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ing convention of 1861 that formed the "Re- stored government of Virginia," resulting in the foundation of the state of West Virginia; state senator, 1863-64; representative in the 39th and 40th congresses, 1865-69, and bank president, manufacturer of iron and steel, and railroad pres- ident, 1871-91. He was a lay delegate to the gen- eral conference of the ]M.E. church in 1872. He was a delegate from West Virginia to the Re- publican national conventions at Baltimore, Md., in 1864, and Chicago, 111., in 1880. He was active in educational work, having aided in the estab- lishment of free schools in Wheeling, the first sys- tem of the kind in the state of Virginia, and in the support of a private school of high class for each sex in that cit}\ He was married in 1843 to Sarah Pallister, of Wheeling, and his son, Chester Russell Hubbard, engaged with him in business. He died in Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 23, 1891.

HUBBARD, David, representative, was born in Virginia, in 1790. He received a liberal educa- tion and was a professional surveyor and lawyer. He removed to Mississippi Territory, and settled in the northern portion of the territory in what became Lawrence county, Ala., where he prac- tised both his professions. In the war of 1812 he joined the volunteer forces under General Jack- son at New Orleans, where he held the rank of major and served as quartermaster. In the bat- tle of New Orleans, Jan. 8, 1815, he was shot through the lungs. He was the first to discover the immense coal and iron deposits of northern Alabama. He built the railroad from Tuscum- bia to Florence, to avoid the passage of Muscle Shoals in the Tennessee river, one of the first railroads in the United States, the cars being run over wooden rails. He also established cotton factories, tanneries, shoe factories and flour- mills. The slaves were instructed in all these trades, but their labor in cotton factories had to be discontinued on account of the injury to their health. He was a trustee of the Uni- versity of Alabama, 1828-35; a state senator in 1830; a state representative from Courtland at •various times between 1831 and 1851; a repre- sentative in the 26th congress, 1839-11; a pres- idential elector on the Polk and Dallas ticket, 1844; a representative from Kinlock, Ala., in the 31st congress, 1849-51; a presidential elector on the Breckinridge and Lane ticket in 1860; a repre- sentative in the Confederate States congress, 1861- 63; and Confederate States Indian commissioner, 1863-65. The war destroyed his mills, factories and tanneries, together with tiie improvements on his plantations, and in 1865 he established a new tan-yard near Ewell Station, Maury county, Tenn., where his former slaves aided him in re- establishing his lost fortune. He died at the home of his son, Duncan, in Louisiana, in 1874.

HUBBARD, Elbert, author, was born in Bloom- ington, 111., Juiif^ 19, 1859; son of Dr. Silas and Julia (Read) Hubbard, grandson of Moses Hub- bard, and a descendant of George Hubbard, Con- necticut, 1620, His education was acquired in the

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public schools. In 1876 he entered jour- nalism and in 1894 founded and became editor of The Philis- tine, published at East Aurora, N.Y, He also became pro- prietor of the Roy- croft Shop, noted for its de luxe editions of the classics, and its profit-sharing ar-

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whom found employment in the various handi- crafts. In 1900 he lectured in several cities on the work of the Roycroft Shop and other sub- jects. He received the honorary degree of M.A. from Tufts college in 1899. He is the author of: No Enemy hut Himself (1892); A Tale of the PraiHes{im2); Oue Day (1893); Forbes of Harvard (1895); Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great (1896); Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women (1896); The Legacy (1897); Little Journeys to the Homes of American Authors (1897); Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen (189H); Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors (1899); Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters (1899); Time and Chance (1902) The Journeys series was prepared from matprial gathered during the author's travels. HUBBARD, Frank Qaylord, educator, was born in Oswego, N.Y., Jan. 15, 1859; son of Joseph Bard well and Cliloe (McChesney) Hub- burd, and a lineal descendant from George Hub- bard, who emigrated from England in 1033 and settled in Guilford, Conn. He attended the Boys' English and Classical school at Oswego, X.Y., 1873-76, and was graduated from Williams college in 1880. He was a graduate student at Johns Hop- kins university, 1884-87, at Berlin in 1880, and at Oxford, 1888-89; was assistant in English at Johns Hopkins in 1887; instructor in English liter- ature at Smith college, Mass., 1887-88, and at the University of California, 1889-92; assistant professor of English literature at the University of Wisconsin, 1893-95, associate professor of English philology, 1895-98, and was elected professor of the English language in 1898. He was elected a member of the Modern Language Association of America in 1886; and of the Amer-