Elizabeth Babcock was born in Hopkinton, R. I., February 6, 1818, and died March 23, 1910.
She was the daughter of Elnathan Wells and Sally Davis Babcock, one of the four who grew to maturity. Past ninety-two years of age, she links us with the generation when a whole world of industry was carried on inside the log walls of each home; when the world was carried through the various processes "from back to back" on the same farm.
Miss Babcock had a rugged constitution and did her share of the world's hard work. In early life, to help provide the family income, she worked in the mill as a weaver. For many years her home was with her sister, the wife of Eld. Libius Cottrell. She accompanied the family to Farina, remaining as a beloved member of the family until the death of Mrs. Cottrell.
She has two nephews living, Dr. Bordon Cottrell of Hornell, with whom she has made her home a portion of the time in late years, and Henry Irish of Farina. Her last years were spent with Mrs. A. C. Burdick of Alfred, whose former husband, William Irish, was a nephew of Miss Babcock.
She was baptized in young womanhood by Eld. Russell Wells at Hopkinton. She lived an unselfish life, always wanting to do for others, her own comfort being secondary in her thoughts. She had a bright, keen intellect until it became clouded by the infirmities of age. She had an attack of Sciatica about the first of the year which combined with the decay of vital powers to end her life.
Services were held at the home of Mrs. A. C. Burdick, March 24, conducted by Pastor Randolph.
