BIO: Simon HUBLER, Centre County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 8, 2005, 6:32 pm Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/centre/ _______________________________________________ Author: Biographical Publishing Co. SIMON HUBLER, a successful physician of Elysburg, Pa., was born July 12, 1843, near Millheim, Center County, Pa., and is a son of Jacob K. and Catherine (Frank) Hubler. The paternal grandfather, George Hubler, was a miller and distiller, and married a Miss Kepler. They lived in Rebersburg, Pa., and reared four children: John; George; Jacob; and Maggie. The maternal grandfather, Philip Frank, was a watchmaker who came from the banks of the Potomac and located in New Berlin, Union County, where he married a Miss Shremer. Mr. Frank's grandfather was killed by Indians. Of twelve daughters born to him four are now living, as follows: Jane; Harriet; Ann; and Polly C. Jacob K. Hubler, the father of our subject, was born in Center County, Pa., at Millheim, and subsequently lived in Rebersburg, Pa., later moving to Luzerne County, Pa. He married Catherine Frank of New Berlin. Pa., and located in Huntington Valley, living there thirty-five years, when he moved to Mill City, Wyoming County, Pa., and later to Pittston, Pa., where he died in 1896, his wife following him one year later. Mr. Hubler was a prosperous man and was well known throughout the county. For several years he conducted a grist-mill in connection with the manufacture of woolen goods. At one time he manufactured toys and owned and operated for several years a general store. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Politically he was an active worker in the Republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Hubler were the parents of eight children, namely: Elizabeth, who married M. Benciter, and who lived in Muhlenberg, Pa.; Perry, who died in 1862 in Maryland; Alfred, a mill-man of New Albany, Pa., who married Harriet Sober; Simon, our subject; Charles, who died in 1867; Jennie, who married William Walters, a real estate dealer of West Pittston, Pa.; Philip Frank, a physician of West Pittston, Pa., who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1877, and married Minnie McClusky; Jesse Robert, who is engaged in the flour and planing-mill business in Mill City, Pa., who married Lizzie Keim. Simon Hubler, the subject of this biography, received his early education in a common school and later at Lowell's Academy, Binghamton, N. Y. August 12, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, 143rd Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., under Capt. C. K. Hughes, the regiment being commanded by Col. E. L. Dana. Mr. Hubler's first battle was Chancellorsville, and he also fought in the battle of Gettysburg and in the first two days' fighting in the battle of the Wilderness. On May 7, 1864, he had the end of his left thumb shot off and he was obliged to enter the hospital. After recovering from his wound he joined the regiment at Petersburg and took part in the three days' conflict on the Weldon Railroad, and also fought in the first and second battles of Hatch's Run. His next move was to New York, whither he went by rail, and guarded prisoners at Hart's Island, remaining there until the close of the war. He was mustered out at Harrisburg as a lieutenant, having received his commission a short time before. After being released from his military obligations our subject assisted his father for two years in the former's store, when they moved the establishment to New Albany, Pa. After one more year in the store Simon worked two years in his father's factory. At the end of that time he moved to Wyoming, Pa., where he conducted a saw-mill for a short time. He married, December 25, 1872, Julia Bird of Cunningham, Pa., a daughter of Henry and Margaret (Davis) Bird. Mr. Bird was born at Bear Gap, Pa., and departed this life in 1884; his wife, who was born in Beaver, Pa., died in 1875. They were the parents of six children, as follows: Sarah; Jane C., deceased; Julia, the wife of our subject; Isaac, a commission merchant, who married Mary Dungau; Esther, who married Charles Brash; and H. A., a grain dealer at Mount Carroll, Pa., who married Florence Vought. After the summer of 1876 Dr. Hubler attended the University of Pennsylvania and was graduated in the spring of 1879, locating first at Herrick, Susquehanna County, Pa., remaining there five years, when he moved to Elysburg, where he has since resided. Dr. Hubler has a large and lucrative practice, being very well known in the county of his present residence and in the adjoining counties. He is honored and respected by all and has many warm friends. Politically he is an unswerving Republican, and although he has never accepted any political office, he is a well-known figure in the township politics. He is a member of the Methodist Church. Dr. Hubler has one son, Harry Clark, who was born January 16, 1876. He is a bright young man, with a splendid future before him. He graduated from Dickinson College and is now attending the Dickinson Law School. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb