Edwin G. Babcock (1838 - 1920)

Born 10 Aug 1838 in North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline Elliot (Gifford) Babcock — married 25 Jun 1872 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Died 21 Oct 1920 at age 82 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Babcock Name Study.

Pvt Edwin Babcock served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 5 Jul 1862
Mustered out: 06 Jul 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company I, 34th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry

Rev. Edwin Babcock was Wounded in Action during United States Civil War.

Edwin was born in 1838. He is the son of Julius Babcock and Miriam Moulton. During the Civil War he enlisted as a Private, Company I, 34th Massachusetts Infantry, GAR; POW 6/18/1864 Lynchburg, VA (Paroled); Wounded 6/18/1864 Lynchburg, VA (Severely wounded in left leg, amputated) After the war he became a Methodist Minister

Military Service

Union Army, Civil War

Babcock, Edwin G. Age 23. Unmarried. Residence, North Brookfield. Occupation, Mechanic. Born in North Brookfield, August 10, 1838. Parents, Julius and Miriam. Enlisted July 5, 1862, for three years. Mustered July 13, 1862, 34th Regt., Co. I, Mass. Vols. Private. In Battle of Lynchburg, Va., where wounded and taken prisoner. Suffered amputation of a foot. Discharged at expiration of service. June 16, 1865. Absent, sick. Residence in 1886, Fall River, Mass.

National Park Service

A historical record of the soldiers and sailors of North Brookfield, and others who counted upon the quota of the town, in the war for the preservation of the union, against the rebellion, 1861-1865

Battle of Lynchburg

The Civil War In The East

Death

BURIAL: Maple Grove Cemetery Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #76412709

Age 82yrs. 2 mo. 10 days

Sources

• Brown, Cyrus. Brown Genealogy of Many of the Descendants of Thomas, John, and Eleazer Brown (Everett Press Co., Boston, 1907-1915), Vol. 1, pg. 314

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWT7-2ZR : 24 May 2018), Sarah Gifford in entry for Edwin G. Babcock and Caroline E. Gifford, 25 Jun 1872; citing West Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,031.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N43W-L3W : 24 May 2018), Sarah in entry for Edwin G. Babcock and Caroline E. Gifford, 25 Jun 1872; citing Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,030.

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQHB-FSC : 1 June 2018), Edwin G Babcock in entry for Julius Babcock, 1865.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLT-6GL : 24 January 2020), Sarah in entry for Edwin G. Babcock, 1872.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH6M-LF2 : 15 August 2017), Grace L Babcock in household of Edwin G Babcock, Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 68, sheet 117C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,523.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Y7-G3Z : accessed 26 March 2020), Grace L Babcock in household of Edwin C Babcock, Carver Town, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1120, sheet 7B, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,674.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXY3-5CH : accessed 26 March 2020), L Grace Babcock in household of G Edwin Babcock, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 205, sheet 9B, line 55, family 192, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 687; FHL microfilm 1,820,687.

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23Y6-ZLB : 22 October 2019), Caroline E Gifford in entry for Edwin G Babcock, 21 Oct 1920; citing Death, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 44, page 80, State Archives, Boston.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9RN-RXS : 4 December 2014), Edwin Babcock, Private, Company I, 34th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M544 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 881,871.

• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHWG-ZZW : 24 March 2016), Edwin G. Babcock, 1865.

• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6W2-GV1 : 20 August 2019), Edwin G Babcock, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,108.

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDP5-PQH : 13 March 2018), Edwin G Babcock, 1865.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2G-F4ZT : 13 December 2015), Edwin G Babcock, ; Burial, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America, Maple Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 76412709, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.