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

Abraham Hubler (1779-ca 1835)

Abraham HUBLER (1779 Northampton Co, PA- ?? OH)

Anna Margareth (Margaret) PAUL (Sept. 18, 1780 Northampton Co, PA- ?? OH)

? Unidentified female HUBLER (1798- < 1810⁵⁴⁰)

Elizabeth HUBLER (Feb. 28, 1799 Northampton Co, PA⁵⁴¹ - ??) (c Mar. 31, 1799

Shoenersville, Lehigh Co, PA)⁵⁴² (? m John Becker)

Jacob HUBLER (Oct. 19, 1800 Lehigh Co⁵⁴³-July 4, 1867 Graham Twp, Clearfield

Co)⁵⁴⁴,⁵⁴⁵ (c Nov. 29, 1800/1802, Shoenersville, Hanover Twp, Lehigh

Co)⁵⁴⁶ (m Susanna Smeal)⁵⁴⁷,⁵⁴⁸,⁵⁴⁹ [Donna Unch]⁵⁵⁰

Amos HUBLER (Jul 8, 1822 Decatur Twp, Centre Co, PA-1906)⁵⁵¹, ⁵⁵² (m Susanna

Woolstegal) ⁵⁵³ (was on a prisoner list in 1865) ⁵⁵⁴

(In 1850, he had his own household in the census in

Morris Twp, Clearfield Co, PA with his wife, Susanna, and

son, George; he was 28, a farmer and lived next door to a Smeal

clan) ⁵⁵⁵ (he was a farmer, coal miner and owned 213 acres) ⁵⁵⁶

George W. HUBLER (1848-1933) (m Ellen Sureal) ⁵⁵⁷

Mary Ann HUBLER (1850-1932) ⁵⁵⁸ (m Oliver Frazer of Clearfield Co,

PA) ⁵⁵⁹,⁵⁶⁰

Martha HUBLER (1857-1904) ⁵⁶¹ (m George Coble) ⁵⁶²

Levi HUBLER (Feb 25, 1824- 1909)⁵⁶³, ⁵⁶⁴ (m Nancy Landsberry)⁵⁶⁵ (above) ⁵⁶⁶

(In 1850, he was single, living with his parents and was 26) ⁵⁶⁷

(bur Fairview Cemetery, Clearfield Co, PA) ⁵⁶⁸ (he was farmer

and owned 230 acres) ⁵⁶⁹

Frank HUBLER (1853-1941) ⁵⁷⁰ (m Bertha Bumberger) ⁵⁷¹

Anna HUBLER (1855-1936) ⁵⁷² (m William Narehood) ⁵⁷³

Jane HUBLER (1857-1930) ⁵⁷⁴ (m Isaac Knepp) ⁵⁷⁵

James Clark HUBLER (1859-1933) ⁵⁷⁶ (m Martha Maines) ⁵⁷⁷

Edna HUBLER (1881-1888)⁵⁷⁸

Mary Maud HUBLER (1883-1912)⁵⁷⁹

Frances HUBLER (1886-1960)⁵⁸⁰

John HUBLER (1888-1959) ⁵⁸¹ (m Anna Turner) ⁵⁸²

Jean HUBLER (1915-1994) (m Mr. Carr) [Jean Hubler

Carr]⁵⁸³

Nancy HUBLER Carr (m Mr. Roberto)

Bert HUBLER (1890-1978) ⁵⁸⁴

Howard HUBLER (1893-1955) ⁵⁸⁵

Robert HUBLER (1902-1977) ⁵⁸⁶

Wynne HUBLER (1905- ??) ⁵⁸⁷

Flora HUBLER (1861- ??) ⁵⁸⁸ (m Ed Kramer) ⁵⁸⁹

Henrietta HUBLER (1863-1919) ⁵⁹⁰(m David Walker) ⁵⁹¹

Ida HUBLER (1867-1954) ⁵⁹² (m Charles English) ⁵⁹³

Wallace HUBLER (1869-1932) ⁵⁹⁴ (m Letitia Williams) )⁵⁹⁵

[Ancestoral line of Melanie Holtz]

Mary Maud HUBLER (1872-1880) ⁵⁹⁶

Otis Mitchell HUBLER (1876-1880) ⁵⁹⁷

Eliza HUBLER (Jan 15, 1829-Feb 22, 1892⁵⁹⁸,⁵⁹⁹,⁶⁰⁰/1904) (m Webster Hoover) ⁶⁰¹

Commodore Hoover (1876-1951) (m Effie Hummel)⁶⁰²

Mary Jane Hoover (1854-1934) ⁶⁰³

Charles Hoover ⁶⁰⁴

John Hoover⁶⁰⁵

R. Curtis Hoover⁶⁰⁶

Samuel Hoover⁶⁰⁷

Nora Hoover⁶⁰⁸

Lavina HUBLER (Ap 7, 1829-Mar 1, 1898) ⁶⁰⁹,⁶¹⁰ (bur Mar 4, 1898 in Palestine

Cem, Clearfield, PA) ⁶¹¹ (m George Narehood) ⁶¹²,⁶¹³

Mary Ellen Narehood⁶¹⁴ (m Ansetta Rhone⁶¹⁵ or Anderson Conaway) ⁶¹⁶

[Ancestoral line of Nancy Taylor]

