from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution printed in 1907 "The Journeymen" (part 12) p. VI. "CHARLES W. BABCOCK - Applied for membership in New Bedford Union February, 1898; had worked in Providence and Boston. JAMES G. BACON - Born Foxboro, Mass., Nov. 21, 1846; began to learn printing in Foxboro in 1863; initiated into Providence Union March 9, 1867; worked in this city 1866-67 and 1872-76 on the Journal and in book and job offices; President of Hartford Union three years; delegate to Washington in 1903, and has held many other positions in that Union; at present located in Hartford. BARBOUR BADGER - Worked in this city in 1819; May 30, 1821, he started The Religious Intelligencer and has had it printed at the American office. In 1824 he lived in Boston, Mass. A. C. BALLOU - Born Burrillville, R.I., April 10, 1876; began to learn printing at Pascoag, R.I., in 1891; worked in New York and Providence. BELLE J. BALLOU - Born Norton, Mass., June 1, 1852; learned printing at Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass.; worked in Providence from 1872 to 1892 on the Herald, Press and in some of the book offices; initiated into No. 33 Jan. 31, 1886; is sister of Emily J. (Ballou) Pilling; at present (1904) with Ginn & Co., East Cambridge, Mass. EMILY J. PILLING, nee BALLOU - Born Norton, Mass., Sept. 27, 1854; learned printing at Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass.; worked in Providence from 1872 to 1892 on the Herald, Press and in some of the job offices; initiated into No. 33 Jan. 31, 1886; at present (1904) employed in a job office in Brockton, Mass. WRIGHT BARBER - Born Ashton-under-Lyne, England, Sept. 22, 1868; learned printing in his native town in the Reporter office, beginning in 1882, serving seven years. He came to the United States in 1900, depositing a card in Providence Union at the November meeting of that year; participated in the effort for eight hours in 1906; now located in Boston." continued in part 13.