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...U 1 WILLIAM LEMUEL HUBBARD, seventh child of Lemuel and
Mary (Rumbold) Hubbard, was born Apl 18, 1841, on the plantation of
his father, near Preston, Caroline County, Md., where he remained until
he attained his majority, during which time he attended one of the
public schools of the county. He went East at the age of 21, making
his home in Portland, Maine, where he remained until the close of the
Civil War in 1865, when he returned to Maryland. He was then mar-
ried at the age of 24 to Sarah Lavenia Wiley, daughter of Levin Wiley,
Esq., of Federalsburg, Caroline County, Md. At this age he entered
the mercantile business in the State of Delaware, which was continued
six years. In the year 1872 he formulated plans to engage in the man-
ufacture of fertilizers, which was commenced on a small scale, associating
his brother, John Edward, with him as a partner, and trading under the
firm name of Hubbard & Brother, at Easton, Md. In the year 1886 his
brother retired. He then established his business in Baltimore City at
No. 10 Light Street, under the firm name of Hubbard & Company.
This firm's business has assumed large proportions, and is now
regarded as one of the staunchest enterprises in Baltimore City. Mr.
HUBBARD is the senior member of this firm and one of the pioneers
of the fertilizer business in this country. He is regarded as valuable
authority upon the subject of chemical manures. He makes his home in
Easton, Talbot County, Md., where he has other large business interests.
Mr. Hubbard has followed in the footsteps of his father in his
Church views, and his entire household are strict adherents to the Doc-
trines of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Children
- Julia A. (b August 2, 1866, d Nov 22, 1869),
- J. Harry (b Oct 11, 1868, d Apl 6, 1890),
- T. May (b Oct 20, 1870, m June 6, 1894, Dr. Joseph Shermer Garrison),
- U2 Howard (see following),
- Grace W. (b Sep 28, 1884), and
- William Lemuel (b Feb 15, 1888). ...