William Bigler Narehood (m Nettis Rhone)⁶¹⁷

Frances A. Narehood (m ? Hoover)⁶¹⁸

Amanda Narehood (m Alex Conawat)⁶¹⁹

Sara J. Narehood (m DW Damey)⁶²⁰

Lilly Jane Narehood (m ? Kestler)⁶²¹

Anna Adella Narehood (m Francis Crowell)⁶²²

Orin Manning Narehood⁶²³

Alicia Melinda Narehood (b 1868) (twin) (m James Crowell)⁶²⁴

Agnes Matilda Narehood (b 1868) (twin)⁶²⁵

Effie Augusta Narehood (m Ernest Cole)⁶²⁶

Harry Blanchard Narehood (m Pearl Thompson)⁶²⁷

Mary Ann HUBLER (1831-1898) ⁶²⁸ (m Mr. David Frazier⁶²⁹ of

Clearfield Co, PA—different from the Frazer above)⁶³⁰ (In

1850, she was single, living with her parents and 19) ⁶³¹

Oliver Frazier⁶³²

Obed Frazier⁶³³

Susanna Frazier⁶³⁴

Rebecca Frzier⁶³⁵

Alex Frazier⁶³⁶

Andrew Jackson “Jack” HUBLER (1833-1899) ⁶³⁷,⁶³⁸ (m Susanna Cramer)⁶³⁹, ⁶⁴⁰,⁶⁴¹

(In 1850, he was living with his parents) ⁶⁴²

Henen Landis HUBLER (1856-1937)⁶⁴³ (m Mary Jane Hoover) ⁶⁴⁴,⁶⁴⁵

Jeannie HUBLER (1876-1959) ⁶⁴⁶,⁶⁴⁷

Charles Paul HUBLER (1879-1943) ⁶⁴⁸

Roy Rolin HUBLER (1880-1967) ⁶⁴⁹

[Andrew Jackson HUBLER-Glori HUBLER Hand (b 1960)

Leander HUBLER (1860-1898) ⁶⁵⁰,⁶⁵¹ (m Anna Katherine Record) ⁶⁵²

Luther Hubler (1889-1968) ⁶⁵³ (m Alice Bolton; 8 children) ⁶⁵⁴

Arthur William Hubler [anestryl lne of Kym] ⁶⁵⁵

Della HUBLER⁶⁵⁶

Elsie HUBLER⁶⁵⁷

Catherine Jane HUBLER (Feb 8, 1835 Graham Twp, Clearfield Co-Nov. 26, 1888

Thomas, WV) ⁶⁵⁸,⁶⁵⁹ (bur Rosehill Cemetery, Thomas, WV) ⁶⁶⁰

(m Jacob Pace) (In 1850, she was 15) ⁶⁶¹

George Washington Pace (1856-1936) ⁶⁶²,⁶⁶³ (m Margaret Ann Mullenax)⁶⁶⁴

Levi Hubler Pace (Nov. 26, 1857-Nov. 24, 1939) ⁶⁶⁵ (m Mary Elizabeth

Mueller)⁶⁶⁶

William Henry Pace (Dec. 31, 1883-Jan. 17, 1966 (m Blanche Mabel

Troutman)⁶⁶⁷

Helen Joyce Pace (m Ellis Ashby, Sr.) ⁶⁶⁸

Linda Joyce Ashby (? m Guerrieri) [Linda (Lyn)

Ashby Guerrieri]⁶⁶⁹

Slyvester Pace (1909-1909) ⁶⁷⁰

Zelda Blanche Pase (b 1910) (m Robert Roy Seaman) ⁶⁷¹

Shirley Jean Seaman (b 1937) (m Martin Richard

Landry) (3 children) [Shirley Landry] ⁶⁷²

Amos Mortimer Pace (1860- ??) ⁶⁷³

Andrew Pace (1863- ??) ⁶⁷⁴

Oscar Pace (1865- ??) ⁶⁷⁵

Amanda Pace (1867- ??) ⁶⁷⁶

Lavina Pace ( 1869-1936) ⁶⁷⁷ (m John Luzier)⁶⁷⁸

William Henry HUBLER (1837-1912) ⁶⁷⁹ (m Barbara Narehood)⁶⁸⁰ (In 1850, was 13

and called “Henry”) ⁶⁸¹

Alice A. HUBLER (1860-1871) ⁶⁸²

Clara HUBLER (1861-1892) ⁶⁸³ (m A.G. Rothrock) ⁶⁸⁴

Tillie HUBLER (1863-1888) ⁶⁸⁵ (m Isaac Pace) ⁶⁸⁶

Wilmer HUBLER (1865-1937) ⁶⁸⁷ (m Alta Crowell) ⁶⁸⁸

Oliver Aaron HUBLER (Sep 5, 1839-Jan 24, 1889)⁶⁸⁹,⁶⁹⁰,⁶⁹¹ (m Eliza Jane Sureal)⁶⁹²

