Frederick H. Babbitt

[1] He graduated from Bellows Falls High School in 1876[2] and started a career in business as a messenger with the American Express Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

Babbitt became an agent for the company, and later an auditor, traveling between American Express locations from Boston to Burlington, Vermont.

In addition, he operated the train station restaurants in Bellows Falls, White River Junction and St.

)[6][7] A Republican, Babbitt served on numerous civic committees, and held several local government offices, including Village Trustee and Town Meeting Moderator.

[12][13] Babbitt was a prominent Mason, attaining the thirty-third degree of Scottish Rite Masonry and holding several leadership positions at the state and national levels.