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Edward Vose Babcock Died; One-Time Pittsburgh Mayor
Pittsburgh, Today
(AP) Edward Vose Babcock, multi-millionaire lumberman and one-time mayor of
Pittsburgh, died yesterday of a heart ailment. He was 84. For a
quarter of a century he was a leading figure in Western Pennsylvania Rupublican
politics. As mayor of the steel city from 1913 to 1922, he was host to
more kings, queens and princes than any other mayor in the city's history.
He
headed the Babcock Lumber Company - one of the largest lumber procurers in the
world. Its operations stretched from Pennsylvania to Tennessee, Georgia
and Florida. A few years ago the Babcock Florida Company completed the
jogging of 156,000 acres near Fort Myers.
He entered politics in 1911 as a member of a special council of nine appointed by Gov. John K. Tener to administer the affairs of the city which had become so corrupt and graft-ridden that many of the previous councilmen had been sent to jail.
He was an Allegheny County commissioner for six years, retiring from politics in 1932 when his term as commissioner ended. Personal monuments to him as commissioner are the county's North and South Parks with an area of more than 4,000 acres.
He personally
optioned most of the farms taken over for the parks and turned them over to the
county without profit. In tribute to him, the flags at both parks will fly
at half mast for 30 days.
Born near Fulton, N.Y., in 1864, he taught country
school for three years and then went to work as a "lumber rustler" in Michigan
for $1 a day. He founded the Babcock Lumber Company with his brother, the
late F. R. Babcock.
He is survived by
his widow and two sons. Funeral services will be held Saturday.
[Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania) Friday Evening, September 3, 1948 -
Contributed by Nancy Piper]
Mrs. CAROLINE BAER
Mrs. Caroline Baer, of Millvale Avenue, died on Sunday last
at her home aged eighty years. Funeral services were held on Tuesday
morning of this week. Rabbi Rudolph Coffee officiated. The remains
were taken to Alliance, O., for interment.
Mrs Baer is survived by eight
children; Rose, Sophie, Max and David, Mrs. S. Gallinger, Jr., of this city,
Mrs. Wm. Teplanski of Canton, O., and Bert and Lee of New York.
[Jewish Criterion, December 1, 1911]
Rev. JOHN
BARKER, D. D.
Thursday, May 31, 1860 - Death of
The Rev. John Barker, D.D., President of Alleghany College--This gentleman died
suddenly, in Pittsburg, Pa. He was a member of the Pittsburg Conference of
the M. E. Church. He succeeded the Rev. Homer J. Clark, D. D., in the
Presidency of the institution, in the winter or spring of 1847. The
college was just then emerging from the financial embarrassments which had long
crippled its energies and usefulness,--the tide of prosperity set in motion by
the endowment system then first perceptibly reaching its walls and landing
within them hundreds of young men who gladly availed themselves of the cheap
endowment to secure the advantages of a collegiate course. This system was
devised by the retired President, Dr. Clark, at a time when the institution was
in a most desponding condition, and when those who had struggled and toiled for
it through many years were despairing of sustaining it with any success.
The same system has since been adopted in other institutions, similarly
situated, with the happiness results.
[Vincent's Semi-Annual United States Register: A work in which The Principal
Events of Every Half-Year Occuring in The United States are Recorded, Each
Arranged Under The Day of its Date. This volume contains The Events
Transpiring Between The 1st of January and 1st of July, 1860. Edited and
Published by Francis Vincent]
JOHN
BAYER