(In 1850, he was recorded as “Aaron” age 11) ⁶⁹³ (was

farmer and owned 90 acres) ⁶⁹⁴ (bur Fairview Cemetery,

Clearfield Co, PA) ⁶⁹⁵

Emmitt HUBLER (1867- ??) ⁶⁹⁶

Ella HUBLER (1868-1935) ⁶⁹⁷ (m Sylvester Green) ⁶⁹⁸

Sara HUBLER (1870-1892) ⁶⁹⁹

Roxanna HUBLER (1871-1939) ⁷⁰⁰ (m Archie Sureal) ⁷⁰¹

Reed HUBLER (1873- ??) ⁷⁰²

Agnes HUBLER⁷⁰³

Bertha HUBLER⁷⁰⁴

Walter HUBLER⁷⁰⁵

Florence HUBLER⁷⁰⁶

Victor HUBLER⁷⁰⁷

Edna HUBLER⁷⁰⁸

Susan Elizabeth HUBLER (1846-1880)⁷⁰⁹,⁷¹⁰, ⁷¹¹ (m George Hall) ⁷¹²,⁷¹³

(In 1850, was 6 and is listed as “Susannah A.”) ⁷¹⁴

Alvin Hall⁷¹⁵

Ella Hall⁷¹⁶

Agnes Hall⁷¹⁷

Carrie Hall⁷¹⁸

Moses HUBLER (1803-1855) (m Sara NEWBERRY) (see following)

Unknown (male) HUBLER (ca 1804 Centre Co, PA- ??)

Unknown (male) HUBLER (ca 1810-12 Centre Co, PA- ??)

Abraham HUBLER (1814 Centre Co, PA-?? ) (m Olive Eliza) (see following)

John C. HUBLER (1840-1870) (buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, OH)⁷¹⁹

Horatio E. HUBLER (Jan. 15, 1842 OH-Oct. 17, 1891)⁷²⁰ [m Mary Ann ?

HUBLER (1852- Oct. 25, 1868)]⁷²¹ (buried in Oak Hill

Cemetery, Youngstown, OH)⁷²² (In 1889 he was listed

in the Trumbull Co Directory as a puddler for the

Trumbull Iron Co in Warren, OH)⁷²³

Edward HUBLER (Feb. 5, 1869- ??) ⁷²⁴

John Henry HUBLER (April 6, 1870- Sept. 16, 1870) (bur in Oak Hill

Cemetery) ⁷²⁵

Albert Thomas HUBLER (Oct. 28, 1871- ??) ⁷²⁶

Horatio Edward HUBLER (Dec. 28, 1874-Oct. 17, 1891)⁷²⁷ (buried in

Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, OH)⁷²⁸

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Caroline HUBLER (Oct. 28, 1876- ??) (m Thomas J.

Lewis in 1898) ⁷²⁹

Elizabeth Lewis (April 1, 1899- ??) ⁷³⁰ (m Cecil A. Brangham in 1917)⁷³¹

Cecil Arthur Brangham (1920-1920) ⁷³²

Lorenzo Dow HUBLER (Aug. 5, 1878-Feb. 2, 1879) ⁷³³ (buried in Oak

Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, OH)⁷³⁴

Thomas HUBLER (Jan. 1, 1883-Mar. 16, 1917) ⁷³⁵ (m Irene Lippert in

1903) ⁷³⁶

George Horatio HUBLER (May 22, 1905-Jan. 31, 1911) ⁷³⁷

Elizabeth Jane HUBLER (1843 OH-1861 Youngstown, OH) (died at age 18)⁷³⁸

Lorenzo D. HUBLER (1848 PA-? 1879) (? buried Oak Hill Cemetery)⁷³⁹

Fustina E. HUBLER (1850 PA- ??)

Marcillus HUBLER (1858 OH- ??)

Unknown (male) HUBLER (ca 1815 Centre Co, PA- ??)

Catharine HUBLER (? Oct. 8, 1818 Union/Centre Co, PA- ? Aug. 10, 1900 Washington

Co, OH)⁷⁴⁰ (m William Newberry in 1837 in Union

Co, PA, had 4 kids, as widowed)

Lorenzo NEWBERRY (raised in Washington Co, OH then moved south)

William NEWBERY (note name spelling change) (raised in Washingon Co, fought

in Civil War) (remarried to Henry Miner in Marietta,

OH and had 5 kids) ( line of R. Steven Newberry) ⁷⁴¹

Mary Anne Vashti HUBLER/HOOBLER (April 4, 1825 Clearfield Co, PA-1891 Trumbull

Co, OH) [m Anthony Ague (1821-1865) on Oct. 9, 1843 in Youngstown

Trumbull Co] (see following)

Henry Ague (1844-1863)⁷⁴²,⁷⁴³ (died in Civil War in TN) ⁷⁴⁴

William Nathan Ague (1845-1901) (m Helen Simpson)⁷⁴⁵ [1^st son=Oliver Perry

AgueWilliam Oman AgueThelma Fern AgueGerald G.

