Ezekiel Babcock (August 22, 1828 – April 16, 1905) was an American farmer and politician. Born in

Westerlo, New York Westerlo is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 3,194 at the 2020 census. The town is on the southern border of Albany County and is served by New York State Route 143. History Westerlo was formed from ...

, Babcock moved to

Ceresco, Wisconsin Ceresco, also known as the Wisconsin Phalanx, was a Intentional community, commune founded in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin in 1844 by followers of the communitarianism, communitarian socialist ideas of Charles Fouri ...

(now Ripon, Wisconsin) in 1852. He was a farmer and served as chairman of the

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Town Board. In 1882, Babcock served in the

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and was a

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.'Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Past and Present,' Volume II, Maurice McKenna, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1912, Biographical Sketch of Fred Babcock (information about his father Ezekiel Babcock is in the biographical sketch), pg. 64-65

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* 1828 births 1905 deaths People from Westerlo, New York People from Ripon, Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin Mayors of places in Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 19th-century American politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1820s-stub