Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . cago, Illinois, November 28, 1893. He was aphysician of much note. Amos Babcock wasborn April 28, 1767, and died in 1846 at Peters-burg, New York. He was a lineal descendant ofJames Babcock who was born in Essex county,England, in 1612 and emigrated to Rhode Islandprevious to 1640. This branch of the Babcockfamily in England had a coat of arms, and anolder brother was a knight. Mr. Babcocks an-cestors saw service among the patriots of theRevolutionary war as did the ancestors of hiswife. James L. Babcock was educated in the com-mon schools of Go
Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . cago, Illinois, November 28, 1893. He was aphysician of much note. Amos Babcock wasborn April 28, 1767, and died in 1846 at Peters-burg, New York. He was a lineal descendant ofJames Babcock who was born in Essex county,England, in 1612 and emigrated to Rhode Islandprevious to 1640. This branch of the Babcockfamily in England had a coat of arms, and anolder brother was a knight. Mr. Babcocks an-cestors saw service among the patriots of theRevolutionary war as did the ancestors of hiswife. James L. Babcock was educated in the com-mon schools of Goshen and at the academy atNorthampton, Massachusetts. For ten years hewas engaged in the mercantile business in Lakestreet, Chicago, until the great fire of 1871. Com-ing to .Ann Arbor in 1871, he joined his uncle,Luther James, and took care of much of his ex-tensive business. On the death of his uncle, hesucceeded to the greater part of his large purchased the Dr. Wells homestead on thecorner of Division and Ann streets and entirely. |.\.\II-:S L. BABCOCK PAST AND PRESENT OF WASHTENAW COUNTY. 343 remodeled it, inakiiii; it one of the handsomesthomes in the state. Mr. r)abcock: was married Septcml)er 29, 1892,to Miss Ella Stanley Butler, of Waukesha. Wis-consin, daughter of Walter C. and Cynthia (Stan-ley) Butler. Mrs. Babcock is a talented woman,a fine musician and conversationalist. She waseducated at her early home. New Haven. Con-necticut. Both ^Ir. and Mrs. Babcock spend much timein traveling and divide their time largely betweenAnn Arbor, \\aukesha, ^^isconsin, Connecticutand Massachusetts, l)ut they have visited manyother parts of the country and enjoy the otiumcum dignatiti which their means entitle them entertain a great deal and their receptionsare looked forward to as among the greatest so-ciety events oi the season. ]\Ir. Babcock is publicspirited, liberal but unostentatiotts. He has givento many things of a public nature. He is a directorin the F
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