From History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley, by Merton Edwin Krug, Publ. February 1929 by the author. Printed by Democrat Printing Company, Madison, Wis., Page 61-62

Descendants of Pioneer FamiliesJames W. Babb. This sturdy pioneer, the earliest settler of the Upper Baraboo Valley, having a local progeny today, by his wife Rebecca Scarff, was the father of five children, two daughters and three sons, as follows: Betsy, Phillip, John, Strother and Margaret.Betsey, wife of Stern Baker, had five children: Isabinda, who married Lafayette Wright, and lived in Reedsburg; James Wilson; Rebecca, who married Solomon Root of Reedsburg; Sarah; and Main Baker, local townsman, aged treasurer of the Old Settlers Society, who married Martha Martin.

Phillip Babb married Hannah Thornton. Their living children are: Denny, La Crosse; Robert, Texas; Elizabeth, wife of George Sherwood, Reedsburg; and John, Reedsburg. John, son of James W., went to Texas and his family is located there.Strother, son of James W., also went to Texas. Margaret, married John Sanders, and lived in Reedsburg; her children were: Adolph M.; Louise; Alonzo; Ida, married John Horton; and Belle Daniel and Amanda (Skidmore) Carver. This pioneer couple, early settlers in the region southwest of Reedsburg, in 1849, the wife a sister to Mrs. Eber Benedict, have also many local descendants.

They had five children: Lansing, Clarinda, Nelson, Harmon, and Washington Irving.Lansing Carver married Jane Danley, and had four children: Bertha, widow of Julius Lassallette, Reedsburg; William, Idaho; Allen, deceased; and Rena, married George Tuttle.Clarinda Carver married James B. Clark, and had four children: Frank, Irving, Charles, Albert. Frank B. Clark, deceased, married Clara Goodwin, Madison; Irving, deceased; Charles A. Clark, Reedsburg, married Martha B. Thornton; and Albert H. Clark, married Meta Taetzmann, and resides in Washington, D. C.

Nelson Carver married Mildred Barnes, and had three children: Ida, Porter, and Claud. Harmon Carver married Evangeline Yorman, and had one daughter, Jesse. Washington Irving Carver married Emma Medberry, and removed to California. His children were: Marina, Nellie, Marvin, Walter, Callie, Kate, Alice.Daniel and Polly (Briggs) Clark.

One of the very first families to penetrate the wilderness of southern Reedsburg, 1849, that of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Clark, deserves especial mention here. They were the parents of four children: Betsy Ann, Daniel, Albert, James B. Daniel Clark married Lavantia McPherson; Albert married Kate Huffnail, and had children, W. P. Clark, Edmund, S. D., and Ida, deceased; James B. Clark married Clarinda B. Carver, and had children, Frank, deceased, Charles, Reedsburg, and Albert H., Washington, D. C. Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Clark, page 59.

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