Hon. James Randolph HUBBELL

  General Notes:

Attorney

Member of Ohio House of Representatives.
1849, 1858-59, 1862-1864.

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Delaware, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: M432_675; Page: 162; Image: 135.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Brown, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: M653_957; Page: 45; Image: 90.

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Delaware, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: M593_1196; Page: 319; Image: 234.

OBIT: Dec.3,1890 Delaware Gazzette :states he had 4 sons and 3 daughters Hon. James R. Hubbell part of article. On Wednesday evening at six o'clock, November 26, A.D., 1890, at the residence of his son, R.J. Hubbell, at Bellville, Richland county, Ohio, departed this life one of Delaware county's best known citizens, the Hon. James R. Hubbell, whose remains were brought to our city to be interred in Oak Grove Cemetery, beside his wife, Mary, and two sons, Shadrach and Thomas C., whose sad demise and irreparable loss to him some twenty or more years ago had much to do in shaping the destinies of a character susceptible to the emotions and mutatations of a kindly and generous nature. James Randolph Hubbell was born in Lincoln township, then in Delaware county, on the 13th day of July, in 1824. His father Shadrach Hubbell, was a native of the state of New York, and his mother, Rebecca Randolph Hubbell, a native of Green county, state of Pennsylvania. They were married in the year 1821 and had eight children, all of whom are deseased except Hiram Hubbell, living in Ross county, Ohio and Mrs. Susan E. Hipple, living in this city. Shadrach Hubbell was a farmer, and his son, James R., had the usual experience and opportunities of a boy of the early settlers. When a lad of but 12 years of age he was engaged in carrying the United States mail on horse-back from Woodbury to Delaware on the roads that were then almost impassable. He obtained all the advantages of a common school education, and himself became a teacher at Woodbury when about 17 years of age. Among his teachers were men who afterward became prominent citizens, and of whom he often spoke in the highest terms of praise. The late Auditor of Delaware County, Charles Neil, now deseased, was one who taught a select school at "Cherry Grove", near Eden, whose thorough knowledge of the common branches and whose mathematical genius left its impress upon the mind of his student. Mr. Hubbell read law with Hon. Thomas W. Powell, of Delaware, and was admitted to the Bar at London, Ohio, June 5, 1845, afterward established an office in Delaware, and had a successful and lucrative practice for many years, and accumulated a handsome fortune, at one time owning a farm of three hundred acres of the best land in Brown township, where himself and family often spent the summer months. He married Mary, one of the daughters of Ralph Longwell, of Brown township, a farmer and one of the first settlers their. And the farmer's son and the farmer's daughter never quite forgot their early love of home in the country, and hence their oft repeated moves from the city to summer on the farm, where the family all seemed to enjoy themselves to the fullest extent, and especially Mr. Hubbell, who loved the surroundings that furnished an opportunity for those quiet reveries in which he loved to indulge and are beautifully expressed in some lines of his favorite and often repeated poem:

THE MANSFIELD HERALD: 04 December 1890, Vol. 41, No. 3. The funeral of James R. Hubbell, who died at Bellville Wednesday night, took place Friday. Interment was had at Delaware. Submitted by Amy

HUBBELL, James Randolph, a Representative from Ohio; born in Lincoln Township, Delaware County, Ohio, July 13, 1824; attended the common schools; taught school at Woodbury, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice at London, Ohio; moved to Delaware, Ohio, and continued the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives in 1849, 1858, 1859, 1862, and 1863 and served as speaker in 1863; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); appointed by President Johnson as Minister to Portugal, but his nomination was not confirmed; resumed the practice of law; served in the State senate in 1869; resigned for the purpose of accepting the Democratic nomination for Congress; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; died at the home of his son in Bellville, Ohio, on November 26, 1890; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.

On February 21, 1868, President Johnson nominated James R. Hubbell of Ohio to succeed him, but his nomination was rejected by the U.S. Senate.

