Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Hubbard, Charles L ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000719 January 31, 2008, 1:49 am Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885 Charles L. Hubbard, farmer, residing on section 5, Montmorency Township, is a son of Chas. C. and Lucia A. (Reed) Hubbard, natives of New England. Soon after their marriage they came to Illinois and settled in Bureau County, where they resided most of the time until the spring of 1880, when they came to this county. On arrival here they located in Sterling and continued to reside there until the father's death, which occurred April 6, 1883. The mother still survives. Their family consisted of two children, May C. and Charles L. Charles L. was born in Malden, Bureau County, this State, Oct. 11, 1860. He attended the common schools of his native county until he was 16 years of age, and then for three years attended the Dover Academy in Bureau County. He lived at home until 1880, when he came to this county and settled on a farm of 240 acres his father purchased in Montmorency Township, this county, of which he has had the entire management, giving his attention largely to the breeding of thoroughbred cattle and horses, and taking a prominent position among the advanced farmers of the county. Politically Mr. Hubbard is identified with the Republicans. Religiously he is a member of the Congregational Church of Sterling. Additional Comments: Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full- page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/whiteside/bios/hubbard2204nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb