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CHAPTER VIII
HUBBARD.
INTRODUCTORY.
East of the Mahoning in the southern tier of townships of this county the country for several miles presents a broken surface consisting of a succession of low hills, knolls, ridges and valleys. From the tops of the principal elevations the observer obtains a fine view of picturesque scenery in which the results of the handiwork of Nature and man's creative industry are harmoniously blended. Fertile fields, green woodlands and sparkling streamlets delight the eye, and the subdued sounds of industrial activity greet the ear. At the foot of the hills are busy towns and hamlets, whence arise such dense clouds of black smoke that one would almost fancy himself near the workshops of the Titans and Vulcans of antiquity. Toiling locomotives, dragging heavy loads of coal and ore, wend their way through the valleys, and from numerous hillsides arise the puffs of smoke and steam which attest that the coal-beds beneath the earth are being made to yield up their hidden wealth. Everywhere the steam-engine is at work, even
Down in the depths of the fathomless mine
Its tireless arm doth play,
Where the rocks never saw the sun's decline
Or the dawn 0f the glorious day.
Hubbard township contains some of the most extensive coal deposits of the Mahoning valley. Two railroads, branches of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, pass through the township, having
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their termini in Youngstown. Numerous coal roads branch off from these and run to the various banks in Hubbard. The coal and iron interests of this township have contributed largely towards increasing the wealth and prosperity of the inhabitants.
Hubbard also contains much good farming land. The soil is variable, consisting of clayey, sandy, and gravelly loams. As the most of the surface is high and rolling, the soil is well-drained and arable.
Little Yankee run is the chief stream in the township. Crossing the township line about three-fourths of a mile east of the northwestern corner of Hubbard, it flows southerly and southeasterly, past the village of Coalburg to a point very near the center of the township and just north of Hubbard village, where it makes a U-shaped turn and flows easterly a mile; then bending to the northward passes over into the southeast of Brookfield township, where it enters the Shenango river. The stream in its course through Hubbard township is very crooked; and the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad, which follows up its valley from Hubbard village, crosses the Little Yankee five times in the township.
Hubbard township is the southeastern corner of Trumbull county, and adjoins the Pennsylvania line on the east. Brookfield is the next township north of it; Liberty lies on the west, and Coitsville, Mahoning county, on the south. Hubbard is the third township in the first range of New Connecticut.
OWNERSHIP, ETC.
Nehemiah Hubbard, Jr., an original member of the Connecticut Land company, was the owner of the land of township three, range one, and it was sold out to settlers by hrs agent, Samuel Tylee.
The township was organized into an election district in 1806, and named after ils original owner. No records of early elections can be found.
SETTLEMENT.
Hubbard was first settled by people from Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and other eastern States ; a few Pennsylvanians were also among the pioneers. Very few of the original families are now represented in the township. The growth of population was very slow. In 1834 there were only about one hundred voters in the township.
Samuel Tylee and family were the first settlers. They came from Middletown, Connecticut, and arrived in Hubbard September 1, 1801. Mr. Tylee chose as a site for his cabin a spot northwest of the present corners of the village, and there began the life of a pioneer. He married Anna Sanford, and they had a family of five children when they came here. Mr. Tylee acted as agent for Nehemiah Hubbard for the sale of the land of the township to settlers, for many years. He was born in Litchfield county, Connecticut, in 1766, and died in Hubbard in 1845. His first wife bore ten children, and his second, Elizabeth Ayres, one. The names of these children were Anna, Laura, Samuel, Mary, Sanford, William, Julia, Hannah, Maria A. and Olivia. Five are still living, viz: William, in: Kansas ; Hannah (Bussey), New Orleans; Maria (Clingen), Hubbard ; Eliza (Hagar), Hubbard ; and Olivia (Barnheisel) San Francisco. Samuel Tylee was the first justice of the peace in the township and also a very prominent business man, whose enterprise contributed not a little to the prosperity of the settlement.
Sylvester Tylee, brother of Samuel, settled on lhe northeastern corner lot at the cross-roads in 1802. The village became known as Tylee's corners. His children are all dead. Their names were Clarissa, Samuel, Alfred, Marietta, Rebecca, and Homer.
William Burnett, from Sussex county, New Jersey, settled in this township about the year 1801. He lived to the age of ninety-four. His son Silas, born in December, 1802, was the first white child born in the township. William Burnett was twice married, and reared eleven children to mature years. Those now living are : Silas, Warren; Rachel (Bowen), Iowa; Zilla (Brockway), Iowa; Joseph, Hartford; and by his second wife, William and Peter, in Pennsylvania.
Enos Burnett, Silas, Edward, and Stephen were also early settlers and nearly all passed their lives in the township.
As definite dates of the several settlements cannot now be ascertained, we mention below several representatives of the pioneers, most of whom came to the township between 1802 and 18018 :
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Jeremiah Wolf, from New Jersey, setlled on lot seventy-two in the southeast of the township, being among the first arrivals. His sons John and Cephas still live in Hubbard. His daughter Elizabeth, now Mrs. McGill, of Poland, is said to have been the first white female child born in Hubbard. He was a nail-maker, and made the nails used by 'Squire Tylee in the first frame house erected in the township.