Burials at Oak Grove Cemetery , Delaware Ohio.
Hubbell James Randolph 07/13/1824 11/26/1890 Hubbell, Shadrach
Hubbell Mary L. --/--/1826 04/12/1869 Longwell, Ralph
Hubbell Shadrack 10/26/1867 Hubbell, James R. Hubbell
Thomas C. Hubbell, James R.Hubbell

South Woodbury- 1880 History of Morrow County, Ohio . Peru township. "The first mail carried from Delaware to Woodbury on contract, was by Shadrach Hubbell, and in this the Hon. J. Randolph Hubbell acted in the capacity of post-boy"

Berlin Station is simply what its name implies, a railway station. The first agent put in a stock of groceries and was the pioneer in both respects.There is now a grocery, a saw-mill, a wagon-maker's shop, a post office, a church building and a the factory, at this place. The latter enterprise bids fair to reach large proportions. There is a large demand for drainage material, and the proprietors are active business men, who are well calculated to achieve success. The business has already developed a vigorous growth, and Berlin Station can well afford to nourish such an enterprise in its midst.Another place should be mentioned, which, though it does not now appear on the map of the county, promised at one time to rival the larger villages of this section. It was laid out, in 1850, by J. R. Hubbell and Thomas Carney, just where the railroad crosses the Berkshire pike. At that time, the railroad did not go to Delaware, and it was expected by the founders of this village that a depot would be established there. Some eighty lots were laid out and sold, a warehouse was built, and efforts put forth to stimulate the growth of the town. The railroad, however, had a larger town to deal with, and, in compromising with Delaware, placed its depot about two miles south, in the woods. Soon afterward, the curve was built to Delaware, which gave a finishing blow to the new venture, and, about ten years after its founding, "Berlin " returned to its rustic pursuits.

Hubbell, James R. -- The funeral of James R. Hubbell, who died at Bellville Wednesday night, took place Friday. Interment was had at Delaware. [Mansfield Herald: 04 December 1890, Vol. 41, No. 3]

Hubbell, James R. -- Hon. James R. Hubbell, who has been visiting his son at Bellville for some time and who has been confined to his bed for several months with a complication of diseases, died last night, aged 67 years. The deceased lived at Delaware, Ohio, and had been in the habit of frequently visiting his children in this county and while on his last visit here his health gradually grew worse, lingering for several months with the result above state. Mr. Hubbell had been a prominent politician for many years, having been elected from Delaware County to the state Legislature a number of years ago, which body elected him as their Speaker. He was afterward elected to Congress from his district and served two terms in that official capacity. He was a man of many brilliant attainments and in public life he made a splendid record. The deceased leaves two sons and three daughters to mourn his departure, beside a host of friends and relatives. The funeral services will be held at Bellville tomorrow, after which the remains will be shipped to Delaware for interment. -- [Richland Shield & Banner: 28 November 1890, Vol. LXXIII, No. 29]

Hubbell, James R. -- Friday. Hon. James R. Hubbell, whose death at Bellville was mentioned in this paper yesterday, was the father-in-law of James I. Geddes, of this city, also the father-in-law of Lemon Geddes, deceased, the eldest son of Judge Geddes. Another daughter of Mr. Hubbell was Miss Frank Hubbell who is well known in this city, now married to a son of Gen. Benj. R. Cowen, of Cincinnati, clerk of the U.S. Courts of the southern district of Ohio. -- [Richland Shield & Banner: 06 December 1890, Vol. LXXIII, No. 29]


Hubbell Family History - Ward Hubbell
JAMES R. HUBBELL, of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, son of Shadrach Hubbell and Rebecca Randolph, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1825.
Mr. Hubbell is a lawyer by profession, artd has resided in Delaware since he was eighteen years of age.
He was a member of the Thirty-ninth Congress of the United States, from Ohio, in 1864; was five times elected to the Ohio Legislature, and was Speaker of the House for four years.
After serving his term as a member of Congress in Washington, D. C., he became a member of the Ohio Senate.

February 26, 1862
J[ames] R. Hubbell, House of Representatives, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that J.G. Evans, the author of the attached letter, was a graduate of college and about 26 years of age, that Evans was of manly form with pleasing and obliging manners, that Evans was a young man of great worth and promise, that Evans was a son of a Presbyterian minister of Delaware County, that of all the young men who had gone into the military service from Delaware County, he knew of no one more deserving of promotion than Evans, that he would deem it a great personal favor if Evans could be appointed to a Lieutenancy, and that Evans was now 2nd Sergeant in Company I, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Buiral: Hubbell Plots, 2009, Oak Grove Cem., Delaware, Ohio.

James married Mary W. LONGWELL, daughter of Ralph Slack LONGWELL and Elizabeth "Betsy" THURSTON, on 11 Apr 1846 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States. (Mary W. LONGWELL was born in 1826 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States, died on 12 Apr 1869 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States and was buried in Oak Grove Cem., Delaware, Ohio.)

  Marriage Notes:

1846 - April 17, Saturday-Married on the 11th. inst. by O. D. Hough, Esq., Mr. J. Randolph Hubbell to Miss Mary Longwell.