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Robert Thorne Babbit

Birth	:	27 Sep 1832 Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
Death	:	9 Jun 1901 Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
Burial	:	Upper Gagetown Cemetery, Upper Gagetown, Queens County, Canada
Coordinate	:	45.8461100, -66.2407400
Description	:	"Lieut.-Col. Robert T. Babbit, Gagetown, NB. Robert Thorne Babbit, registrar of deeds for the county of Queen's, N.B., was born and has always lived in Gagetown, except nine years residence in Canning, Q.C., dating his birth on the 27th of September, 1831. His father, Elkanah Babbit, was born in the same township. His paternal grandfather was a Loyalist. The mother of Robert was Dorothy Creighton, a native of New Brunswick. He lost his father when he was five years old, and went to live with a farmer with whom he remained for eleven years, at the end... Read More	"Lieut.-Col. Robert T. Babbit, Gagetown, NB. Robert Thorne Babbit, registrar of deeds for the county of Queen's, N.B., was born and has always lived in Gagetown, except nine years residence in Canning, Q.C., dating his birth on the 27th of September, 1831. His father, Elkanah Babbit, was born in the same township. His paternal grandfather was a Loyalist. The mother of Robert was Dorothy Creighton, a native of New Brunswick. He lost his father when he was five years old, and went to live with a farmer with whom he remained for eleven years, at the end of which time he became an apprentice to the harness-maker's trade, which he followed in all about a dozen years. He then commenced merchandizing at Upper Gagetown, and was also engaged for a period of three years in the construction of the European and North American railway from St. John westward, being then in the employ of E. R. Burpee, Esq. In 1866 Mr. Babbit was elected to the House of Assembly for the county of Queen's and after the first year took a bold stand in opposition to the government, and was quite prominent on that side of the House, he being a decided Liberal. He was re-elected in 1870 and resigned in March, 1871, to accept the office of registrar of deeds, which, as already intimated, he still holds, and the duties of which he is preforming with promptness and care. Mr. Babbit has been connected with the militia of the province for a long time, going in as a private and being promoted through every grade to Lieut.-Colonel, which rank he now holds in the Queen's county militia. Col. Babbit takes a good deal of interest in educational matters, and has served as a school trustee at different times-never, in fact, we believe, declining any office where he could be of use to society. He may be called a thorough-going, public-spirited citizen, and happy the community well-represented by such a class. He is a county coroner, and a commissioner for taking special bail in the supreme court of New Brunswick. Col. Babbit is a member of the Canning Baptist church, and quite active in religions and reformatory work, being secretary of the united temperance association of New Brunswick, and one of the foremost men, as a private worker, in that noble enterprise. He married, on July 6th, 1854, Ella L. Currey, daughter of deacon John Currey, in his day one of the pillars of the Canning Baptist church, and they have had five children, all yet living but one daughter. Col. Babbit is living a somewhat quiet life, attending faithfully to his official duties, but his influence in the social circle is strong, and wholly on the side of order, sobriety, and what-ever tends to the welfare of the community. Source: "The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces Volume", 1881

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Robert Thorne Babbit's memorial is located at: Upper Gagetown Cemetery, Upper Gagetown, Queens County, Canada.
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Robert Thorne Babbit death on 9 Jun 1901 in Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
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Latitude: 45.8461100
Longitude: -66.2407400

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