Charles Babcock (1853-1912) was born in Ravenna, Ohio, and died in Los Angeles, California. By 1860 he had moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1875 he married Kate H. Babcock (b. Holloway) in Bridgeport, Ohio, and they settled in Cleveland. Babcock was the senior member of the wholesale grocery firm Babcock, Hurd, & Co., which was started by his father Perry H. Babcock. He was also a director of the Bankers Surety Co., National City Bank, and McClean Arms and Ordnance Co. The Babcock family spent part of every year in Los Angeles. In 1887 Babcock wrote to Mary Baker Eddy to order a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

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