Williams (husband of Doris Williams)⁷⁴⁶]

George Barclay Ague (1848- ??) (m Margaretta ?)⁷⁴⁷ (in 19^th infantry in CW) ⁷⁴⁸

Margaret Ann Vasti (Maggie) Ague (1850-1884) (m Thomas Breese)⁷⁴⁹

Harriet Miranda Ague (1852-1878) (m James Flower) ⁷⁵⁰

Perry Ellis Ague (1855-1856) ⁷⁵¹

Effie Rosette Ague (1857- ??) (m Hiram Freed) ⁷⁵²

Sarah Olive Permelia Ague (1859-1881) ⁷⁵³

Calvin Franklin Ague (1861- ??) (m Anna Barger) ⁷⁵⁴

Ida May Ague (1866-1880) (m Joseph McCurdy) ⁷⁵⁵

Unidentified (male) HUBLER (between 1825 and 1830 probably Clearfield Co- ??)

Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) was probably born about Nov. 27, 1779 in Plainfield Twp, Northampton Co, Pennsylvania, the son of Jacob HUBLER, Jr. (1742-1811).⁷⁵⁶ I have not found a birth record for Abraham HUBLER (1779-??); however, the only possible HUBLER family in the area at that time was that of Jacob Hubler, Jr. (1742-1811), and his presence in the household on Jacob HUBLER, Jr. (1742-1811) was demonstrated on the 1790 census (see below). The birth date of Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) was calculated from his siblings’ birthdays. His father [Jacob HUBLER, Jr. (1742-1811)] used at least three different churches for christening his children [Dryland Lutheran Church and Schoeneck Moravian Church (he was not a Moravian) in Northampton Co and Shoenersville Church in Lehigh Co (the same one that his son, Abraham HUBLER (1779-?), later used)].⁷⁵⁷,⁷⁵⁸ Interestingly, the birth record of Jacob HUBLER, Jr. (1742-1811) also is missing.

Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) married Margaret (Anna Margaretha) PAUL (1780- ??)⁷⁵⁹ in about 1797. The parents of Margaret PAUL (1780- ??) were Nicholas PAUL (1748-1820) and Barbara FAS (1757-1823). Margaret PAUL (1780- ??) was born on Sept. 18, 1780 and was baptized at the Dryland Reformed Congregation in Northampton Co on Dec. 26, 1780, sponsored by her maternal grandparents (George and Margaret FASS). Margaret PAUL (1780-??) was single on Sept. 28, 1788 when as a 16 year old she sponsored the baptism of John Jacob Berger at the Tohickon Union Reformed Church of Bucks Co, PA⁷⁶⁰ and on Jan.1, 1797 when she and John HUBLER (possibly the youngest son of Jacob HUBLER, Sr., and her uncle to-be) sponsored a christening.⁷⁶¹

In 1797, soon after Abraham HUBLER (1779-??) and Margaret PAUL (1780-??) were married, they moved from his family home in Moore Twp, Northampton Co, Pennsylvania to nearby Hanover Twp, Northampton Co (now Lehigh Co). (See 34).

The first known child, Elizabeth HUBLER, of Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) was born on Feb. 28, 1799. ⁷⁶²,⁷⁶³, ⁷⁶⁴ [In the major listing of births in Lehigh Co⁷⁶⁵ (then Northampton Co), transcribers spelled her name as “Elisabetha HUBELER.” In the 1800 federal PA census, two girl children younger than sixteen were recorded [either siblings or possibly one daughter AND a family member or friend who lived in the home (which was common), and the relationship would not have been discernable in the early census]. A son, Jacob HUBLER, was born on Oct. 19, 1800 after the census was taken, so if the unidentified girl was a daughter of Abraham HUBLER (b 1779), she was born in 1798; but the 1810 census (in New Berlin, Northumberland Co which was taken after they moved from Northampton Co) showed only one girl child, so the unidentified girl must have died or been left behind.

