The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-08
JUDGE HUBBARD DEAD.
ONE OF WALLINGFORD,S MOST PROMINENT MEN PASSES AWAY.

End of Long and Useful Public Career
 Had Held Many Positions of Trust
 and ResponsibiIity-A Sketch of His
 Life.
 WaHingford, Dec 7.-Judge Leverett Marsden Hubbard died at his home at S3O this morning of a complication of diseases. affecting the heart and liver. He had suffered also from Bright's disease, and pneumonia set in, causing death. He was unconscious for some time before the last. His family was with him. Judge Hubbard was born in Durham, Conn, April 23, 1S4O, and was the son of Rev Eli Hubbard. He was educated at Wesleyan academy of Wilbraham, Mass, and was graduated from the Albany law school in 1870. He also received the degree of M. A. from Wesleyan university. He located in Wallingford in 1870, and also had an office in New Haven, being asso- ciated with Morris F. Tyler and John w. Alling at different periods He was a postmaster of Wallingford from 1872 to 1885, when he resigned to give his entire attention to the law. He was first appointed by President Grant In 1886 he was elected Secre- tary of state, receiving the largest ma jority on the republican state ticket. He was appointed judge of the court of common plas of New Haven coun- ty in 1897, serving two terms. He was one of the projectors of the First Ma tional bank of Wallingford, was one of it's directors since it's organization in 1881 and for many years it's vice president. He was also a director of the Dim Savings bank of Walllngford since 1884, and it's vice president from 1890 to 1894, when he was elected presi- dent to succeed the late Samuel Simp- son. He held that office at the time of his death He was one of the in corporators of the Wallingford Gas Light company and was a director of that company from the time of it's organization up to 1899, when he ewith- drew from the company.
 Judge Hubbard was first judge of the borough court of Wallingford in 1886, appointed by unanimous vote of the legislature, and serving in that capacity until his appointment to the Il ,0Or r1Ip 1rt hod been a member of the board of school visitors, a justice of the peace and borough and town attorney here since T the 70's.
 In the law Judge Hubbard had been frequently identified with famous < eases, notably the Hayden-Stannard A murder case and the trial of Anderson, N Indicted in New Haven for the killing k of Horatio G. Hall. As secretary of \ state he compiled the first comprehen- ' sive state register and manual. He was a member of the Congrega- c tional church in this place In 1881 MT. Hubbard was elected trustee of the V academy at Wilbraham, W Mass, an office he held up to the time of his death.
 h Judge Hubbard long enjoyed repu- tl tation as a speaker of unusual force z and eloquence. He stumped the state in every campaign since 1876, and from the commencement of his career had been actively interested in politics, He E was delegate to the national conven- tion of his party in Chicago in 1888, # which nominated Benjamin Harrison for president. Tn 1888 he declined the republican nomination for congress in
 he Second district, He was a prom lnent member of the New Haven County Bar association, and was a Mason.
 Tn May, 1873 Judge Hubbard mar ried Miss Florence G. Ives of Walling- S ford. who, with three sons and a Y laughter survive him, the sons being Samuel H of Vermont, l.. M., jr., and Kenneth D., both of Wallingford. His daughter is Mrs Frank B. Hancock < of Philadel0hia.
 The funeral will be held on Sunday afternoon at 2.30 in the First Congre- gational church of Wallingford. The New Haven County Bar association will hold a meeting soon at which a committee will prepare resolutions < and eulogies on the death of the judge
 Tn addition to the universal expres'
 sions of regret much comment was
 heard yesterday in this city as to the
 number of recent deaths in the com < mon pleas judiciary Within a com
 parative short time Judges Cable
 Bishop Ullman and now Judge Hub
 bard have passed away. With th'
 late Judge Harrison Judge Hubbard
 had an office at the time of the for
 mer's death and Judge Hubbard wa
 with Judge Harrison soon after h
 was stricken with fatal illness anC
 remained with him until the end came
 MANY WOMEN
 nave some organic weakness whicl
 eauses Inflammation, alteration, or
 distressing catarrhal condition.