He was educated in Charlotte, North Carolina at Macon High School before moving to Winston Graded School and Boys Male Academy in Winston, NC and Salem, NC, respectively.
Commiserate with being a leading citizen, Babington bought the second automobile in Gastonia in 1904, a Locomobile Steamer, costing $675 which he frequently toured around the town as pictured in one newspaper clipping in front of the Falls House, where crowds used to await trains [REF].