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- BIRTH-DEATH:
1) Tombstone in Old Cem., Union Tp, Fulton Co, IL: "d. 11-5-1864, aged 48y 8m 11d." Cens rec indicate his age should be "58."
2) In "Cemetery Inscriptions of Fulton Co IL" the age was read as "38." I have seen tombstone and read it as "48."
3) In "History of Fulton County, Illinois" pub 1908, p. 773, Biog. sketch of James I. Babbitt gives ff. info: "Stephen Babbitt, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Washington County, that State, February 16, 1806,....one of the earliest pioneer settlers of Fulton County, where he located in 1830...."
MAR: License, Bk. 1, p. 71 of "Book of James Ward, County Clerk."
Note: CONFLICT: IGI gives b pl as Saint Augustine, Knox, Illinois. This could not be correct as deed records show his parents in Indiana until at least 1827.
LAND: "Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database", Online at State of Illinois website: Fulton Co., Stephen Babbit, 1/18/1836, W2SW; Knox Co., 4/7/1836, SESE.
N.B.: Have tintype of Stephen as a younger man; neg. made.
- CENSUS:
*1830 Scott Co, IN census, p. 285. Stephen Babbit, 1m/20-30; 1f/under5, 1f/15-20.
*1840 Fulton Co., IL, census, p.211, Stephen Babbett, 3m und 5, 1m 5-10, 1m 30-40, 1f 5-10, 1f 10-15, 1f 30-40.
*1850 Fulton Co, IL census, Town of Union, Enum. 20 Aug, p. 222, Fam. #54. Stephen Babbit, age 45, Farmer, $2500, b Penn; Malinda, age 39, b Ky;
Elizabeth, age 22, b Ind, Married within the year [sic]; Nancy, age 18, b Ills; William, age 17, b Ills; James, age 14, b Ills; Israel, age 12, b Ills; Malinda, age 8, b Ills; Stephen, age 6, b Ills; Hugh, age 6, b Ills; Jeptha, age 1, b Ills; Huldah, age 1, b Ills.
*1860 Fulton Co, IL census, Union Tp, P.O. St. Augustine, Enum. 31 Aug, p. 448, Fam. #3139. Stephen Babbitt, age 55, $5000/$700, b Penn; Malinda, age 49, b Ky; Israel, age 21, Farm Laborer, b Illinois; Malinda, age 18, b Illinois; Stephen, age 16, b Illinois; Hugh, age 16, b Illinois, Huldah, age 11, b Illinois; Jeptha, age 11, [listed as female], b Illinois; Sanford, age 9, b Illinois.
- BIRTH-DEATH:
Tombstone in Old Cem.: d. 11-5-1864, aged 48y 8m 11d."
Cens rec indicate his age should be "58."
In "Cemetery Inscriptions of Fulton Co IL" the age was read as "38."
I have seen tombstone and read it as "48."
Also in "History of Fulton Co" pub 1908, p. 773, Biog. sketch of James I Babbitt gives ff. info: "Stephen Babbitt, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Washington County, that State, February 16, 1806,....one of the earliest pioneer settlers of Fulton County, where he located in 1830...."
Note: CONFLICT: IGI gives b pl as Saint Augustine, Knox, Illinois. This could not be correct as deed records show his parents in Indiana until at least 1827.
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