Fidelia Hite was born in 1844 in Licking County, Ohio. She was the 6th and youngest child of David and Elizabeth (Stickley) Hite. The family moved to Dayton township in 1848 and lived on their farm on Buck Creek. On April 26, 1870, she married 22 year old Benjamin G. Babcock, a substantial farmer from Wallace township.

Benjamin had to certify that they were both of marriageable age, as shown below.

They lived on the farm until around 1885, when Benjamin decided to go into business with his brother Calvin, who arranged the purchase of an implement store in Schuyler, Nebraska. Soon after that, Benjamin moved his family to Schuyler. Later he was a representative of the Lightning Hay Press Company of Kansas City. By 1902, he was afflicted with rheumatism and retired, moving to Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1904 he served as the janitor to the Thirty-second Street school building, at a salary of $40 per month. Benjamin was active in the Republican party, while Fidelia was a member of the W.C.T.U.

Their home was a frequent gathering place for family. In 1903 it was the site of their daughter Cora’s marriage to E. M. Hill. In 1908 Fidelia’s nephew Calvin Hite and his wife Henrietta, from Ottawa, Illinois, spent the Christmas holidays and their honeymoon with them in Council Bluffs.

Benjamin and Fidelia had six children:
Elizabeth, born about 1873, in Illinois
Albert F., born June 9, 1875, in Illinois
Jennie Fidelia, born December 3, 1877, in Illinois
Maude G., born March 26, 1880, in Illinois
Cora, born March 1883, in Illinois
Olive E., born December 1888, in Nebraska

Fidelia died December 30, 1909 in Council Bluffs and was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery in Council Bluffs. Her obituary appeared in the Evening Nonpareil, December 31, 1909.

Mrs. Fidelia A. Babcock, aged 65 years, died of cancer of the stomach at 7:45 o’clock Thursday evening at her home, 2531 Avenue B. She is survived by her husband, B. G. Babcock; five daughters — Mrs. A. M. Swart, Mrs. W. L. Smith, Mrs. E. M. Hill, Miss Olive Babcock, all of this city, and Mrs. P. J. Clatterbuck of Marsland, Neb. — and one son, A. L. Babcock of Schuyler, Neb. The funeral will be held from the family residence at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon, but no further arrangements have been made.

Benjamin died February 19, 1930, in Richmond, California. He was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery beside his wife.