The occupation of Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) during his stay in Hanover Twp is unknown; although later in New Berlin, Northumberland Co in 1811, ⁷⁶⁶ in Buffalo Twp, Northumberland Co in 1815⁷⁶⁷ and in Bradford Twp, Clearfield Co in 1821,⁷⁶⁸ he was listed as a "weaver.” [Interestingly, in the inventory of the estate of his father, Jacob Hubler, Jr. (1742-1811), were a spinning wheel and several bushels of flax,⁷⁶⁹ and undoubtedly Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) learned his trade at home (his grandson, James Newberry HUBLER, also became a weaver).] In the 1810 census of Northumberland Co, no occupation was listed for Abraham HUBLER (b 1779); however, “laborers”(sic, farmers) were identified. In 1800, there was a weaver identified by Lynn⁷⁷⁰ in New Berlin; but in the 1810 census, there were no weavers listed in Berlin Town, but in that year “weavers” were identified in other towns in Northumberland Co.⁷⁷¹ Many Pennsylvania farmers were also weavers, but not all weavers were farmers. Sheep wool and flax were used for weaving, and flax was also used in the production of linseed oil in 18th and 19th century Northampton Co and central Pennsylvania. Weaving was also a cottage and urban industry.⁷⁷²

Weaving as an industry in America has become a historical relic after the Industrial Revolution. As a craft, weaving remains important, and in Third-World societies where machinery is unavailable or impractical and where man-made fabrics, such as, plastic, nylon and polyester are unique, weaving is an integral part of survival. Most modern American men buy clothes and blankets at the nearest mall, Wal-Mart or Gap without appreciating the hardships that our ancestors endured to produce fabric. The history of weaving is long, complicated and intertwined with horticulture and husbandry.

Wild sheep are not wool bearing.⁷⁷³ The ancestors of modern domesticated sheep had long hair and a soft, downy undercoat. After millennia of domestication, the undercoat became wool, while the long hair disappeared. Worldwide, ancient cultures have woven wool. Europe was included where archeologists have identified woolen fabrics in early tombs. Britons honed their weaving after the Roman invasion; William the Conqueror brought into England skilled Flemish weavers; Edward III brought weavers, dyers, and fullers from Flanders. In the American colonies, sheep raising started in Jamestown soon after the arrival of English immigrants. Likewise, European immigrants carried weaving techniques with then as they settled into Pennsylvania. Weaving at first in homes was a family affair, and later it became a more specialized industry performed by individual professionals and finally in small factories. The first factory in America using waterpower to weave wool was established in 1788 in Connecticut.

Most families in early Pennsylvania raised a few sheep for the family's wool supply. Property tax lists before and after the Revolutionary War itemize sheep in most farmers’ households in Pennsylvania. Mutton was not a dietary mainstay of colonists. The sheep were kept for wool. After the wool was sheared from the animal each year, it was washed and carded (combed with paddles embedded with wire teeth). Some of the carded wool was inserted between two large pieces of cloth and made into soft bedding ("haps”); ⁷⁷⁴ some wool was spun into fibers or yarn for knitting mittens, gloves, hose, sweaters, etc., and cloth from the woolen spun fibers was sent to a fulling mill where it was steamed, dried and shrunk before it could be used for making clothing. ⁷⁷⁵

Flax is a common name for a family of plants—one species is grown for its fiber (used for thread and fabric) and seed (used for linseed oil and meal). The use of flax fiber for cloth originated at least 10,000 years ago (linen fishing nets, clothing and unworked flax have been found in Paleolithic Switzerland). In North America, flax was grown as early as 1626, and linen was the most important textile fiber until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. ⁷⁷⁶ In colonial Pennsylvania, the growth, the preparation and the use of flax were similar. Each family planted about one-half to three-quarters of an acre of flax each spring.⁷⁷⁷ After the annual fall harvest, the entire family usually joined in the tedious preparation of the flax for spinning. First, the flax plants were pulled up and dried for two or three days; and then, the stalks were pulled through a wooden or iron comb fastened to a plank (“ripping”), while the seeds ("bobs") were retained for the next year's planting or used for linseed oil. (Flax seed yields from 30 to 40 percent linseed oil by weight. The oil is used in the manufacture of paints, varnishes, oilcloth, printing inks, soaps, and many other products. Linseed meal, which remains after the oil has been expressed, is a valuable feed for livestock.) ⁷⁷⁸ Next, the stalks were piled in a wooden box and water was poured through them to soften them ("retting"). After seven days of soaking, the flax was pounded with a heavy bar to break up the stalks and separate the fibers ("break"). The men usually did this work. Any residual woody particles were removed with a scutching board and knife. A man could scutch about forty pounds a day. Waste fibers were made into rough fabrics called "bagging." The last step was "hetching." The beaten, crushed, knifed material was vigorously pulled over a hetching board composed of a group of spikes, separating the long fibers from the short ones. The remaining few long fibers were then spun into thread, bleached, washed, and wound onto bobbins for the looms. ⁷⁷⁹ With the invention of the cotton gin in 1793, cotton became an extremely cheap raw material, and it largely displaced flax as a fiber source. ⁷⁸⁰

Sometimes both linen and wool were spun into threads and woven together into a very strong cloth called "linsy-woolsy." Garments made from this material were very durable but often irritating to the skin. ⁷⁸¹

The final wool or flax product was made by patiently weaving, thread by thread, to create a cloth that could be made into useful suits, shawls, spreads, gowns, blankets (for horses and people) etc. A “specialist” industry developed, weaving.

Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) was not a landowner in Hanover Twp; and since he was not the oldest male child of Jacob HUBLER, Jr. (1742-1811) and his older brothers resided near the family home and had children, there was little to keep Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) home. His father, Jacob HUBLER, Jr. (1742-1811), was probably not a wealthy man, so his children were probably on their own.

In 1800-1801, Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) moved to New Berlin, East Buffalo Twp (now Limestone Twp), Northumberland Co (now Union Co) in central Pennsylvania. (On Feb. 13, 1801 a business transaction by him was recorded in Northumberland Co, so he was there then.) [Union Co was formed in 1813⁷⁸² from an amalgamation of counties in central PA, including Northumberland Co. Buffalo Twp was formed in 1772, divided into East and West Buffalo Twp in 1792 and finally the part of the township, which eventually held New Berlin, East Buffalo, became Limestone Twp in 1850.⁷⁸³ The family of Abraham Hubler (b 1779) moved from the area in 1820. Limestone Twp was formed on February 26, 1850, and named for the abundant deposits of limestone there.⁷⁸⁴ Still extant, New Berlin is a farming community about a mile from Lewisburg⁷⁸⁵and 55 miles north of modern Harrisburg and was founded by George Long in 1792,⁷⁸⁶ was incorporated in 1837 and became part of Limestone Twp when it was created in 1850.⁷⁸⁷ New Berlin was the county seat of Union Co from 1813 (when Union Co was formed) until 1855. In 2000, the population of New Berlin was 783;⁷⁸⁸ and although its neighbors have eclipsed its importance, New Berlin was a major player in the 1800s (in 1810, there were 203 residents in Berlin, and 2,869 living in Northumberland Co) .⁷⁸⁹

When the Abraham HUBLER family planned to move to Northumberland Co, Margaret (PAUL) HUBLER (ca 1780- ??) was pregnant and delivered her first male child, Jacob HUBLER (1800-??), in Northampton (now Lehigh) Co⁷⁹⁰ before the move. The census in 1800 of Northampton Co did not list the male child because the census was taken before the birth (in the spring); however, the birth records of Lehigh Co (then Northampton Co) recorded the birth of Jacob HUBLER in October 1800. [Jacob HUBLER (b 1800) was baptized at Christ Lutheran Congregation, Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on Nov. 29, 1800. His parental in-laws, Nicholas and Barbara PAUL sponsored the event.] Of course Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) was not listed as a resident of New Berlin⁷⁹¹ in 1800 because he still resided in Northampton Co at least until the last few months of the year (after his son, Jacob, was born in October) or early 1801. Evidence that Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) was in Northumberland Co is three listings of business transactions (Feb. 12, 1801, Mar. 31,1801 and in 1814) in the county.⁷⁹² In the 1810 federal census, Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) and his family were listed as residents of “Berlin Town, East Buffalo, Northumberland Co, PA.”⁷⁹³ The census taker did not record an occupation⁷⁹⁴ (at least one was not on the census image). Also, Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) was listed as a weaver in 1811 in New Berlin, Northumberland Co⁷⁹⁵ Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) was not listed in the grantor or grantee index or wills for Centre County.⁷⁹⁶, ⁷⁹⁷ He resided in New Berlin, Union Co (Northumberland Co until 1813), while his in-laws (the PAULs) lived only a few miles eastward in nearby Northumberland, Northumberland Co [The PAULs moved to Northumberland Co about the same time as their daughter, Margaret PAUL, and her husband, Abraham HUBLER (b 1779), and that may not have been just coincidence.] Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) was not recorded on the tax list of New Berlin in 1815; ⁷⁹⁸ however, he was on the tax list of 1815 in East Buffalo Twp, ⁷⁹⁹ so it could be that his property was outside of the town limits but inside the township. ⁸⁰⁰ The taxable items were not itemized, ⁸⁰¹ but he did not own land.

In 2001, the concept of a global community is commonly accepted in America, and the effects of war, weather, financial fluctuations, and many other events in a localized, often distant part of the world can vibrate throughout the rest of the world. Those events are transmitted in real time to every part of the globe by-all news TV, such as, CNN, radio, telephone or the Internet. But imagine what 19^th century pioneers in rural Pennsylvania knew about world events in their isolated environment. For instance, in April 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted, and the volcano spewed ash almost 30 miles high. The resulting sunscreen changed the weather worldwide--it dropped the temperatures and thus froze the crops in America and Europe in the spring and summer of 1816. Farming in all of North America, including Pennsylvania, failed. The cost of corn and grain doubled. Tens of thousands of people in Europe and America died of starvation; riots erupted, and thousands migrated south.⁸⁰² The Abraham HUBLER family must have wondered what happened and undoubtedly did not know that their weather was affected by events in Indonesia!

Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) probably fathered five additional children during his decade-long stay in Northampton Co, or at least added that many to his home, according to the 1820 census.

About 1820, Abraham HUBLER (b 1779), his wife and several children moved from New Berlin, Limestone Twp, Union Co to Decatur Twp, Clearfield Co, Pennsylvania. [He and his family were listed in the 1820 Federal Census in Clearfield Co], and soon afterward moved to Bradford Twp (now Graham Twp), Clearfield Co. He cleared land, and four of his sons settled there and farmed the land.⁸⁰³ [The place where Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) lived was at the southernmost edge of the modern border of Morris and Decatur Townships, and the farm of his son, Jacob HUBLER (b 1800), was in the center of present-day Graham Township.] Finally, after the 1830 federal census was counted and before the 1840 census was taken, according to one source, ⁸⁰⁴ Abraham and Margaret HUBLER moved to Ohio where they died. Their eldest son, Jacob HUBLER (1800-1867), married Susanna Smeal of Bradford Twp, Clearfield Co in 1826 (when he was 26), and then moved to Graham Twp, where he fathered ten legitimate children.⁸⁰⁵

I do not know the fate of Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) or Margaret PAUL HUBLER (1880- ??). They apparently died in Ohio⁸⁰⁶; and by family tradition, they were buried near the PA-OH border. I suspect that they moved to Trumbull Co, OH with their youngest daughter, Mary Anne HUBLER, in tow before 1840 (since they were not on the 1840 PA census) and died in Trumbull Co, OH. Mary Anne HUBLER subsequently married in Trumbull Co to Anthony Ague in 1843. I have not found a death record or a will, but many civil records in Trumbull Co were burned in a courthouse fire in 1895.⁸⁰⁷ One family historian had a death date for Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) as 1834, but she cannot find her reference, but undoubtedly that date refers to Abraham Hubler (1790-1834), the son of John Hubler of Northumberland Co, PA, (see below).

The census for Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) shows the movement and make up of the family, as follows:

1790 Plainfield Twp, Northampton Co ⁸⁰⁸,⁸⁰⁹ (Jacob HUBLER, Jr. with annotations):

1 male > 16 Jacob, Jr. (1742-1811) = 47 [Jacob, Sr. died in 1789 and siblings had

separate households]

4 males < 16 [John Jacob-the 2^nd (1777- ??) = 12, Abraham (1779- ??) = 10,

William Heinrich (1781- ??) = 8, Daniel (1789- ??) = 1; John Jacob-the

1st (1772- ??) had died]

4 females [Catharine = 45, Catharine (1775- ??) = 15, Christina (1783- ??) = 7,

Susanna (1786- ??) = 3]

1800 Moore Twp, Northampton Co ⁸¹⁰,⁸¹¹ (Jacob HUBLER, Jr. with annotations):

1 male > 45 [Jacob (1742-1811) = 58]

1 female >45 [Christina (2^nd wife)]

2 female 16-26 [Christina (1783- ??) = 17, Susanna (1786) = 13]

[Abraham (1779- ??) = 20 (had moved to Hanover Twp,. see below),

Jacob (1777- ??) = 22 (was missing but had his own household), William

Heinrich (1781- ??) = 18 (was missing but had his own household),

Catherine (1775- ??) = 25 (was missing but probably had married)]

1800 Hanover Twp, Northampton Co (Abraham HUBLER)⁸¹²,⁸¹³

1 male 27-45 years (Abraham = 20)

1 female 16-26 years (Margaret = 19)

0 males < 27 years [Jacob (1800- ??) had not been born when the census was

taken but would be born in Lehigh Co, before his family moved]

2 females < 11 years (Elizabeth + unidentified)

1810 New Berlin Twp, Northumberland Co (now Union Co) (Abraham HUBLER) ⁸¹⁴,⁸¹⁵

1 male 26-45 years (Abraham age 31)

1 female 26-45 years (Margaret age 30)

4 males < 10 years (Jacob age 9; Moses age 7; two unidentified boys)

1 female < 10 years (Elizabeth age 10 and unidentified were gone)

1820 (Bradford Twp) Clearfield Co (Abraham HUBLER) ⁸¹⁶,⁸¹⁷,⁸¹⁸

1 male 26-45 years (Abraham age 41)

1 female 26-45 years (Margaret age 40)

2 males 16-25 years (Jacob age 20 and Moses age 17)

1 male 16-18 years (Moses age 17)

1 male 10-16 years (unidentified, but was probably on 1810 census so born ca 1810)

2 male < 10 years [Abraham age 7; 1 unidentified probably born ca 1815)]

2 females < 10 years (Catharine = 2; 1 unidentified)

1830 (?? Twp) Clearfield Co, PA: (Abraham HUBLER)⁸¹⁹, ⁸²⁰

1 male 40-50 years (Abraham age 51)

1 female 26-45 (Margaret age 49)

1 male 10-15 years (Abraham age 16)

1 male 5-10 years (unidentified, but on 1820 census)

1 male < 5 years (unidentified)

1 female 10-15 years (Catharine = 12)

1 female < 5 years (Mary Anne = 5)

[NOTES: Jacob HUBLER (1800-1867) = 30, married and on his own; Moses

HUBLER (1803-1855) = 27 had moved back to Centre Co, married and

on his own; one unidentified male (b ca 1804) = 26 and was gone or died;

one unidentified male (b ca 1812) = 18 and was gone or dead; one

unidentified young male (b ca 1815) that was on the 1820 census is still

at home; a new unidentified male child is listed.]