Jesse Hall, from New Jersey, was an early settler in the northern part of the township. So many New Jersey settlers were located on the road running north from the center that it was long known as "Jersey street." Jesse Hall, Jr., is the only survivor of the original family now in the township.
John Ayres was another of the Jersey settlers. His son John lived and died on the old homestead. The family name is not represented in the township at present.
Cornelius Dilley, another of the pioneers, had two sons who passed their days in Hubbard— John, on the old homestead, and Thompson in east Hubbard.
Martin Swartzwelter and his father, of New Jersey, settled in the northwest of this township. His son Thomas lives on part of the old farm.
Samuel Leslie, father of James, of Irish descent, or of Irish nativity, was also one of the pioneers of the northwest of Hubbard.
Matthew Mitchell, a native of Ireland, settled in the west of Hubbard in 1806, coming hither from Pittsburg. His son, Nathaniel Mitchell, Esq., is now the only survivor of the family of two sons and three daughters.
William Porterfield, from Washington county, Pennsylvania, was an early settler in the northwest of the township, on a place which had been somewhat improved by a man named Chamberlain. Robert, the oldest son of William Porter. field, now lives on the old place.
John Jewell, also from Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, settled in the Porterfield neighborhood. His son, Alexander M., now living in Warren, raised his family in Hubbard.
Joel Smith was among the frrst who located in the southwest of the township. He moved away quite early.
John Gardner, another inhabitant of the southwest of Hubbard, reared a family of four children, John, James, Andrew, and Elizabeth. All lived and died in this township excepting John, who died in Coitsville.
Amos Smith settled in the southwest of the township. His sons, William, Amos, Nathan, and Joel, lived in this township and reared families.
George Frazier lived on the farm adjoining that of Am0s Smith, Sr. His son George brought up his family here. Hugh died on the old place; John went West.
Stephen Doughton lived on a place adjoining the Porterfield farm. His son David reared a family of four children here, and died on his way to California of cholera, in 1852.
David Bailey, from Connecticut, settled on the south lot of the township, on the road leading to the center. His sons were David, Seth, Cryan, and Ritter. He also had four daughters.
William Parrish was one of the early Maryland settlers. His son John, who is one of the oldest residents of Hubbard, still lives upon the old farm.
The Roberts and Clark families were among the first of the Yankee settlers in the southern part of the township. The names are no longer to be found among the residents of Hubbard. Edward Bussey, about 1803, settled north of the Porterfield farm.
A. K. Cramer, a native of New Jersey, settled in east Hubbard in 1816. His father, Captain Frederick Cramer, was under the immediate command of Washington during six years of the Revolutionary war. Mr. Cramer came here a young man and married Susan Price, by whom he had four children, Elizabeth, Sarah (deceased), Naomi, and Susan. By his second wife, Matilda Pierce, seven children were born: J. P., Hannah, S. P., A. K., J. H., Matilda, and A. W. Two of these, S. P. and A. K., reside in Hubbard and are engaged in the drug business. A. K. Cramer, Sr., was one of the organizers and main supporters of the Baptist church. He was justice of the peace two terms and township clerk thirty consecutive years. In 1865 he moved to Iowa. He died in 1873 aged seventy-seven. Mrs. Cramer died in 1877 aged seventy-three. Of their sons, S. P., was township clerk for years, and justice of the peace one term. A. K., Jr., has been twice elected justice and three times mayor.
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EARLY EVENTS.
The first frame house in Hubbard township was erected in 18018 by Samuel Tylee. It is still standing in Hubbard township.
The first justice of the peace was Samuel Tylee, who also served in later years. George Frazier, Joel Smith, and Thomas Robinson were also among the early justices.
George Frazier built the first brick house in the township.
EARLY SCHOOLS.
Several log school-houses were built in the township previous to 1810. The first was probably that built on the farm of John Gardner 1n the southwest of the township. Who the first teacher was is not to be ascertained. Joel Smith, a middle-aged man, was a very early teacher in the old school-house just named. Among his pupils were a number of well-grown boys and not too fond of study. The practice of barring out the sch0olmaster was then almost universal, and was usually tried the morning following Christmas. One day Smith came to the school-house in the morning—the preceding day had been Christmas and a holiday—and found that his pupils were inside but every entrance was barred by heavy logs. He demanded admission but this was refused. He then procured a rail and pried out some of the chunks which were fitted in between the logs. Failing to make an entrance sufficiently large to admit him, he went to a neighboring house for advice and aid. The neighbor returned with him, and the two men then climbed upon the roof, made a hole through it and got inside upon the loft, which was laid with loose boards placed across heavy beams. Tearing up this flooring, they were preparing to descend when several stout boys seized a heavy wooden table, raised it upon their shoulders and held it firmly against the opening. The teacher jumped upon the table determined to get it out of his way, when at a given signal the boys let go and teacher and table made a rapid descent into the room and sprawled over the floor. Both were somewhat bruised but not seriously injured. The schoolmaster was seized, put out of doors and his castle again barricaded from the interior. There was no school that day.
