Loren Whitney Babbitt (1806 - 1853)

Born 16 Sep 1806 in New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Dec 1853 at age 47 in Stewartsville, De Kalb, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Loren was born in 1806 in Massachusetts, United States. ^[1][2][3]

He was the son of William Babbitt and Lydia Bishop. ^[4][5]

He married first, Almira (Elmira) Castle; he married second, Mary Aray 6 Feb 1846; he married third, Mary Bunning 2 Apr 1852 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. ^[6]

He passed away in 1883 in Missouri, United States. ^[7][8]

Lorin Babbitt traveled from Liverpool to New Orleans 17 Oct 1850 - 23 Nov 1850 aboard the ship Joseph Badger. Last Name: BABBITT, First Name: Loren, Age: 43, Origin: South Witham, Occupation: Minister. Thurs. 17. [Oct. 1850] -- The ship Joseph Badger sailed from Liverpool, England, with 227 Saints on board, under the direction of John Morris; it arrived at New Orleans on Nov. 22nd. FIFTY-FIRST COMPANY. -- Joseph Badger, 227 souls. On Thursday, October 17th, 1850, two hundred and twenty-seven Saints, most of them from Wales, sailed from Liverpool, England, under the presidency of John Morris, in connection with whom David Evans and Owel Williams acted as counselors. Elder John Tingey was appointed as an assistant counselor to take the immediate oversight of the English and Scotch Saints. After a remarkably short passage, the Joseph Badger arrived at the mouth of the Mississippi River on the twentieth of November. While at anchor in the mouth of the river, the James Pennell, which had sailed from Liverpool, October 2nd, but had been disabled on the voyage, came up with the Joseph Badger, and the two ships were towed up the river together and landed at New Orleans, November 22nd. Failing to secure a passage on the same boat that took the James Pennell passengers up the river, the company, which had crossed in the Joseph Badger, after two or three days delay in New Orleans, sailed up the river in the steamboat El Pasa, which brought them safely to St. Louis, Missouri, at the beginning of December 1850. Like the Saints who had crossed the ocean in the North Atlantic and the James Pennell, this company made St. Louis and surrounding towns their temporary homes, and subsequently, after earning means wherewith to secure an outfit for crossing the plains, continued the journey to the Valley. (Millennial Star, Vol. XIII, page 9. Bishop John Tingey's verbal report.)

On the journey to the Valley, there were 143 men and boys on the list of the pioneer company, three women and Lorenzo Young's two children. There were 73 wagons.

Sources

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• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M661-HFX : 7 September 2017), Loren W Babbitt, Washington, De Kalb, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 204, sheet 341A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0685; FHL microfilm 1,254,685.
• Source: S913796028 Repository: #R900810987 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=114781196&pid=157
• Repository: R900810987 Ancestry.com
• Source: S913796028 Repository: #R900810987 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=114781196&pid=148
• Source: S1 1880 United States Federal Census, Washington, DeKalb, Missouri; Roll: 685; Page: 341A; Enumeration District: 204.
• Source: S5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Church History, Early Mormon Missionaries, https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/loren-babbitt-1806?lang=eng
• Source: S8 Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ancestry.com. Original data: Black, Harvey B. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 6 vols. Provo, UT: Infobases, 1996. Private donor.