Elizabeth Winegar Babcock
August 17, 1810-June 8, 1886
Niles Democrat, Saturday, June 12, 1886, page 5, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Elizabeth Winegar Babcock, died at her home in this city, Tuesday evening, June 8, 1886. She was born in Nassau, Rensselaer county, New York, August 17, 1810, was married to George S. Babcock October 30th, 1831, and came to this city September 10th, 1838, where she has ever since resided. Thus briefly is chronicled the life history of a most estimable lady, a true and faithful wife, a devoted and affectionate mother, a warm friend and a truly good woman. Although a resident of Niles for well nigh a half century, she was but little known to any save the older families. Essentially a home person, in the sweetest sense of the word, her sphere was her own hearth stone, and family circle and her highest ambition was to minister to the comfort and render pleasant the home of her loved companion and their children. How nobly she succeeded is best known to those who knew her and the bereaved family which is left. She patiently and cheerfully did her every duty in this life and has gone to her reward beyond.
Niles Mirror, Wednesday, June 16, 1886, page 5, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
OBITUARY
In Renselaer county, in the state of New York, fifty-five years ago, George S. Babcock and Elizabeth Winegar were married. They came west and located in Niles, September 10th, 1838. Last Tuesday eventing, June 8th, after a brief illness, sad farewells were uttered, and the shadows of death fell between the eyes of a kind and devoted wife, a noble Christian mother, a true friend, a perfect type of an incomparable woman, and the dear ones of home. Her eyes closed upon the scenes which had for years been all of life to her and opened upon the beauties of the home beyond. She died with the strains of "Rock of Ages" rendered in tones quivering with emotion , [illegible] in her ears, and the promise made years ago, that when one was called to go the other would sing that grand old hymn by the bedside, was fullfilled; the angels prolonging the refrain welcomed her to the presence of Him whom she had served so faithfully and so well. Tho' absent forever from her earthly home, the hallowed memories, centering around a correct and beautiful life, are enshrined within the sacred precincts of the hearts of husband and children.