A. G. Babcock and Timothy Doty were the names of early teachers in a school-house situated on the road west of the village
EARLY INDUSTRIES.
Squire Tylee erected the first grist-mill about 1809. It was on Yankee run, a mile and a half northeast of the village. It was built of logs and had two runs of stones. He also had a saw-mill near the grist-mill built about the same time. Both were afterwards replaced by frame buildings.
The first distillery in the township was erected on the farm of 'Squire Tylee.
About 1810 a carding-mill, situated near the State line, was run by William Elliott. About 1824 Squire Tylee erected a carding- and cloth fulling-mill on the present village lot of 'Squire Mitchell. This mill was run by horse-power.
The first tannery was built by Jehiel Roberts, early in this century, a little south of the center of the village. Jesse Clark, who married the widow Roberts, carried on the business afler him.
The first store was opened by Dr. John Mitcheltree, who came to the township about 1806, and commenced business soon after. This store was in Pennsylvania ; but as the end of the log- cabin in which the merchant lived was in Hubbard, probably the latter has the best claim to the establishment. His store was in the east end of the cabin, so that while doing business in Pennsylvania, he was a resident of Ohio.
Dr. Mitcheltree was the first physican. He was born in Ireland, but came to this country young, and here learned the art of medicine. For many years he was the only doctor in the township. From his store and his practice combined he accumulated sufficient property so that he was accounted a wealthy man in those days.
Sylvester Tylee was the first postmaster. The office was established previous to 1812. He also kept tavern and a few groceries.
The first store at Tylee's corners was kept in his own house by Samuel Tylee as early as 1818.
HUBBARD VILLAGE,
This enterprising little place is too young to have much history. Up to 1861 it was merely a country cross-roads, with few houses or inhabitants, But when the coal-fields began to be largely developed the corners rapidly became a village, and in the course of ten years nearly two thousand inhabitants were comprised within the present limits of the village. The houses were
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nearly all put up in haste, and many of them still stand unimproved in appearance. Main street is long and thickly dotted with houses and stores for nearly a mile and a half.
The largest mercantile establishment in Hubbard is that of George M. McKelvey & Co., who have been in business in this place since September 1, 1877. The furnace and coal companies have an interest in the store, and from it the workmen receive supplies. Mr. G. M, McKelvey, the head of the firm, was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, in 1849. He was a merchant in Youngtown ten years before coming to Hubbard. In politics he is Republican; in religion, a member of the United Presbyterian church. He is married, and has two children.
D. J. Edwards, at present the clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives, is another of the successful and respected merchants of this place.
A summary of the business of the village shows the following: twelve stores of all kinds, one hotel, numerous saloons, seven churches, one National bank, three physicians, two lawyers, one newspaper, one grist-mill, one rolling-mill, two blast furnaces, etc.
INCORPORATION.
Hubbard village, comprising a tract about one mile square, was incorporated in 18618. It now has an estimated population of about two thousand. The mayors, since the incorporation, have been: Nathaniel Mitchell, L. R. Prior, John Cramer, Add. Randall, Alexander Campbell, J. D. Cramer, and A. K. Cramer. The latter is now serving his third term. The officers consist of mayor, six councilmen, clerk, treasurer, marshal, and one street commissioner.
IRON MANUFACTURE.
Next to the coal business the manufacture of iron has contributed most to the prosperity of Hubbard.
Hubbard furnace, number one, was erected in 1868; number two, in 1872. Both are owned by Andrews & Hitchcock. Eighty to ninety men are employed. The daily capacity of both furnaces in one hundred and ten tons.
Hubbard rolling-mill was built in 1872 by the Hubbard Rolling-mill company. It is now owned by Jesse Hall & Sons, who were partners in the firm from the start. The mrll has twelve puddling furnaces, one sixteen-inch muck train of rolls, one twelve inch bar mill, and one eight inch guy mill. Product, merchant guide iron. Capacity, one hundred and fifty tons of muck bar per week. Employment is given to about two hundred men.
HUBBARD FLOURING-MILL.
This mill was built by W. A. Loveless and run by him for some time as a planing-mill. Five years ago it was converted into a grist-mill and run by Long Brothers & Co. The proprietors are now Long & Shook. The mill has a capacity of fifty barrels per day.
HUBBARD NATIONAL BANK.
This institution was organized in 1873 as Hubbard Savings bank, with A. M. Jewell president, and G. M. Dill cashier, and continued as a savings bank until 1878, when it was converted into a National bank with a cash capital of $50,000. The present officers are A. M. Jewell, president; R. H. Jewell, cashier ; and the following directors: A. M. Jewell, D. J. Dennison, S. L. Kerr, H. H. Long, A, T. Mizner, G. H. Kerr, and S. Q. March.
NEWSPAPERS.
The first newspaper in Hubbard was established by A. D. Fassett, and run by him from July, 1868, to November, 1872. For a few months it was called the Standard, and was printed in the Courier office at Youngstown. In the winter of 1868-69 Mr. Fassett bought a press and type and began the Miners' Journal, which was at first a five-column folio with but small circulation. It afterwards attained a circulation of two thousand eight hundred, and was the organ of the coal miners of Ohio. In November, 1872, Mr Fassett bought the Courier office in Youngstown, moved his paper thither, and continued its publication, changing the name to the Miner and Manufacturer, making it a daily —the first daily published in the Mahoning valley. The Hubbard office was sold to W. T. McGaughey, who ran a local newspaper for a time, then sold out. The paper was continued a while, then suspended. Ford Wharton next published the Hubbard Signal for a year or two.
The Hubbard Enterprise was started in the fall of 1877 by F. J. Horton, editor and proprietor. In 1880 W. R. Wadsworth assumed the management of the paper, provided new type and enlarged the paper. Under his control the circula-
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tion of the Enterprise has trebled. The paper is a four-page seven-column sheet, largely devoted to home affairs, county matters, and manufacturing notes. It is independent in politics. The enterprise receives a considerable amount of advertising and turns out good job work. The paper is neatly printed and is a very wide-awake local journal.
HUBBARD SCHOOLS.
In 1868 measures were taken to establish a high school in the village which should be free for all the scholars of the township. A school building was built by the township and finished in 1870, since which time the school has been in successful operation. The house and furnishing cost about $ 10,000. The superintendents of the high school have been S. Q. March, Alexander Campbell, J. L. Gillmer, D. A. Wilson, and the present teacher, Mr. March, who began his labors in the fall of 1881. The school has been in charge of competent instructors and has accomplished good work, making it a blessing to the entire community.
By act of the Legislature of 1873 the schools of Incorporated villages became union schools. The Hubbard village union schools are in four departments and, apparently, well managed. The free high school building is partially devoted to the use of the village schools.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
In 1803 Rev. Noah Fidler, of the Erie conference, formed a Methodist class in Hubbard, consisting of Revs. Amos Smith and William Veach—both local preachers of excellent reputation—and their wives, Mr. Parrish and wife, Mr. Frazee and wife, Amos Snyder, Thomas Snyder, Joshua Snyder, William Burnett, Enos Burnett, and a few others. This class met for a number of years a mile and a half west of the center. Subsequently another class was formed about the same distance east of the center. Both were ultimately merged into the Hubbard village church.
In 1811 Rev. Jacob Gruber held a camp-meeting in the eastern part of Hubbard, near what has since been known as the Veach meetinghouse, which resulted in adding fifty members to the church.
In 1854 both the east and west churches being nearly or quite abandoned, all the Method ists of the township united and built a church at the village at a cost of about $2,00. Rev. S. K. Paden was on the circuit at that time. James A. Johnson and Jacob Marsteller each paid $150 towards building the new church. The west church was sold for a school-house. The Veach church is still standing and occasionally used.
The church is now in a flourishing condition, with one hundred and fifty members.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
This church was organized about 1804. The exact date is not known, and as the early members are all dead and the early records all lost little informalion concerning it is attainable. Rev. James Satterfield was a Presbyterian preacher and devoted fifty years to ministerial labors. During nearly all of this time he was either an occasional or a regular preacher in the church of Hubbard. Other early preachers were: Revs. McDermott, McCready, and Rockwell. Among the early members were : Sylvester Tylee, Samuel Tylee, William Clingham, Thomas McMoran, William Porterfield, John Jewell, Charles Stewart, and Robert Love, with their wives and families. John Jewell, Sylvester Tylee, and William Clingham were the first elders,
The first church edifice in the township—a rude structure of hewn logs—was erected by this denomination. It stood at the south end of the old graveyard north of the village. After several years' use it was replaced by a frame building which was used until the present house in the village was erected in 1857.
The present membership 1s one hundred. The pastor, Rev. J. H. Wright, was ordained and installed in 1873. Several revivals have occurred during his pastorate.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Baptists had an organization, or at least held meetings very early, and probably were in existence as a church long before the present organization was formed, in 1819. The information concerning the Baptists 1s very limited, The names of some of the earlier members will be found in the sketch devoted to the Disciples.
The Baptists were few in numbers at first and for many years struggled against difficulties. But faith and perseverance enabled them to overcome
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all obstacles and to-day they are most prosperous. They have about two hundred and thirty-five members. A fine church edifice was erected by this denomination in 1870 in the village of Hubbard, at a cost of about $7,000.
This church erected the building which is now the parsonage of the Lutherans and used it as a place for public worship many years.
THE DISCIPLES CHURCH.
In 1819 a Baptist church was organized at the house of Jesse Hall, who for fifteen years had been a member of the Baptist church in Sharon, Pennsylvania. Mr. Hall, A. K. Cramer, Archibald Price. James Price, Walter Clark, and Silas Burnett, with their families, were prominent members, Jesse Hall was an influential man among the Baptists, deacon, counselor, and chief supporter. For some time the church met at his house. When the "Christian Baptists" began their work, and Walter Scott, the evangelist, came most of the members gave him a cordial welcome. His forcible preaching brought all of the Baptist church, eight or ten excepted, into the Disciple fold. The church thus formed had about forty members. Jesse and John Applegate were appointed overseers and served with faithfulness for about twenty-five years. Oliver Hart and Warren Burton succeeded them. Orenus Hart and David Waldruff served in the same capacity, followed by James Struble, H. Green, and A. K. Cramer, Jr., acting elders. The church increased in members, strength, and zeal. Applegate soon became a preacher and served in his own church twenty years or more, besides traveling much abroad. Others preached here, among then Revs. Scott, Bentley, Hayden, Henry, Hartzell, the two Bosworths, J. T. Smith, Brockett, Perky, and J. W. Lamphear. In late1 times W. T. Horner, William S. Winfield, Willard Goodrich, Matthias Christy, Harmon Reeves, C. C. Smith, and J. A. Thayer, co-operated in extending the usefulness of this church. In August, 1837, the Trumbull county yearly meeting was held in Hubbard, and was one of the largest assemblies of the kind ever gathered on the Reserve. To this meeting came Campbell, Bentley, the Bosworths, Henry, Hartzell, G. W. Lucy, Clapp, Applegate, Rudolph, J. J. Moss, and A. S. Hayden, nearly all of whom preached, exhorted, and held evening meetings. Thirteen converts were made. Two years later a meeting held at Youngstown resulted in several accessions to this church. For a few years meetings were held in a building belonging to Jesse Hall, which he finally gave to the trustees with the ground on which it stood. Subsequently they erected a valuable edifice in the northern part of the township. The church continues prosperous with a large membership,
Most of the above facts are collected from the writings of Rev. A. S. Hayden.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
An organization was made and the church supplied by priests from Hickory corners a few years previous to 1868. At that date Rev. E. 0. Callahan, of Youngstown, built the church, which is probably worth $3,000. After him Rev. Peter Becker of Youngstown officiated here. The first resident pastor was Rev, John T. Schaffield, who came in 1870. He erected a parsonage and organized a school. In 1880 he was succeeded by Rev. J. Klute, who enlarged the school-house and gave the sisters charge over the schools.
The organization is known as St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, and has a membership represented by one hundred and twenty families of Irish, Germans, and Italians.
WELSH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The church of this denomination organized and built a house in 1865. Dependent upon workingmen for its support, the members have been quite variable. There are now about fifty members. The preachers of this church have been Revs. J. Edwards, Thomas Davis, D. E, Evans, David Powell, and some supplies. Rev, David Davis is now preaching here one-half the time.
WELSH BAPTIST CHURCH.
This church was organized in 1863 with forty members. Their first meeting-house was a building rented from the Protestant Methodists, an organization now extinct. The church was built in 1841, and about three years ago the Baptists purchased it. At one time the Welsh Baptists numbered over one hundred members. They now have about thirty-five. The pastors have been Rev. David Hopkins, Theophilus Jones, Edward Jenkins, and Thomas M. Matthews.
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THE LUTHERAN CHURCH.
St. John's church (German Lutheran) was organized in 1867 by Rev. Frederick N. Wolf, with a membership represented by twenty-five families. Previously, however, meetings had been held, beginning in 1864. Mr. Wolf was the first pastor, succeeded in 1869 by Rev. H. T. H. G, Hengist. Rev. G. F. H. Meiser became pastor in 1870. In that year the organization was completed and a church council chosen. Rev. H. A. Smith became pastor in 1872, and remained until 1880, when he was succeeded by Rev. L, A. Detzer, the present pastor.
The church edifice was erected in 1871 at a cost of $3,074.
A school, supported six months of each year, is connected with this church. This school was organized by Mr. Smith in 1871, and taught by him and Gustav Birdemann. Rev. L. A. Detzer is now the teacher. He has upwards of eighty pupils, and gives instruction both in English and German.
COALBURG CHURCHES.
The churches of Coalburg are three in number—Methodrst Episcopal, Welsh Baptist, and Welsh Congregational. The Baptist church was built in 1870, the Methodist in 1871, and the Congregational in 1872. All are still kept up, though with diminished membership, and only occasional preaching, except in the Methodist church, which is supplied regularly in connection with Brookfield. All of these churches are dependent upon mining people for their support.
CEMETERIES.
The principal cemetery of this township is located a short distance north of Hubbard village. Interments were made here very early, as the old-fashioned grave-stones would attest, even if no inscriptions were upon them. These stones are common flag-stones obtained from the creek- bed, rudely carved and rudely lettered. Many departures from modern methods of orthography are observable. The oldest stone in the graveyard was erected
To the memory of
JEHIEL ROBBARTS,
who departed this life
January 16, 1809,
aged thirty years.
Roberts was a shoemaker, and was drowned by breaking through the ice into the Mahoning river, while he was carrying a bundle of shoes to some of his customers. The shoes were found lying upon the ice, and led to the recovery of his body.
Another of these old grave-stones chronicles the following history :
In memory of
ANNA TYLEE,
who departed this life
February 2, 1818,
aged 45 yrs.
The first female citizen in Hubbard.
Of early settlers buried here, Ida, wife of Barney Lyons, died in 1812, aged thirty-eight ; Barnabas Lyons died in 1841, aged eighty ; Amos Ayres died in 1817, aged fifty-two; Samuel Price, aged seventy-six, died in 1827 ; Cornelius Dilly died in 1824, aged fifty-three; Mary, wife of Enos Burnett, died in 1813, aged forty-nine; John Burnett died in 1843, aged forty-six ; Silas Burnett, born in New Jersey, in 1791, died in Hubbard in 1878.
In the northern part of the township adjoining the Disciples' church is another graveyard of more recent origin.
ODD FELLOWS.
Hubbard lodge No. 495, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was instituted August 22, 1871, with the following charter members : M. B. White, A. P. Flaugher, D. J. Edwards, C. H. Huff, Caleb Davis, D. Struble, William Campbell, Samuel Walters, Alfred Crooks, John Wadle, David Wallace, Daniel Jones, John Thomas Jenkins, and Frederick James, A public installation of officers was largely attended by members of other lodges. The following were the first officers : M. B. White, N. G.; D. J. Ed. wards, V. G.; D. Struble, R. S.; John Wadle, P. S.; C. H. Huff, treasurer. The lodge has steadily prospered ever since its formation.
TEMPLE OF HONOR.
Enterprise Temple of Honor No. 21, Hubbard, Ohio, was organized August 16, 1874, with seventeen members. This society has accomplished much good work in promoting temperance. The lodge is now in good condition, has forty-seven members and occupies a well-furnished hall.
FORESTERS.
Court Lily of the Valley No. 6624, Ancient Order of Foresters, of Hubbard, was organized
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in 1881 with about twenty members. Its membership is now eighty and constant additions are being made. The society is in a most flourishing condition. Its present officers are : E. O. Jones, C. R,; Isaac Green, sub-C. R,; W. R. Wadsworth, P, C. R.; James J. Davis, F. S., and L E. Davis, treasurer.
COALBURG.
This is a small village in the northwest of Hubbard township. It was built up by the mining business and has declined with it. At one time Coalburg had a population of about eight hundred, several stores, and was a thriving place. It was hastily built and has few good buildings. The population is now about three hundred, The first store was started about 1863 by William Powers & Co. Jacob Sanders was lhe first postmaster. Coalburg is a station on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad,
COAL OPERATIONS.
The coal interests of this township are on the wane. The best mines have long since been worked out, A vast amount of wealth has resulted from the working of these mines during the past twenty years, operations having been carried on very extensively during the greater portion of the time.
Jackson Brothers opened the first banks in 1861, These were known as the Veach mines, situated in East Hubbard. E. P. Burnett owned the most valuable coal fields in the township, and after opening a mine leased it to Andrews & Hitchcock, who are still operating it. After coal railroads had been built to various parts of the township, mining went forward with an impetus until very recently. The enterprising firm, Andrews & Hitchcock, are still operating quite largely. P. Jacobs & Sons are now opening mines in the southeast of the township and preparing for an extensive business.
The first coal operations in the vicinity of Coalburg began in 1863. Powers & Arms leased coal fields from Jesse Hall, Madison Powers, and others, and after working them a short time leased to Brown, Bonnell & Co., who, under the name of the Mahoning Coal company, have carried on the business very extensively. They built the railroad from Youngstown, which has since become the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern branch, now extended north ward to the main line. Some of the banks once yielded three to four hundred tons of coal per day and gave employment to hundreds of workmen. The Love, Burnett, and Cramer banks, operated by Andrews & Hitchcock have each been very productive. All are now more or less exhausted, though the annual coal production of this township still amounts to a large number of tons.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,
WILLIAM BURNETT.
Closely identified with the history of Hubbard township is the name of Burnett, In 1801 William Burnett and uncle Enos came from Sussex county, New Jersey, and settled here. His family at that time consisted of three sons : James, Benjamin, and John. Two little graves were left behind. The whole of the long journey was made in wagons over the poorest roads, or where there was no road at all. After perils and hardships which we can imagine but not describe, they reached Beaver late in the fall. As no road was opened farther and the severities of winter so near at hand, they decided to spend the winter there. In early spring he came on to Hubbard, the point for which he started, A farm was purchased, small clearing made, and log cabin put up. Surrounded by woods, Indians, and wild beasts, the struggle for life and property began, Soon after they were settled in their new home a fourth son, Silas, was added to the family circle. This was the first male child born in Hubbard township.
After ten years of labor which were crowned with more than ordinary success, his wife died, leaving him with seven children, the oldest being but fourteen, to continue the struggle alone.
During the next year, memorable in our National annals, he was drafted to serve in the War of 1812. For this service he afterwards received two quarter sections of land which he sold for a mere nominal price. The following year he married Barbara Huff, who died in 1863. Four children from this union survived her, one,
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Washington, having been killed at the age of twelve, by the running away of a team which he was driving. Mr. Burnett died just one week after his wife, April 12, 1863, at the ripe age of ninety-one years and four months, having lived over sixty years near the spot where he first erected his log cabin. Having given a necessarily brief sketch of this pioneer's life, we cannot refrain from glancing back at the early history of our country at the time when he made his entry into this busy world, December 18, 1771.
