Ohio County, West Virginia  Biography of the Hubbard Family.

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THE HUBBARDS
 
The founder of the family in America was William Hubbard, who settled 
in Plymouth, Mass., in 1621. His son, subsequently the Rev. William 
Hubbard, was nine years of age at that time. The latter was educated 
at Harvard College and received the degree of A. B. at the age of 
twenty-one. He became an assistant minister at New Ipswich, and was 
the author of several historical works. In 1688, he was appointed by 
Sir Edward Andros, the president of Harvard College and served 
honorably in that capacity for several years. He died in 1704, at the 
age of eighty-three. His wife was Margaret Rogers, a daughter of Rev. 
Nathaniel Rogers, and a great grand daughter of Rev. John Rogers, the 
martyr. His son John Hubbard was father of Rev. John Hubbard, who 
graduated at Harvard in 1695. The latter was the father of Dr. John 
Hubbard, who was also a Colonel and subsequently a General in the 
militia. He was a well known poet and literateur, and ranked among 
the celebrities in the literary world. He was the father of Dana 
Hubbard, who located in Wheeling in 1819. His wife was Asenath 
Dorman, of whom we enclose an article from the Pittsburgh Christian 
Advocate, written by Rev. Dr. A. C. George, of Wheeling, on the 18th 
of May, 1878. 

Another notable woman was Mrs. Asenath Hubbard, mother of Hon. C. D. 
Hubbard, Col. H. B. Hubbard and John R. Hubbard, Esq., who departed 
this life, in the city of Wheeling April 23d, 1878. "Mother Hubbard" 
was a rare character, and had an eventful history. Her maiden name 
was Dorman. She was born in Hamden, Conn., December 9, 1789. She was 
converted at a quarterly meeting in Cheshire, in 1810. She was 
married to Dana Hubbard, October 16,1811, at Hamden. Husband and wife 
joined the M. E. Church, in New Haven, December 26, 1814. 

In March 1815, Mr. Hubbard left Hamden for Pittsburgh, and in May of 
the same year, Mrs.Hubbard followed him. The journey was a trying and 
perilous one. She was seven days and night in passing, by stage, from 
Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, carrying her boy, Chester, then a babe of 
six months, on her lap.  The whole journey required fifteen days, the 
distance from New Haven to Philadelphia being made in a sloop. This 
jaunt by a sailing vessel and by stage across nountains, into the 
wilderness, was more than a trip across the continent at the present 
time.
 
In Pittsburgh, Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard joined the Smithfield Street 
Church. The family moved to Wheeling in April, 1819, and joined the 
Fourth Street M. E. Church, the same year. 

How marvelous is the record of such a life! It includes three 
generations and touches a fourth. What changes were witnessed by this 
venerable woman in society, in the condition of the country, in the 
growth of this city, and especially in the increase and power of 
Methodism. What memories has she carried into eternity! She has 
entered into rest, and her works do follow her. 

In all these years, this devoted woman was a faithful member of the 
church, and a pillar of strength for Methodism. For the last few 
months of her life she was quite feeble, and was anxious to obtain 
her release from the sorrows of earth tied to the divine will, and 
manifestly perfected in the graces of the Christian character.  "She 
sweetly fell asleep in Jesus."
 
Dana Hubbard's saw mill was the first in the Panhandle. It was 
situated on the site of the present Hubbard mill. It was erected in 
1827, and was attached to a flouring mill erected by George White, 
about 1817. The latter was destroyed by fire in 1828. The saw mill 
was removed and the present structure erected in 1837. He died in 
Wheeling in 1852, at the age of sixty-three. Their family consisted 
as follows: Chester Dorman Hubbard was born in New Haven county, 
Connecticut, in 1814. He graduated at the Wesleyan University, 
Middletown, Connecticut, in 1840. He married Sarah Pallister, in 
1842. He has served in the House of Delegates, in the City Council, 
and as a Member of Congress.  Henry B. Hubbard was born in Allegheny 
county, Pennsylvania, in 1816.  He was born in Allegheny county, 
Pennsylvania, in 1816. He was educated at Wheeling and was a student 
for near a year at the Wesleyan University. He was married in 1841 to 
Emma Lewis. He was Lieutenant Colonel of the First West Virginia 
Infantry for fourteen months, was wounded at Port Republic, in 1862, 
and resigned on account of disability.   John Rodgers Hubbard was 
born in Wheeling, in 1825, and was married in 1855, in Indiana, to 
Lucy Ann Clark.  He has served in the City Council and other places 
of trust.  He was the Republican candidate for Congress in 1878, and 
though carrying Wheeling, and Ohio County by a large majority, was 
defeated.   William Dana Hubbard was born in 1818, died in 1834.  
Martha Rebecca Hubbard, born in 1829; died 1832.

From HISTORY OF THE PAN-HANDLE, West Virginia, 1879, by J. H. Newton, 
G. G. Nichols, and A. G. Sprankle.  

Contributed by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.