Samuel Grant Babcock, son of Bethuel and Phoebe Moyer Babcock, was born in Garwin, Iowa, Feb. 1, 1866, and died in Marshalltown, Iowa, June 25, 1958.
Mr. Babcock in young manhood assisted his parents in farming at Grand Junction, Iowa. On November 27, 1890, he was married to Lottie Mallory of Albion, Wis., by the Rev. E. H. Socwell. They returned to Garwin in 1909. For many years prior to 1940 he worked in a blacksmith shop there. He was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church from boyhood.
He is survived by his wife; his only daughter, Mrs. Lowell Shrader of Encampment, Wyo., and a sister, Mrs. Hattie Saunders, of Edgerton, Wis.
Farewell services were conducted by Rev. W. Allen Bond at Garwin, Iowa, and interment was in the Garwin Union Cemetery. W. A. B.
