Daniel Babb started a family early, and perhaps unexpectedly. As many have learned that poses a major economic hurdle, and it may have ended up being the death of him.

Gravestone of Daniel Babb

Gravestone of Daniel Babb, Annapolis National Cemetery COURTESY PHOTO)

Babb, a Fryeburg house painter, was only 20 when he learned he was going to be a father. Elizabeth Charles had just turned 15 herself in December of 1851, by which time she was showing. A pension application claims they were married March 3, 1851, when Elizabeth was barely 14, but family tradition more credibly puts the wedding in 1852. On April 24 that year, they welcomed their first child.

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