Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-27
OLD TIMER OF
PINE CITY DIES
Funeral Services for Fred BabcOck,
"A, Spanish.American War Vet.
Held Tuesday of Last Week.

The funeral services for Fred Bah
cock who had lived in the Pine City
community for q years and who was
father of a large family, were held
Tuesday, Oct. IS, at 10 a. m, In the
Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton. The body was laid to rest in
the family lot at Calvary cemetery.
Pallbearers were Albert Oman. John
Connaker, John O'Reily, Joe Petschel,
o. P. Swanson and Claude Daniels.
Mr.. Babcock pasesd away after a
brief illness at his home Saturday
evening, Oct. 18th, at 7:45. He leaves
to mour his passing, his wife, seven
children, "a grandchildren. seven
great grandchildren, and a brother at
Seattle, Wash.
Mr.. Babcock was born in Bangar,
Maine, March 2S, 1858. and when he
died was past "A years. His father,
Chas. VIM, was killed in the battle
of Gettysburg in the Civil war and
his mother with her three sons came
to Minnesota in 1878. In June of 1881
he was united in marriage to Sarah
Gillis of Saltwater and to this union
10 children were born. Mary Ann Gull
len, Minneapolis; Belle McGrath,
Rush City; Florence, Longville; Estel-
lie Mullins, Hinckley; Maurice, Du-
luth; Frank, st. Paul, Joseph A., Pine
City. Two sons, George and Sidney,
died in infancy and the youngest boy,
Archie, preceded him in death two
years ago.
Mr.. Babcock came to Pine City with
his family in 1905, to make that his
home In the early days he was en-
gagged in numbering business with
James McGrath and later did plumb
ing work for Albert Oman for many
years, retiring from active work in
1924. In May of this year, he pur-
chased the Clark property in Hinck-
ley. and built the Mullins Standard
Oil station for his son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Null
Inns.
All the children were home for the
funeral and also many of the grand
children. Out of town attendants
were Mrs. Muriel Babcock and daugh-
ter, Barbara Ann, wife and daughter
of the late Archie Babcock, and her
mother, Mrs. Jerry Fortiner, of Inter-
national Falls, Mimi; John ellis and
Mary Belle of Duluth; Mrs. Frank
Cassidy, Mrs. Frank Lynch, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Brennan, Mrs. Rose Par
ris and Phil Shafer, all of Hinckley;
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mcguire, Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Sybrandt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank McGrath, Betty, John, and Mrs.
Joseph McGrath, all Of Rush City;
James E. McGrath, Des Moines, Iowa;
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Babcock, Du-
luth; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Babcock,
ST. Paul; Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Cullen
Florence, Jerry, and Baudette, Min
neapolis; Mrs. Florence Nyvall and
son, Donald, Longville, and Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Mullins, Hinckley.
Mr.. Babcock, a Spanish-American
war veteran served with Co. K, 18th
Minnesota Volunteers of Saltwater
Three generations of the Babcocks
answered the call to the colors. Mr.
Babcock's father served in the civil
war, he in the Spanish-American and
three sons, Maurice, Joseph and Frank
in the World war.
In June of 1881, Mr.. and Mrs. Bah
cock celebrated their golden wedding
The sympathy of friends far and
near goes out to the bereaved family
in the loss of a good husband and
father, a man of stability who pro-
vided well for his loved ones and who
was a good citizen and neighbor.