Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Mary Watson HUBBARD ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, June 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Died: At the home of her son, Mr. Wm. Hubbard, near this city, Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 19, 1899, Mrs. Mary Hubbard, aged 79 years. Mary A. Watson was born in Woodbury, Conn., May 20, 1820. At the age of twelve she went to New York state to live and continued her residence there until sixteen years of age when she was married to Jed Hubbard of the same state. This young couple took their bridal tour on a stage to Syracuse and from there on a canal boat to Buffalo, which journey lasted one week. They took the steam-boat from Buffalo and reached Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 1. Near Cleveland Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard located and resided until 1840 when Mr. Hubbard came to Wisconsin and located 160 acres of land on Jug Prairie. He returned to Ohio again but in 1845 they decided to return to Wisconsin to make their home. They made the journey with their three little boys in a covered wagon. Upon their arrival in Union township they exchanged their 160 acres already located and their team and wagon for 80 acres of land with buildings and improvements. They also bought 20 acres in "the Grove" making them one of the best farms in the county. Thus this couple stood firmly at the helm while each day they helped to make the history of Rock Co. what it now appears. Mr. Hubbard died in 1887 but not before he had seen his three sons and one daughter, who was born in 1850, well located about him. About ten years ago Mrs. Hubbard went to live with her daughter, Mrs. Edwina Bullard, and later moved with her to this city where for a time she enjoyed church privileges and exchanged visits with her many friends. Last summer she went to be with her son William for a time and for a month past has been rapidly failing. The death of this venerable lady will bring back to many, dear memories of the time when Evansville was in its infancy and the important part that Grandma Hubbard took in bringing it to its present status. In reviewing her past life Mrs. Hubbard once said that in spite of the wealth and comforts of the east she had never for a moment regretted that she came to Wisconsin and lived the realities of pioneer life. Besides three sons and one daughter the deceased leaves sixteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon from her late home, Revs. Millar and Sewell officiating. December 23, 1899, The Badger, p. 1, col. 3, & 4, Evansville, Wisconsin