9253 i.
Oscar William BABB.
9254 ii.
Sampson Prior BABB.
9255 iii.
Clarence M. BABB.
9256 iv.
Minnie Bether BABB.
9257 v.
Claude BABB.
+9258 vi.
Clifford BABB.
9259 vii.
Ernest Ralph BABB. 7518. Martin Everette
BABB was born in 1840 in Babbtown Sc. He died in 1884. He served in
Company E of the Hampton Legion as a private at the battle of first Manassas.
Becoming sick, he was discharged and sent home. Upon recovering, he joined Company
B, 1st South Carolina Calvary, and at Brandy Station received a wound whi ch
resulted in the amputation of his left arm.
After the war, he taught school until 1876. At that time he was elected clerk
of court in Laurens County, South Carolina, being the first white man elected
to office after the war. The story is told that when he went to the court house
to take ove r his office, the ex-clerk of court left through a window rather
than face him. He held this office until his death in 1884.
Martha Hannah PRIOR was born in Laurens Co Sc. Martha Prior was
the daughter of Joseph Prior of Charleston, South Carolina and Mary Green Gray
of Youngs Township, Laurens County, South Carolina, where she was born. Martin
Everette BABB and Martha Hannah PRIOR had the following children:
9253 i.
Oscar William BABB.
9254 ii.
Sampson Prior BABB.
9255 iii.
Clarence M. BABB.
9256 iv.
Minnie Bether BABB.
9257 v.
Claude BABB.
+9258 vi.
Clifford BABB.
9259 vii.
Ernest Ralph BABB.
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