Mary D. Babcock
Mary D. Babcock was born around 1843 in New York to Christopher D. Babcock and Louisa Cole. Her father was a farmer who owned $600 of real estate in 1850. She grew up and attended school in Persia, New York. The family moved to North East, Pennsylvania, by the early 1860s. Union soldier Ephraim E. Brown courted her during the war, and they maintained an active correspondence for several years. In August 1864, she declared that she loved him “as dear as she loves her self,” writing that, “if I could only see you I would give all I have in [the] world.” The couple, however, never married, and she died in North East on November 7, 1865.
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(853)Babcock, Mary D. ~ Babcock, Mollie D.18431865-11-07
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 35

  • (1773) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 31 January 1864
  • (2296) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 7 February 1864
  • (2795) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 17 May 1864
  • (2796) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 19 May 1864
  • (3108) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 9 June 1863
  • (3553) [writer] ~ Delilah Babcock and Mary D. Babcock to Ephraim E. Brown, 22 May 1864
  • (3554) [writer] ~ Mary D. Babcock to Ephraim E. Brown, 1 August 1864
  • (3556) [writer] ~ Mary D. Babcock to Ephraim E. Brown, October 1862
  • (5570) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 23 April 1864
  • (5579) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, undated
  • (5906) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 16 January 1862
  • (5909) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 16 August 1862
  • (5989) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 4 February 1863
  • (5990) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 24 February 1863
  • (5992) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, undated
  • (5998) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 22 October 1864
  • (6000) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 4 November 1864
  • (6002) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 17 November 1864
  • (6007) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 11 December 1864
  • (6030) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 9 February 1865
  • (6033) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 18 February 1865
  • (6034) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 23 February 1865
  • (6036) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 4 March 1865
  • (6038) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 18 March 1865
  • (6040) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 31 March 1865
  • (6043) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 23 April 1865
  • (6045) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 14 May 1865
  • (6046) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 28 May 1865
  • (7928) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, undated
  • (7930) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 14 August 1865
  • (7931) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 27 July 1865
  • (7932) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 14 July 1865
  • (7933) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 8 July 1865
  • (7934) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 12 June 1865
  • (7973) [recipient] ~ Ephraim E. Brown to Mary D. Babcock, 27 July 1865

People - Records: 2

  • (853) Babcock, Mary D. is the [sweetheart of] (528) Brown, Ephraim E.
  • (2258) Babcock, Delilah is the [sibling of] (853) Babcock, Mary D.

Places - Records: 2

  • (67) [birth] ~ New York
  • (808) [death] ~ North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania

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SOURCES

1850 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; “Mary D. Babock” Find a Grave Profile, available from findagrave.com; Mary B. Babcock to Ephraim E. Brown, 1 August 1864, Nau Collection.