. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. f^.^^f^^^iytf^m-^ a/^tzu^i^ (^ ^"^^^^y^^ E. A. HUBBARD. E. A. Hubbard was born in the town of Reading, Schuyler Co., N. Y., Oct. 18, 1816. His father, Ezekiel Hubbard, was a native of Massachusetts. He was a resident of Bridgewater, Oneida Co.; of Reading, Schuyler Co.; of the town of Jeru- salem, Yates Co., and about the year 1821 settled in the town of Prattsburgh, about six miles west of
. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. f^.^^f^^^iytf^m-^ a/^tzu^i^ (^ ^"^^^^y^^ E. A. HUBBARD. E. A. Hubbard was born in the town of Reading, Schuyler Co., N. Y., Oct. 18, 1816. His father, Ezekiel Hubbard, was a native of Massachusetts. He was a resident of Bridgewater, Oneida Co.; of Reading, Schuyler Co.; of the town of Jeru- salem, Yates Co., and about the year 1821 settled in the town of Prattsburgh, about six miles west of the village. While a resident of the town of Bridgewater he was a soldier of the war of 1812-14, and went to Sacket's Harbor to defend the frontier against the invasion of the British. He married Mary M., daughter of Nicholas Rouse, Esq. She was a native also of Massachusetts. Their children were Mrs. Truman Strong, of Prattsburgh (deceased) ; Nicholas R., of Livingston County; Ezekiel T. (deceased), of Prattsburgh ; Ephraim A. Hubbard, of Prattsburgh ; Albert H., of Gralesbury, Mich.; and Henry M., of North Cohocton. The father spent the remainder of his life, after settling in Prattsburgh, as a farmer, and was connected with many of the pioneer interests of the town. He died at about the age of seventy. The wife survived her husband only some three years, and died also at about the age of seventy. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard were early members of the Baptist Church here, and were connected as such before there was any church edifice. Mr. Hubbard had limited opportunities for an education from books. At the age of twenty he purchased the time before reaching his majority of his father, and with his brothers, Nicholas R. and Ezekiel T., purchased two hundred and twenty- eight acres of land. In the year 1838 he married Laura C, daughter of Judge Ezra Chapin, a pioneer in the settlement of the town. She was born in Prattsburgh, April 15, 1819. Soon after his marriage he disposed of
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