Clara Babcock
One of the first women preachers to be ordained within the Restoration Movement,
About Clara Babcock
Lived 1850 – 1925 (aged 75).
Clara Celestia Hale Babcock (31 May 1850 – 12 December 1924) was one of the first women preachers to be ordained within the Restoration Movement, and was a leader within the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
Biography Clara Celestia Hale was born on May 31, 1850, in Fitchville, Ohio. She married Israel Babcock in 1865. Formerly members of the Methodist Church, the Babcocks joined the Stone-Campbell Movement in 1880 at the Sterling Christian Church in Sterling, Illinois. the congregation urged Babcock to be their minister.
She was ordained by Andrew Scott of the Sterling Christian Church in 1889. Babcock participated in twenty-eight annual revivals
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Who was Clara Babcock?
one of the first women preachers to be ordained within the Restoration Movement,
When was Clara Babcock born?
Clara Babcock was born on 31 May 1850.
When did Clara Babcock die?
Clara Babcock died on 12 December 1925.
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