Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1903 — FUNERAL OF H. M. BABB. [ARTICLE]

FUNERAL OF H. M. BABB.

The remains of H. M. Babb arrived here from Wisconsin Saturday at 11 o’clock and the funeral was held from the Church of God Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p. m, D. T. Halstead conducted the services. Interment in Weston cem- . etery. Referring to the death of Mr. Babb, the Monticello Journal says: Henry Mercer Babb, whose remains were bnried at Rensselaer to-day, was at one time a well known man in this county. After, leaving his birth place he came to Ohio, where in 1833 he married Eleanor Ann Lane, to them were born twelve children—eight daughters and four sons. Two of these sons, Samnel and William, served in the Civil war. This couple were the progenitors of forty-two grand-childreu and forty-three great grand-children. Comiog to Indiana in 1837 Mr. Babb has lived most of the time since then in Remington where he managed a hotel of much note along the old State Line division. Of late years he lived at Rensselaer and was remarkably vigorous for one of his years until about two years ago when a cancer, occasioned by an injury, developed on his hand and gave him intense pain the most of the time until his death which no doubt was caused by the same. A Manxman by deeoent and a patriot through training in the birthplace of presidents, he retained these characteristics up until the last.