Background
Babbitt, George Franklin was born on November 25, 1848 in Barre, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Pliny Henry and Lydia (Perry) Babbitt.
Babbitt, George Franklin was born on November 25, 1848 in Barre, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Pliny Henry and Lydia (Perry) Babbitt.
Graduate Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1872.
Reporter and editor on Boston Post until 1877. Private secretary to Major. Prince; returned to Boston Post and became Washington correspondent.
Appointed by Mayor Prince member Board of Health.
Health commissioner, Boston, 1879-1900. Editor on Boston Herald, 1884-1909.
Trustee Brookline Public Library.
Club: Saint Botoph.
Married at Brooklyn, Eunice Humphrey Allen, March 22, 1905.