Babbs, Lucy Alice

1879 - 1928  (48 years)

• Name	Babbs, Lucy Alice
  Birth	27 Sep 1879	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census		1880 Census, Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 14 1880 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 155) (Clay City Township), image 14, page 14b
  Reference Number	BABB.L002
  _FGRAVE	97997243
  Death	14 Jan 1928	New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana
  Burial	Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana
  	Plat 4 Range 26 Lot 1 Grave 4
  Person ID	I50530	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Babbs, Lewis A.,   b. 26 Sep 1854   d. 18 Sep 1879 (Age 24 years)
  Mother	Peters, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 20 Oct 1855, Marengo, Crawford County, Indiana d. 13 Apr 1937, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	11 Jul 1875	Clay County, Illinois   [2]
  Age at Marriage	He : 20 years and 10 months - She : 19 years and 9 months.
  Family ID	F12402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Reed, Pitt Lockett,   b. 6 Jul 1873, Georgetown, Floyd County, Indiana d. 24 Apr 1951, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1895
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 15 years and 3 months - He : ~ 21 years and 5 months.
  Children	1. Reed, Vivian Beatrice,   b. 1903   d. 1988 (Age 85 years)   2. Reed, Carl Chester,   b. 1906   d. 1959 (Age 53 years)   3. Reed, Sherman Tecumseh,   b. 1910   d. 1910 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F14621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Sep 1879 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Death - 14 Jan 1928 - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana Burial - - Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  daughter of Louis Babbs and Mary E. Peter; cook on steam boat; divorced; resided 18 E. Third St.; gangrene of right foot and leg caused by embolism of popliteal artery

  
  

• Sources

  [S16737] https://www.ancestry.com/, 1880 Census, Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 14, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4240459-00204?usePUB=true&_phsrc=Jsm2&pId=46442122) (Reliability: 2). [S8655] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Babbs, George D., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=105163&GRid=24143761&), none. (Reliability: 2).