both families having long been identified with the annals of American history. George P. was a carpenter and cabinetmaker by trade, and followed the same as a vocation for many years, having come to Minnesota in the pioneer days and having there maintained his residence until 1880, when he removed to South Dakota, taking up land in Codington county and there improving a good farm. He died at Tracy, Minnesota, on the 1st of March, 1892, while enroute home from Minneapolis, at the age of sixty-four years. In politics he was a staunch Republican. His widow was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, her death having occurred on the 9th of June, 1899, at the age of seventy years. They became the parents of four sons and four daughters, all of whom are living except the eldest, Ada, wife of J. J. Greer, who died at the age of forty years. The others are Libbie M., unmarried; Charley, a farmer of Brookings county; Lillian; wife of A. M. Nash, of Tracy, Minnesota, a conductor on the Northwestern Railroad; Willie C., of Seattle, Washington, a conductor on the Northern Pacific Railroad; Hobart A., county clerk at Watertown; and Metta, wife of J. E. McKoane, of Minot, North Dakota, in the abstract and real-estate business, and Thornton.
The subject of this sketch received his early educational training in the public schools of Lanesboro, Fillmore county, Minnesota, where he completed a course in the high school. In 1880, at the age of fourteen years, he came to South Dakota, where he gave his attention to farm work and to teaching in the district schools until 1883. Thereafter he remained on his father's farm, taking charge of the same after the death of the latter and still residing on the homestead, which now comprises one hundred and sixty acres, and which is located in Fuller township, eight miles northwest of Watertown, two miles north of Lake Kampeska. In addition to the homestead Mr. Babcock controls and utilizes about five hundred acres, principally Indian-reservation land, and in all he has about five hundred acres under effective cultivation and devoted to diversified agriculture, while he also gives special attention to the raising of live stock, in which dine he has gained marked precedence and met with distinctive success. His cattle are of high grade, and he has some purebred shorthorn stock in the line, while he also breeds the best type of Percheron and road horses and Berkshire hogs. He is associated with others in the ownership of a fine thoroughbred Percheron stallion, of which he has the management. In politics Mr. Babcock gives an unfaltering allegiance to the Republican party, and he served for two terms as clerk of his township, while he has been a valued member of the school board for twelve years. He is a Methodist, while his wife belongs to the Baptist church. Fraternally he is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
On the 3d of January, 1899, Mr. Babcock was united in marriage to Miss Carlotta A. Hewitt, a daughter of C. P. and Arminta (Straub) Hewitt, of Watertown, her birth having occurred in Calamus, Clinton county, Iowa. Of this union have been born two children, Bruce A. and Doris.
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