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Babcock, Edmund C. (Edmund Charles), 1877-1940

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1877 - 1940

Biographical History

Edmund Charles Babcock (1877-1940) was a travel agent and art dealer in New York.

Edmund Charles Babcock was born January 26, 1877, to Edmund George Babcock and Frederica G. DeForest Babcock, in Brooklyn, New York. He was married to Elizabeth B. Lampman on October 10, 1905 in Kings, New York. He served as secretary for the Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union, with which he traveled through Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1903. In 1917, he became the sole owner of the art gallery founded by C. E. Snedecor. Edmund Charles Babcock died on January 3, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York.

Citation:
Find a grave, via WWW, April 26, 2017 (Edmund Charles Babcock; b. Jan. 26, 1877 in Brooklyn)

Findagrave, via WWW, June 13, 2017 (Edmund Charles Babcock; became owner of art gallery; d. Jan. 3, 1940 in Brooklyn)

Findagrave, via WWW, June 13, 2017 (Elizabeth B. Lampman Babcock; m. 1906 to Edmund C. Babcock)

UPB Files, June 13, 2017 (secretary of Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union)

familysearch, April 19, 2023 (Born in Brooklyn; married October 10, 1905 in Kings, New York)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Edmund C. Babcock letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8992
Scope and Contents

Contains eighteen handwritten letters to Elizabeth B. Lampman, all but one having postmarked envelopes, written between July to August 1903 by Edmund C. Babcock; there are also two letters written by an anonymous person or persons, located in the letter of July 16th written from Cripple Creek, Colorado. Letters document Babcock's travels through Yellowstone National Park as the secretary of the Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union.

Dates: 1903 July-August
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edmund C. Babcock letters

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