Background
Babcock, Birton E. was born on May 20, 1870 in Clyde, Ohio, United States. Son of Franklin G. and Adeline (Wagner) Babcock.
Babcock, Birton E. was born on May 20, 1870 in Clyde, Ohio, United States. Son of Franklin G. and Adeline (Wagner) Babcock.
Bachelor of Arts, A.M., College of Wooster (O.), 1894. Student Lane Theological Seminary, 1896-1898.
Teacher public schools, Hanoverton, O., 1894-1896. Farmed and worked in kraut factory, Clyde, 1898-1900. Secretary Empire State Pickling Company, Phelps, New York, 1901-1907, vice president, secretary, 1907-1918, president and treasurer, since 1918.
Trustee Clifton Springs (New York) Sanitarium, College of Wooster, Road of Christian Education of Presbyterian Church of the United States.
Mason. Large donor to College of Wooster and other educational and missionary enterprises.
Married Edna C. Wilder, September 25, 1896.