During a hundred and fifty years the work of settlement in the colonies had been steadily going on, and they numbered three millions. They had just passed through the period known as the French and Indian war, and now the country 1s ablaze with excitement over the oppression of Great Britain. The struggle for freedom had begun. "No taxation without representation " was the cry. Three years after his birth the famous "Boston tea party" was held. When five years old, the great Liberty bell proclaimed freedom throughout the land in tones that made tyrants tremble. How often this subject was discussed in that humble home just as we now discuss the perpetuity of these institutions. At the close of the war the subject of this sketch was old enough to engage in lhe general rejoicing. During the campaign in New Jersey Washington spent several weeks near his home, where he frequently saw and conversed with him. Being twenty-one years old, he undoubtedly cast his first vote for him when he was re-elected in 1793. It seems to us a great privilege to vote for Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, and so on through the list of worthies who so honorably filled the Presidential office. His last vote was cast for Stephen A. Douglas in 1860. Born when our Nation was struggling for an existence, his life went out during the struggle for its continuance. There are now living in 1882, as his descendants—four sons and two daughters, also fifty-six grandchildren, one hundred and seventy-nine great-grandchildren, sixty-two great-great-grandchildren, a total of three hundred and three persons.
Joseph Burnett, son of William Burnett, was born in Hubbard township May 2, 1808, and resided with his father till his majority. From 1829 till the time of his marriage he was engaged as a distiller of liquor. In 1838 he married Cassandra Courtney, of Virginia. Their family consisted of eight children, five of whom survive, From 1839 to 1855 he resided in Weathersfield township, and engaged in sawing timber. In 1855 he purchased what is known as the Brockway mills property, situated in the south part of Hartford township, where he now resides.
Although engaged in distilling in his early life, he has always been a strictly temperate man, and as an indication of the growth of temperance sentiment we might say that his eldest daughter Cythia is an active worker in the temperance cause as a lecturer and writer, and-his only son, Albert Burnett, is a strong prohibitionist.
A. M. JEWELL.
A. M. Jewell, son of John and Jane (Miller) Jewell, was born in Hubbard township, Trumbull county, Ohio, June 18, 1808. His parents removed from Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and settled in the west part of Hubbard on the farm now occupied by Stephen Doughten, in the spring of 1805. John Jewell died in Hubbard in 1859. His wife survived him many years, dying in Warren, January, 1873, 1n the ninety-second year of her age. A. M. Jewell was married in 1829 to Rebecca C. Love, born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, December, 18o6, and came to Trumbull county with her parents when she was but three or four years of age. The family settled 1n Hubbard. Mr. Jewell has been engaged in active business life, principally in farming and trading in live stock, and has been very successful. He eventually purchased the home farm, which he occupied until 1870, when he sold it, and moved to Warren the next year, where he now resides. He is a stockholder in the First National and Mahoning National banks of Youngstown, and also in the Trumbull National, of Warren, having been connecled with the first named since its organization. He is largely interested in the bank at Hubbard, and is its president, his oldest son being the cashier. He has six children living, one having died when young, viz: Robert H., in Hubbard; Sarah J. Kerr, in Hubbard; John D., in New York city; William A., in Mississippi; Mary A,
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at home with her parents, and Louisa (Veach), in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania.
SETTLEMENT NOTES.
Jesse Hall was born in Hubbard township, Trumbull county, Ohio. His father, Jesse Hall, was a native of New Jersey, and came to Ohio in 1801, and settled in Hubbard township, about two miles north of the village, and was one of the earliest settlers in the township. He died in 1843, leaving a family of ten children, and widow—Hannah, Esther, William, Margaret, Jacob, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Christian, and Jesse. Sarah, Christian, and Jesse are the only surviving members. Mrs. Hall died in 1861. Both she and her husband were members of the Disciple church, His son Jesse has always lived in the township, upon the old homestead until 1874. He has been engaged in iron manufacture and operating in coal in addition tb his farming. He was married in 1833 to Hannah J. Sheline, daughter of David Sheline, of Carroll county. They have nine children— Caroline, Miriam, David, Christiana, Nancy, William, Clara, Harriet, and Jesse. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Disciple church.
Nathaniel Mitchell, an old resident of Hubbard, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, in January, 1805. His father, Mathew Mitchell, a native of Ireland, came to America in 1803. He resided in Philadelphia a short time, then went to Pittsburg, and came to Ohio in 1835, and settled in Hubbard, in the western part of the township. He cleared up a good farm and resided here till 1827, then moved to Liberty township, where he lived till his death. He died in June, 1831. There were five children in his family. Nathaniel is the only surviving member. Mrs. Mitchell died in October, 1874, in the ninety-sixth year of her age. Mr. Nathaniel Mitchell has always lived in this township, and is one of the oldest settlers. He has made farming his principal business. He was married, in 1831, to Miss Elizabeth Murdock, daughter of Abram Murdock, of Coitsville. They have had five children, two of whom are living—Mary J. and Maria. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell and daughters are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Mitchell has been a justice of the peace for thirty-six years, and is probably the oldest 'squire in the county. He has been township trustee, town clerk, treasurer, etc.
