Hubler history W. R. Hubler, Jr., M. D

The Children of Abraham HUBLER (1779-ca 1835)

Unidentified female HUBLER (b 1798) was the first child born to Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) in Hanover Twp, Northampton Co (now Lehigh Co), PA and probably died in infancy, although one researcher identifies her as Catharine Mills HUBLER (1800-1868) who married Joseph Beyl Shimmer and had eight children and then married Daniel Spangenberg and had two more children; however, I have not confirmed the data. The primary evidence for the existence of the unknown female is the 1790 census, but actually, the census is a list of household members, and thus while it is likely that she was a daughter of Abraham HUBLER (b 1779), she could have been a family member or the daughter of a friend, which was common.

Elizabeth HUBLER (1799) was born in Northampton Co, PA and christened on March 31, 1799 in Shoenersville, Lehigh Co, PA.⁸²² She married John Becker.

Jacob HUBLER (1800-1867) was the first son of Abraham HUBLER (1779-ca 1835). He was born in Northampton Co, PA and christened on Nov. 29, 1800 at Shoenersville, Hanover Twp, Lehigh Co, PA⁸²³ just as the HUBLER family was migrating to New Berlin in central PA. After his father [Abraham HUBLER (1779-ca 1835)], moved the family to Clearfield Co, PA in 1820, Jacob HUBLER (1800-1867) married Susanna Smeal⁸²⁴,⁸²⁵,⁸²⁶ and moved to Graham Twp, Clearfield Co in about 1827 and was one of its first residents. He had a good farm near the center of the township. According to the 1850 Bradford Twp, Clearfield Co, PA (Graham Twp was formed from Bradford Twp in 1855) census (it was taken on Aug. 20), Jacob HUBLER was 49 (he would turn 50 in October 1850) as was his wife (Susannah), and he was a farmer; also, a Rachael Smeal (7) lived with them who was undoubtedly a relative of his wife.⁸²⁷ From the beginning, Jacob HUBLER (b 1800) was politically active. His home was the site of the initial meeting to found Graham Township in 1855. He was among men arrested in 1864 for belonging to the Democratic Club, an organization of activists opposing abolition and the draft. He was falsely arrested, and that invidious action might have been a plot to make him responsible for the actions of his sons, Levi and Amos HUBLER. At the time, he was a 65 year-old with the usual infirmities of that age. About 10 P.M. on Dec.1864, he was arrested in his home and brutally treated by his captors, a group of US solders. He was not given a reason for his arrest. Together with several others who had been kidnapped, he started for Philipsburg under arrest with the regiment—a hard march in snow, which took its physical toll. Four days later, he was transferred to Harrisburg. Before leaving Philipsburg, he was told that he would be held responsible for his son (Levi HUBLER) who had been drafted but had not reported for duty. After incarceration for a week, he and forty-two others were placed on the train for Philadelphia, marched to the barracks and kept in a room with broken windows. His boots were frozen on his feet. The next day, he was sent via train to Fort Mifflin, where he was held in a military prison. Finally, Levi HUBLER presented himself at the regimental headquarters, was arrested, sent to Harrisburg, and then to Fort Mufflin, just like his father. Then, Jacob HUBLER (b 1800) was freed (on Mar.15, 1867); but his health failing, he was confined to his bed at home and died on July 4, 1867. Levi HUBLER was paroled on Feb. 22, 1865 and was never recalled. He died in 1868⁸²⁸,⁸²⁹ and is buried in Bigler Cemetery, Bigler, PA. ⁸³⁰,⁸³¹

Moses HUBLER (1803-1855) is profiled in the following section.

Unknown (male) HUBLER (b ca 1810)

Abraham HUBLER (b 1814) was born in Centre Co, PA before his parents moved to Clearfield Co, PA in 1820. He married Olive Eliza ? probably somewhere in Ohio about 1839 (Eliza was born in Ohio in 1820), because his first child (John C. HUBLER) was born in 1840 in Ohio. Abraham HUBLER (b 1814) continued to live in Ohio until 1848 when he returned to his childhood home in Clearfield Co, PA. [It is likely that his parents, Abraham (b 1779) and Margaret Paul (b 1880), went to Ohio from PA about 1835 and died there. I have not located the site in Ohio, yet.] His daughter (Elizabeth Jane HUBLER) was born in Ohio in 1843, while his next son (Lorenzo D. HUBLER) was born in PA in 1848. Abraham HUBLER (b 1814) continued to live in PA in 1850 when he was listed on the 1850 federal census in Clearfield Co, PA and his daughter (Fustina E. HUBLER) was born. About 1855, he moved to Youngstown, Ohio possibly to help his widowed sister-in-law (Sara Newberry) operate a farm and probably because his older brother, Moses HUBLER (b 1803), had told him about the fertile Ohio farmland. His last son (Marcillus HUBLER) was born in Youngstown in 1858, and Abraham HUBLER (b 1814) was on the 1860 federal census of Youngstown as a “laborer” (a euphemism for farmer) next to Sara (Newberry) HUBLER. He probably was a tenant farmer since I could not find any land owned by him in title records. Later, I think that he returned to PA (I cannot find a death record in Ohio), but several of his sons stayed permanently in Youngstown (John C. HUBLER, Horatio E. HUBLER and Lorenzo D. HUBLER) where they are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mary Anne Vashti HUBLER/HOOBLER (1825-1891) was born in Clearfield Co, PA after her parents moved there in 1820 from New Berlin in central Pennsylvania. Apparently, “Vashi” was a Germanic nickname denoting a girl. It is unlikely that she was a daughter of Sara Newberry (b 1780) because her mother would have been 5 years old when she was born; however, it is possible, and so “Vashti” might have been her natural surname, and I think that more research should be focused here.) She married Anthony Ague (1821-1865) on Oct. 9, 1843 in Youngstown, Trumbull Co, Ohio (he served in the 19^th Ohio Infantry in the Civil War)⁸³² by Minister A.G. Stringes on the same date as her niece, Eliz HUBLER, who was about the same age and who married Nathaniel Aga/Ague, probably a cousin of Anthony Ague. She died in 1891.