Sketch of Hubbard Family, Audrain County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Thomas Hubbard was a Hard-Shell Baptist preacher. He bought a Bible that was published in London in 1708, for which he paid $100 in Con- tinental money. The Bible is now in the possession of his great grandson and namesake, Thomas Hubbard, of Audrain County; and it con- tains the genealogy of the Hubbard family from 1718 to present time. Thomas Hubbard had a son named Thomas, who also was a Baptist preacher. He was born in 1722, and learned the ship carpenter's trade. He was married to Anna Brent, of Pennsylvania, and they had one son, James. Mr. Hubbard was married the second time to Anna Yerby, and they had: Gilbert, Thomas, Hill and Estell. He was married the third time to Anna Yarp, by whom he had: Jabez, Mary, Asap, Ebenezer, Nancy, Hulda and Harriet. James, the eldest son, settled in Kentucky. Gilbert settled in Howard County, MO., in 1807. Thomas settled in Washington County, MO. Hill died while he was a boy. Estell married St. Clair Ledger, of Kentucky. Jabez was a member of the Legislature from St. Charles County in 1823-24. He died from the effects of intemperance. Asap settled in Howard County in 1808, and participated in the Indian War of 1812. He was a carpenter, and a Hard-Shell Baptist preacher. He married Mary Stephenson, who was living in New Madrid at the time of the great earthquakes. she was a grand daughter of Colonel Hugh Stephenson of Revolutionary fame. The children of Asap Hubbard were: Henry C., Thomas J., Agnes E. and Fannie F. He settled in Audrain County in 1830. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================