Robert Porterfield, farmer, Hubbard township, Trumbull county, was born May 12, 1799, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. His father, William, was a native of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in December, 1804, locating in Liberty township, where he lived about eighteen months. He then removed to Hubbard, where his son now resides. William Porterfield died September 14, 1831. His wife died October 7, 1838. The family consisted of seven children—John, Robert, Jane, William, James, Sarah, and Mary. John, Jane, James, and Sarah are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Porterfield were among the earliest members of the Presbyterian church in the township. Robert Porterfield has resided in this township since 1806. He was married November a, 1838, to Hannah McMurray, daughter of William McMurray, of Liberty township. They had six children : William H., Mary A., James M., Araminta M., Hannah M., and Charlotte J.—all living at home except Mary, who is deceased. The family belong to the Presbyterian church. Mr, Porterfield has served as coroner in this county.
Cornelius Price, farmer, Hubbard township, Trumbull county, was born in Hubbard township, July 18, 1812. His father, Archibald Price, was a native of New Jersey and came to Hubbard in 1807, and settled in the northwestern part of the township, and was a pioneer of that neighborhood. Four brothers of Archibald Price came to Ohio and settled in this county, Their names were James, David, John, and Jacob. Archibald resided upon his farm until his death in 1847. His widow survived until 1873. The family consisted of ten children—Samuel, Frederick, Cornelius, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Abram, Archibald, Hannah, and James. Samuel, Frederick, and James are deceased. Cornelius has always been a farmer, and a resident of this township. In 1837 he married Anna Burnett, born in 1819. They have four children—Mathias S., Harriet L., Smith B., and Clara M. Mr. Price is a member of the Disciple church. Politically he is a Democrat.
Lewis S, Burnett, farmer, Hubbard township, Trumbull county, was born in Hubbard township, April 9, 1836. Smith Burnett, his father, a
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native of New Jersey, came to the eastern part of the township at a very early date. His father settled on what is now the Beach farm, where he passed the remainder of his days. Smith Burnett died in the township in 1846 or 1847. The family consisted of twelve children, whose names were Harriet Ann, Marietta, Edmund, Lucy, St. Clair, Malinda, Jane, Lewis, Seymour, and Sarah. One child died in infancy. Harriet, Marietta, St. Clair, and Sarah are dead. Mrs. Burnett died in 1870. L. S. Burnett is a carpenter by trade, but carries on farming. He was married October 23, 1856, to Miriam Hall, daughter of Jesse Hall, of this township. They have had seven children, six of whom are living: Lois L., Charles S., Almon L., Hattie L., Sarah J., Loretta, and Jesse. Sarah is deceased. Mr, and Mrs. Burnett and their oldest daughter are members of the Disciple church.
Judson Ray Noble, Hubbard township, Trumbull county, was born in Kent, Litchfield county, Connecticut, March 17, 1805, and came to Ohio with his father, David Noble, the same year. David Noble settled in Boardman. His log cabin stood where the Methodist church now stands. He died in 1816, February 24th. Mrs. Noble died in April, 1836. Their children were Roxilana, Austin B., Judson R., William N., Calvin L., and David T., all living except Roxilana. J. R. Noble lived in Boardman until he was about twenty-five years of age, when he went to Youngstown and worked at carpentry a few years. He then moved to Niles, where he resided until 1870. He married, December 31, 1829, Mary Ann Robbins, daughter of Josiah Robbins, of Youngstown. By this marriage two children were born—Sabrina S. and Calvin, Calvin died young. Mrs. Noble died in 1847. In February, 1850, Mr. Noble married Elizabeth Price, daughter of Archibald Price. She was born May 26, 1814, They have three children —Mary, Hannah, and Anna, Mrs. Noble has been a member of the Disciple church forty-five years. Mr. Noble united with the Disciples in 1842. He has served as justice of the peace; was court crier twenty-four years, and constable several years in Niles.
George W. Randall, farmer, Hubbard township, Trumbull county, was born October 20, 1821, in Hubbard township. John Randall, his father, was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio with his father, William, in 1806, and settled on lot forty-eight in the southeast of the township. John Randall began farming on lot forty-nine and resided there until his death, which occurred in 1872. There was not a death in the family until Mrs. Randall died in 1871. The family consists of nine children, viz : Amos, George, William W., Nancy L., Joel S., Angeline, John, Austin, and Addison. The parents belonged to the Methodist church. George Randall has resided in the township all of his life excepting one year which he spent in Pennsylvania. In 1843 he married Anna M. Burnett, daughter of James Burnett. This union was blessed with six children, five of whom survive : Ariminta, Albert 0. and Orpha A. (twins), Charles M., Mary R., and Jennie M. Charles is dead. Mr. and Mrs. Randall and two of the children are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
G. R. Stevenson, M. D., a well known resident of Hubbard, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1838. His father, David, was a native of Ireland. The family is of Scotch descent, Mr. Stevenson studied medicine with Dr. Gibson in Illinois and graduated at Rush college in 1858, and has since been in practice in different localities. He came to Hubbard in 1867. He has a large and lucrative practice. He was married in 1859 to Miss Amanda Dentler, of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. One son by this marriage. Mrs. Stevenson died in 1860. Mr. Stevenson's second marriage occurred in 1868, to Miss Ellen Bell, daughter of William Bell, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Three children were born of this union. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson are members of the United Presbyterian church.