GEORGE W. BABB

Babb, George W., fire insurance mg'r, of 55 John St., New York. city, was born, Boston, Mass., Oct. 17, 1847; ed. in Boston Publc and private schs.; m. Nova Scotia, 1886, Janet C. Messinger. Employed in a Boston dry goods jobbing house, 1865-1870: mn'g clerk in a Boston fire insurance agency, 1870-1875, and local fire insurance ag't in Boston, 1876-1880; appt'd gen. ag't Commerce Insurance Co. of Albany, N. Y., and removed to Albany, 1880; appt'd sp'l ag't of Northern Assurance Co. of London, 1882; in 1885 appt'd mg'r of New England Dep't of the Northern and removed to Boston; in 1889 appt'd mg'r of N. Y. Dep't of the Northern, comprising the Middle and Southern States, and also gen. att'y and financial ag't for that company, and removed to New York. In 1896 again became mg'r of the New England Dep't of the Northern on its consolidation with N. Y. Dep't them. of original Corn. of Four which prepared the Universal Mercantile Schedule. Pres. N. Y. Bd of Fire Underwriters, May, 1907-May, 1909, and Pres. Nat. Bd of Fire Underwriters, May, 1911-May, 1913. Independent. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Merchants' Ass'n, New England Soc. of Brooklyn. Club: Down Town Assn.

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