1860 Manoning Co, OH

Abraham Hubler—age 46; laborer; value of personal property; born in PA

Eliza HUBLER—age 40; born in OH

John C. HUBLER—age 20; born in OH

Horacio E. HUBLER—age 18; born in OH

Elizabeth J. HUBLER—age 17; born in OH

Lorenzo D. HUBLER—age 12; born in PA

Fastina E. HUBLER—10; born in PA

Marcillus HUBLER—2; born in OH

[Missing (explanation): Abraham HUBLER (1814 Centre Co, PA-?? )

(m Olive Eliza) (son of Abraham HUBLER (1779-ca 1840) and a

younger brother of Moses HUBLER (1803-1855) probably married in

OH and moved to Youngstown, OH (he was not in the 1850 OH census

and lived in OH until about ?); John C. HUBLER (1840 OH-1870)

(buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Horatio E. HUBLER (1842 OH-

1891) (buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, OH); Elizabeth Jane

HUBLER (1843 OH-1861 Youngstown, OH); Lorenzo D. HUBLER

(1848 PA-1879) (buried Oak Hill Cemetery); Fustina E. HUBLER (1850

PA- ??); Marcillus HUBLER (1858 OH- ??)

Abraham HUBLER Confusion

There is often confusion about Abraham HUBLERs. Jacob Hubler (1710-1789), the Swiss immigrant, had a grandson [son of Jacob Hubler, Jr. (1742-1811)] named Abraham Hubler (ca 1779-ca 1840). This was my ancestor and is the HUBLER detailed in this report. John HUBLER of Northumberland Co parented an Abraham HUBLER on Dec. 21, 1790 at Turtle Creek, Union Co, PA and who died on May 30, 1834 Jackson Twp, Stark Co, OH). The latter Abraham HUBLER (1790-1834) married Elizabeth Dark and is buried in Mudrock Cemetery, Stark Co, OH. Most of the sons of John Hubler of Northumberland Co migrated to Stark Co, OH. The latter Abraham moved to Ohio about 1810 at age 20; the 1820 Ohio Census Index shows an Abraham HOOVLER in Jackson Twp of Stark County; the Stark County Tax Lists from 1816-1821 shows that Abraham HUBLER was there and shows Abraham HUBLER was in Jackson Twp in SW 1/4 of Sec. 7. The book Ohio Lands: Steubenville Land Office, 1800-1820 shows an Abraham HUPLER buying land in Sec. 7, of Jackson Twp in 1811. That record also shows that he was a resident of Northumberland Co, PA, at the time of the purchase. All these records refer to Abraham HUBLER (1790-1834), the son of John HUBLER.

The middle son of Abraham HUBLER (b 1779), Moses HUBLER (1803-1855), moved to Clearfield Co but returned to Point Twp, Centre Co in the early 1820's where he married Sara NEWBERRY (a neighbor of his maternal grandparents, the PAULs) in 1826 and was listed on the census in Point Twp, Centre Co (then Northumberland Co) in 1830. Moses HUBLER (1803-1855) would have been about 17 when the family moved and 23 when he married.

A son of Abraham HUBLER (b 1779), Abraham HUBLER (1814- ??), was born in 1814 in Centre Co (Northumberland Co) and went to Clearfield Co with his parents in 1820. He married Olive Eliza ?? (1820 OH- ??). Since Olive Eliza ?? was born in Ohio and their first children were born in Ohio [John C. HUBLER (1840), Horatio E. HUBLER (1842) and Elizabeth Jane HUBLER (1843-1861)], probably Abraham HUBLER (1814- ??) moved to Ohio about 1838 (when he was 24) (he was on the 1830 census in Clearfield Co, but not in 1840) where he married and began his family. However, I do not know where in Ohio he married. Abraham HUBLER (1814- ??) moved back to Pennsylvania sometime between 1843 and 1848, because two more of their children were born in PA [Lorenzo D. HUBLER (1848) and Fustina E. HUBLER (1850)].⁸²¹ After his older brother, Moses HUBLER (1803-1855), died in Mahoning Co, OH, he moved with his family to Youngstown, OH possibly to help his brother's widow. His last child [Marcellus HUBLER (1858)] was born in OH; his family was listed on the Mahoning Co, OH federal census in 1860 as a neighbor of his brother's widow, and most of his children are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Youngstown, OH.