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Below is a family biography included in The History of Washington County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Philip Hudson Babb, teacher in the mechanical department and wood-shops of the A. I. U., was born in Greeneville, East Tenn., June 14, 1844, the son of Philip and Artaminca (Hale) Babb, and grandson of Philip Babb, a native of North Carolina, and a mill-wright by occupation. He built the first mill in East Tennessee. The Babbs now living In America date their ancestry in this country back to the landing of two brothers at Plymouth Rock in early colonial times. They were from England, and both took part in the war for Independence. Afterward one settled in Massachusetts, the other In North Carolina, and from the latter descended the present Babbs of North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas. The father of the subject of this sketch was a native of Tennessee, and a farmer by occupation. He assisted in moving the Indians from the Georgia Reservation to their present quarters in the Indian Territory, and afterward moved to Tennessee, where he died at the age of fifty-three years. His son Philip was reared In Tennessee, learned his trade at Knoxville, of that State, and spent three years in bridge building in connection with the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad Company. He afterward went to Northern Missouri, and spent about two years in that State, then made his way to Arkansas, March 14, 1872, and has since been actively engaged in the building interests of Western Arkansas. Among the many buildings erected by him may be mentioned the Benton County Court-house at Bentonville, and he had the contract for building all the stairs for the Cherokee schools at Tahlequah, I. T., the Orphan Asylum at Grand Saline, I. T., and the Indigent school, five miles from Tahlequah. Mr. Babb was married in Tennessee to Miss Mary Correll, a native of Rockingham County, Va., and the daughter of Rev. Andrew Correll, who was of the Dunkard faith. To Mr. and Mrs. Babb were born two sons and a daughter: Effie, Roten and Delmer. Mr. Babb was reared in the Methodist faith; he is a member of the Masonic order, being insured in that society.

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