Brief Life History of Benjamin Bentley
When Benjamin Bentley Babb Sr was born on 24 June 1882, in Elliott, Montgomery, Iowa, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Babb, was 39 and his mother, Caroline Rachel Weilenman, was 37. He married Effie Alice Selders on 23 September 1903, in Atlantic, Cass, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Aberdeen Election Precinct 1, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 2 June 1952, in Aberdeen, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Aberdeen, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- Benjamin B Bobb, "United States 1950 Census"
- Benj. B. Babb, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Benjamin B Babb, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English (Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall): from the Middle English personal name Babb(e), usually no doubt a pet form of the female personal name Barbara (see Barbara ), but possibly in some cases a survival of the Old English personal name Babba, which is found in several placenames, including Babbacombe in Devon and Babington in Somerset.
English (Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall): from Middle English babe ‘infant, young child’, applied as a nickname.
Americanized form of German Bobb or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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