At the home of her son, H. A. Babcock, in Brookfield, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1895, of paralysis, Roxanna Williams Babcock, in the 77th year of her age.
Roxanna W. Babcock was born in the town of Palermo, N. Y., May 3, 1819. In early years she removed to Brookfield, in which place, and Watson, N. Y., her life was spent. Sept. 7, 1842, she was married to Leander Babcock, with whom she lived a faithful wife nearly forty years, he having passed from this life in 1881.
Not many years after her marriage, the family removed to Watson. Here, under the ministrations of Joshua Clarke, she accepted Christ and was baptized, uniting with the Watson Seventh-day Baptist Church. Having again removed to Brookfield, she united with the Second Brookfield Church by letter in the year 1864, since which time she has continued a faithful member until her death.
She was a woman of humble faith, irreproachable in character and beloved of family and acquaintance. Of the family there live to mourn her, her son, Harvey A. Babcock, her daughters, Mrs. J. L. Clarke and Mrs. R. G. Clarke of Brookfield, N. Y., Mrs. Jacob Williams, of North Loup, Neb., and Mrs. A. E. Curtis, of Leonardsville, N. Y.
