Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-24
G. D. HUBBARD.
TERMINATION OF A LONG AND USE
Full LIFA
n.,ih q. Noon Yss.srday-B'rn in Connecticut
,,sa Resident Of Wheeling Since 1919
Sketch Of Bis Liia

once, No. 2l3O Chapilhe street, IN MS
.venty-seventh year.
His demise will cause universal regret
s-onehout the length and breadth Of
=. city, where he has lived so long
"A 50 useful a life, and where none
ara better known, moro highly re-
oseted or more universally esteemed
nau he.
Mr.. Hubbard had been In i'll health
o- nearly two years, although his con-
rion has not been such as to wholly
r,apacitate him from official duties.
n ,he past six months he had grown
.uch weaker, and be decided TO try
change OF climate by an East
rn trip. He has been az Martha's
Enevard, Mass, considerable Of the
me. aud during a portion Of his alb
sarce from home he has bsen under the
are of Dr.. Clark, OF Brooklyn, former
y NJ this city, who now conducts pri-
kato hospital In Brooklyn. AT last, ap-
rsrently realizing his rapid decline, he
f4cided 10 was best 10 return home, and
After two months absence he arrived
IN Wheeling Saturday morning in
erv weak condition. Immediate
upon his arrival he was
tycnded by DrS. Sufel and Hildreth,
III everything possible was done 20 re-
4Ne the patient. But his condition
ID reached point where human aid
f0uld be OF little avail, and he passed
kway peacefully at noon, being sur
bounded at the time by relatives at the
Bedside. The immediate cause OF his
is death was drOpSy.
Mr.. Hubbard was of English ancestry,
b being descended from William HUB
bard. who landed at Plymouth in 1880,
bud settled az Ipswich, Mass. The sub
ect OF this sketch was the eldest son or
Dana Hubbard, who came with his fam
Us 10 PlttSburg in 1915, Chester ID. Hub
hard, born in Hamden, Connecticut, No
mber 25, 1914, being then but six
months old, and reaching Wheeling IN
hsl9, where he located. Chester ID. Hub
bard was but four and 0ne-halt years old
when his father reached Wheeling, and
hence he spent nearly seventy-three
wears OF bis life as resident OF the
rity.
I'm his childhood he attended the local
schools until be was thirteen years of
pge, and then went 10 work, in mills,
brckyardS, etc, until he attained his
ipaiority. On his twenty-frSt birthday
b. began preparations for acquiring an
additional education. and shortly after
wards he entered the Wesleyan Uniyer-
sty at Middietown, Conn, where he
Graduated in 1S4O, standing second in
bis class. He at once returned to
Wheeling and engaged in bus
inesS, being largely led TO
that career by his fathers failing
health. Thus were laid the foundations
b q business career which remains a
matter for emulation by all. Mr.. Hub
bard first embarked In the lumber bust
hess, which he carried on successfully
knul 1S52. when ne, with Mr.. ID. c. List
10 others. established the Bank OF
Wheeling, Mr.. Hubbard becoming the
Resident of the Institution. He con-
Huued In that enterprise until 1865,
'-r continuing the banking business
Arough the German Bank, OF which in
E.,utiOn he was President az the time
j, his death.
I'm 1889 be organized company
which, under the title OF G.. ID. Hubbard
3 Co., leased the Crescent Iron Mill and
Engaged ora the manufacture OF railroad
boa for over year. He was also one
of the organizers of the Wheeling Hinge
Company and was director OF that
company M the time of his death. In
ls1I he became secretary OF the reOr-
guuized Wheeling Iron and Nail Com
pany. which he continued TO iii. He
WAS also member Of the firm Of Logan
b Co. for twenty years and was preSi-
uent of the Logan Drug Company at
lhe time of his death.
For years prior 10 1873 Mr.. Hubbard
was active in attempting 20 secure the
building OF q railroad from this city
north along the Ohio river, aud in the
wear named ne became one of The incOr-
poratOrS of the Pittsburgh, Wheeling
bad Kentucky Railroad Company, and
b. 1874 was chosen its President, which
position be filed right along until the
present time. The success Of that bust
mess enterprise IS known 10 all, and
much OF Ii is due 20 the business Segac-
i.v and good management of the de-
ceased. Mr.. Hubbard was also inter
e>-ed I'M other business enterprises, and
throughout his life was q irm believer
b. the advantages of Wheeling as
manufacturing and business centre.
Nlr. Hubbard was long prominent IN
bubble life. He was a member of the
Virginia HonSe Of Delegates ia 1929,
irom this county. aud in 1861 he was
bomber % the convention which passed
the ordinance of secession, StreuuouSiy
opposing that measure. lie left the Con
MENTION Immediately after the adoption
of the ordinance, arriving on Friday,
and ~ once issued calls for mass meet
'ings at the Guards hose house (hooS and
Iadderland atAmerican hall,On the South
SIDE. BY Sunday, TWO days after MS
arrival, he had the satisfaction OF see
|ins two companies Of soldiers
organized and sworn IN. In
week q full regiment
bad been organized. of which be was
ected Colonel. Mr. Hubbard was
member of the Wheeling Convention,
watch met in May, 1851, and OF the
convention which assembled In June OF
tae same year. looking 10 the estaollSh-
meut Of a royal government Tor the
State of Virginia. and the formation OF
o. O new state. When West Virginia
was formed. Mr.. Hubbard was chosen
10 the State Senate. He was elected 10
4 tho Thirty-ninth Congress, and was re-
elected 70 the FOrtleth Congress anu
ID that body was one Of the hrSt 10
cover into the treasury the salary crap
Mr.. Hubbard was, throughout MS
Pie. an earnest friend of education he
WAS chosen a trustee of the Linsly In
situte in ls4S, and in 1873 was elected
treasurer. which Office be continued To
! - II 49, o., funding tho