Background
Babb, Washington Irving was born on October 2, 1844 in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. Son of Miles and Mary (Moyer) Babb.
Babb, Washington Irving was born on October 2, 1844 in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. Son of Miles and Mary (Moyer) Babb.
Bachelor of Arts, Iowa Wesleyan University, 1866, Master of Arts, 1869 (Doctor of Laws, 1898, State University of Iowa, 1907). Served 8th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, 1863-1865.
Admitted to bar, 1868. Practiced at Mount Pleasant. Iowa, 1868-1906, Chicago, 1906-1910.
President Western Wheeled Scraper Company, Aurora.
Illinois, Vice-President Austin Manufacturing Company, Chicago, since 1910.
Member Iowa House of Representatives, 1884.
Married Alice Bird, October 9, 1873.