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- Ezra Stillman BABCOCK, the youngest
of twelve children born to Abel and Lucy
- Ann HERITAGE BABCOCK,
was born three miles east of Milton, Wis., January 3, 1851.
- The five members of that family still
living are Mrs. Lee BURDICK of Milton
- Junction, Mrs. Stillman BURDICK
of Milton, Mrs. Lydia MAXSON of Riverside, Cal., Edwin
P. BABCOCK of Clinton, Wis., and Mrs. Ellis MENDENHALL
of Watertown, Wis. The family moved to Milton when he was three
years old. He attended the academy and the college. He was
married to Frances A. CASTLE, August 4, 1871. The family
circle remaining includes Mrs. BABCOCK, Edwin A., D. Alton,
Lillian and Mrs. William BENNETT. Two boys, Ernest and
Elston, died in early life. There are three grandchildren.
He was converted at thirty-one years of age through the influence
of his dying boy Elston, and has ever since been a devoted Christian,
a loyal member of the Milton Seventh-day Baptist Church.
- He was a modest, unassuming man, but
his influence for good has been remarkable.
- "He lived in a house by the side
of the road and was a friend to man." He taught a Sabbath-school
class, was superintendent of the prayer meeting department of
the Men's Brotherhood, and was an inspiration in the prayer meeting.
His great power, however, seemed to be in his daily life where
men were deeply impressed by his genuineness and his sincere
interest in the welfare of others.
- He died of septic pneumonia, December
28, 1911. Although only a few hours notice
- of the funeral had been given, the
church was crowded with sympathizing friends on the afternoon
of December 30. The Sabbath, the great day of the week to him,
was a fitting day for the services in his memory. Pastor's
text: "For to me to live in Christ, and to die is gain."
Phil. i, 21. L. C. R. [Vol. 70, No. 4, p. 125]
- Clark Witter GREEN was born
in Allegany County, N.Y., February 16, 1841, one
- of the ten children of Thomas and Rhoda
GREEN.
- Of the three survivors the two brothers,
Stephen and William, visited him within a year.
- The family moved West when Witter was
about twelve years of age, settling in the vicinity of Newville,
Wis. He began working out and making his own way in the world
before he was twenty-one. He was a volunteer in the war and has
since taken great interest in the G.A.R., being a familiar figure
with his fife at flag-raisings and other patriotic celebrations.
He attended school at Milton, graduating in the business course.
Christmas day, 1869, after the church service at Rock River,
he was married to Ursula D. MONROE. He leaves two children,
Clark and Mrs. Loyal HULL, and one grandson. For the past
twenty-two years he has lived in Milton. He died December 21,
1911 of chronic intestinal nephritis. He was baptized by Eld.
James ROGERS in the early seventies, becoming a member
of the Rock River Church, from which he was transferred to Milton
Junction and Milton. He was interested in practical Christianity,
endeavoring to show his faith by his works.
- At the home service, December 23, Pastor
Randolph's text was Rev. xxi, 4. The
- Grand Army had charge of the burial
service in the Milton Cemetery, the casket being draped in the
flag so well beloved. L. C. R. [Vol. 70, No. 4, p. 125]
- At Daytona, Fla., December 23, 1911,
of Dropsy, Thomas L. STILLMAN, in the
- seventy-ninth year of his age.
- He was the last member of a family
of five sons and two daughters born to Zebulon
- and Eunice WELLS STILLMAN,
who were descendants in the fifth generation from the first settlers
in Westerly, R.I. He was born August 16, 1833. He was a volunteer
in the First R.I. Light Artillery. At the close of the war he
removed to Edgerton, Wis., where for about fifty years he followed
the trade of wagon maker, which he had learned at Westerly. His
only child, a son of his first wife, died in childhood. Fannie
WILCOX, the beloved wife to whom he was married fifty
years ago, died in 1907.
- He was honorable in business and had
many friends, being known generally as "Uncle
- Tom." The H. S. Swift Post, G.A.R.,
of which he was a charter member and in which he took much interest,
had charge of his burial services. He has been a member of the
Pawcatuck Seventh-day Baptist Church since childhood.
- Services were conducted at his late
home, December 29, by Pastor L. C. Randolph
- of Milton. L. C. R. [Vol. 70, No.
4, p. 125]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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