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ROBERT OSCAR BABBITT
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ROBERT OSCAR BABBITT was born in Mendham, Morris County, N.
J., November 5, 1848, and is the son of Robert Millen Babbitt and Henrietta
Jolley. On his father's side his first American ancestors were from England and on his mother's side from France. He received his early education in the district schools and in the academy of William Rankin, at Mendham,
preparing for Princeton College, although he did not enter that university.
He studied law for two years with Frederick G. Burnham, of Morristown,
N. J., and removing to Jersey City, in 1871, entered the office of Potts &
Linn. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney in February,
1873, and as a counselor in November, 1878.
After his admission to the bar Mr. Babbitt became a member of the firm of Potts & Linn, with whom he had pursued his studies, and continued his association, under the firm name of Potts, Linn & Babbitt, for one year, after which the firm was re-organized as Linn & Babbitt, and so continued for seven years. However, in 1882, he formed a partnership with Robert Linn Lawrence, which continues to the present time. Mr. Babbitt has devoted himself exclusively to his profession, applying his leisure to miscellaneous reading, and as a result of his application and legal abilities enjoys a high standing at the bar and commands a large and lucrative practice. He is independent in politics, and has never accepted public office. Soon after his admission to the bar Mr. Babbitt set himself to the task of mastering the Spanish language, to fit himself for the transaction of the business of certain corporations who had connections in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries. His professional duties in this direction, therefore, have afforded him the opportunity for extensive travel in Mexico and other American countries. Mr. Babbitt is a member of the Lawyers' Club, of New York City, and of the Carteret and Union League Clubs, of Jersey City. He was married June 9, 1875, to Mary Elizabeth McCrea, of Middletown, Orange County, N. Y.
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