History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 885, Union Township
Isaac F. Babbitt was born in Hamilton Co., O., March 18, ’10; is
the son of Stephen Babbitt, a native of Washington Co., Pa. Mr. B. left
home at the age of 14; came to Indiana, where he remained until 1842,
when he came to Fulton Co.; was educated in subscription schools in
Ohio and Indiana. He was Captain of the militia in Indiana for 5 years,
and has filled the offices of School Director, Highway Commissioner,
Town Clerk for 11 years here, also justice 4 years in Indiana. He
married, Jan. 13, ’29, Samantha Hurley; she was born in the same house
that Mr. B. was, July 6, 1810, his father having moved out shortly
after his birth, and her father moved in the house a short time
previous to her birth. By her he had 5 children; she died, and Feb. 17,
1848, he was married a second time, this time to Ailsie Phelps, sister
to Mrs. Lois Cooper, of Union township, and was born near Rochester, N.
Y. They have 6 children. Both Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the
Christian Church. He is a mason and plasterer by trade, but is farming
at present. P. O., St. Augustine.
