“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


WILLIAM W. BABCOCK,  farmer, Sec, 36;  P.O. Palmyra; born in 
Scott, Cortland Co., N.Y., Jan. 15, 1830; came to Palmyra in 1847, 
locating on the farm he now owns of 160 acres in 1865.  He married 
Miss Betsy Chapin, of Palmyra, April 18, 1854; they have three children 
– Ella D., Leora J. and Stella.  Mr. Babcock is a Republican.  He united 
with the Palmyra Baptist Church in 1854, and is now Deacon; is also one 
of the oldest members.  He is a successful farmer, and is raising cattle, 
sheep, and full-blooded Poland-China hogs from Fowler’s herd, Heart 
Prairie.  His nephew, Charles J. Neff, enlisted in the 37th W.V.I. in May, 
1864, and was killed at Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864.


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