BABBITT, Richard

1842 - 1917  (74 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	BABBITT, Richard
  Birth	2 Jul 1842	Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  WAC	14 Jun 1869	EHOUS
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  Burial	Mar 1917	Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States
  Death	27 Mar 1917	Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States
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  Family	CHAPMAN, Fidelia Amelia ,   b. 11 Oct 1846, Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United Statesd. 16 Jul 1909, Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	12 Apr 1862	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  I found this information in my fathers records. It was hand written. I do not know the source, nor have I been able to document it. Can someone help? Henry William Babbitt was born the 14th of January, 1815, in Ashcott, Somersetshire, England. He died the 23 of December, 1867, in Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah. His fathers name was Robert Babbitt and his mothers name was Esther. His wife, Elizabeth Tyler, was born the 5th of November, 1817, in Astley at Hammond Hall, Worchestershire, England. She died the 5th of September, 1916, in Salt Lake City Utah. William Babbitt was on of the 4th Dragoon Guards in Queen Victoria’s Regiment for 14 years. Each man in the Regiment had to be of uniform size, height-six feet in stocking feet. They wore maroon colored uniforms and black helmets with three plumes. Elizabeth Tyler’s father was the head gardener on a large estate owned by a very wealthy man. The name of the place was Hammond Hall in England. Mr. Tyler was the gardener for forty years. He had a home on the estate and all his children were born there. Elizabeth never learned to write until she was 70 years old, but her mother taught her to read. Even thought this was all the education she had when she grew up she became the matron for the Blue School, a school for boys. William Babbitt’s army helped reinstate Queen Isabella of Spain on the Spanish throne. He traveled with the army for many years and was in Ireland and Scotland with the troops after he was married. He was a member of the Church of England, a branch called the Westlunds. He spoke two languages – English and Spanish. After he married he wanted to come to America and as no man was ever released from the Queen’s Guard he deserted. In 1850 he landed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and went to live with his wife’s sister, which had previously come to America. Her husband owned a very large plantation and they had many slaves. William worked as overseer. He he was kind to the slaves and had many quarrels with his hister-in-law and her husband because they treated the slaves cruelly. He had so much trouble at the plantation for this and other reasons that he finally left. Elizabeth Tyler had several brothers and sisters. One brother was a bell ringer in the Church of England at Westminster Abbey. Another brother worked in the mint in England, one sister was ladies maid to Florence Nightingale. The brother who worked in the mint was on his way home from visiting his mother and had to pass through the woods where he was ambushed by some men and later found tied to a tree, murdered. It was believed he had been robbed and killed for his money on account of he had been carrying money with him. An uncle of Elizabeth went to Cape of Good Hope and fought in the battle of Waterloo and received a pension from the Battle of Waterloo, but he was never heard from again. William and Elizabeth had children born in England but only one of them was lived and his name was Richard, who came to America with his mother. Elizabeth followed William to America. Her parents also came with her. They were 74 and 72 years old. They came on a sailing vessel and were on the ocean 6 weeks. The old people had never been more than forty miles from their home and they had the heaviest luggage on board. William had trouble with his relatives, Mr. And Mrs. Tobin and left their place on horse back. In the meantime, Elizabeth had landed with her parents and son and took them to the relatives. William had no knowledge of their arrival. Going past the railroad station he saw their luggage. He then went back to the plantation. William, Elizabeth, and Son Richard moved to New Orleans, leaving the parents with the sister. Six weeks later the parents died, the trim having been too much for them. Mrs. Tobin, however, still being angry with William did not let them know about the death of the old folks. Elizabeth ran a rooming house in New Orleans for four years, and William obtained work on the wharfs. William joined the LDS Church and, although Elizabeth went with him to church occasionally, she still retained the Westlund Religion. They would walk to the church together but when she came to her church she would turn off and, and as he walked on to his church, she would say, “You’re going to the devil.” A revelation on plural marriage converted Elizabeth to the LDS Church, and she was baptized before William, although he attended church regularly. One day Elizabeth was persuaded by a neighbor lady to go to a meeting with her. On that day the sermon was relative to plural marriage and what was said converted her. They worked in New Orleans four years and finally earned enough money to buy a team of horses, so they could move to Utah. The pioneers were divided into groups of ten. William captained ten wagons in the first group of pioneers carrying church property in 1854. They settled in Grantsville, Utah. In crossing the plains, there was a woman named Anges Armstrong who had two children. She was in William’s company and wanted to be his second wife. William did not want to by Elizabeth was so firmly convinced of plural marriage, and anything the church advocated, that she insisted on it; so William married Anges and they had a child named Helen, who later married Brigham Young, Jr. (don’t know if Helen married him) William and Elizabeth lived in Tooele. One day William discovered gold in the hills not far from their home. Elizabeth was making soap and he had gone to her a large rock to put under her kettle. The fire was so hot that the gold in the rock pelted and ran out of the rock. Brigham Young had told the people not to min-the important thing at the time was to develop farming and grow food to take care of them. So Elizabeth took the goal and buried it in the cellar. Bishop Clark, bishop at Tooele at the time, came to William and said, “Say, Babbitt, I understand you have discovered gold. Where was it?” William answered him, “Bishop, if it is not good for me to take the gold, it is not good for you.” Four years after words, a gold mine was discovered on their property. They later moved to Call’s Fort, nine miles north of Brigham City, where they operated a farm for a man named Hansen Call. William also whip-sawed lumber for President Snow in Cache Valley and Logan Canyon. During the winter time, they had to stay in the canyons and, and as they could not get out during the winter months, they were very hard up for food. They were snowed in all winter in Cache Valley. Men were supposed to bring them supplies, leaving them at a certain spot down in the canyon. William would have to put on his snow shoes and go bring the provisions back to camp. One time while he was gone and Elizabeth was all alone, her baby was born. Upon Williams return, he found her huddled next to the fireplace with the baby. Elizabeth could never nurse her children and kept this one alive for six months feeding it tea which she made form a hide which had grown to the bones of an ox. Posted by Scott Hepworth Richard was born 2 Jul 1842, in Dublin, Ireland, son of Henry William Babbitt and Elizabeth Tyler. He was a young child when he immigrated with his parents to America. He was baptized UNKNOWN. Fidelia was born 11 Oct 1846, in Winter Quarters, Douglas, NE, daughter of Welcome and Susan Amelia Risley Chapman. She was baptized UNKNOWN time. They were married 12 Apr 1862, in UT, when he was 19 and she was 15. There were each endowed and were sealed 14 June 1869, in the Endowment House, when he was age 26 and she was 22. He died 27 Mar 1917, in Malad, ID, at the age of 76. She died 8 years earlier 16 Jul 1909, in Malad, ID, at the age of 62. Richard Babbitt arrived in Elba, ID – see Elba Ward history, “The First One Hundred Years, Cassia-Oakley Idaho Stake, 1887-1987. Reply DragonflyNovember 25, 2012 at 6:57 PM This is cool..These are my Great Great Grandparents! I wish there were pictures!