OBIT: Catharine (FRANCK) HUBLER, 1897, West Pittston, Luzerne County, PA

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[torn off] COMMUNICATION, For The Republican.

 The recent death of Mrs. Catharine Hubler, aged nearly 81 years [she was born 
Feb. 12 1816, according to a fractur by Daniel Otto] at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Walter in West Pittston, suggests to my mind the idea of 
the presentation to the readers of The Republican a few biographical notes in 
connection with the above-named deceased who went to her eternal rest on 
December 31, 1896. The facts which form the basis of this sketch were kindly 
furnished the writer by a son of the deceased, J. R. Hubler of Mill City, 
Wyoming County, Pa. 

L. B. GREEN

FLEETSVILLE, PA. JAN 31, 1897

  Mrs. Hubler whose maiden name was Catharine Franck was born in Milheim, 
Centre county, Pa., Feb. 12, 1816. Her grandfather, Christopher Franck, came 
with his wife to this country from France about 1780 and settled on the Potomac 
river, only a short distance above the spot where our national capital is now 
located. Mr. Franck was killed and scalped one night by the Indians, and his 
body was left a prey for ravenous wolves that infested the forests in that 
vicinity.
  The lone widow made her escape with an infant son in a canoe at dead of night 
down the historic river. Dark was the night but darker still the heart and 
future prospects of her whose hopes of happiness and domestic joys had been so 
suddenly blighted by their savage foes. But with a heart sustained and a soul 
buoyed up by a deep sense of Christian fortitude which enabled her on that dark 
and dismal night, with the eye of faith, to penetrate the darkness and place an 
implicit trust in the God of her fathers whom she devoutly worshipped. Under 
the protection of her Heavenly Father, as she believed, and the kindness of 
newly found friends, she finally found her way to Centre county, this state, 
where she secured a humble home, and a few years later married a man by the 
name of Weaver who was a prosperous farmer.
  Mrs. Hubler's father, Philip Franck, was a cripple from hip joint disease, 
and having been defrauded of some property left him by his mother, was 
therefore left in destitute circumstances. But he had a brave heart and 
therefore did not despair of gaining a livehood [sic] by industry and honest 
toil. He learned the clockmaker's trade, in due time married a highly 
respectable woman, raised a family of nine daughters and one son. The worthy 
subject of this sketch was the second daughter of that large family. She 
married Jacob Hubler at Milheim, Centre county, Pa., in 1837. They raised a 
family of two girls and six sons, six of whom survive their parents. 
  Mr. and Mrs. Hubler moved from Centre county to Huntington township, Luzerne 
county in 1850. There they resided until 1876 when they moved to Mill City, 
Wyoming county, Pa. A few years ago they went to live with their youngest 
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Walter of Pittston.
  Mr. Hubler died August 28, 1894. Mrs. Hubler survived her husband only a 
little more than two years, and now their earthly remains rest beside their two 
sons, Perry and Charles, in Pine Grove cemetery in Huntington township, Luzerne 
County, Pa.
  Outside of the family, among the friends and acquaintances of Jacob and 
Catharine Hubler, many are left to mourn the departure of this highly 
respectable couple and who will join their kindred friends in cherishing their 
memories in sweet commemoration through the ......[rest torn off]

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