From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 332.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


MYRON HUBBARD

Myron Hubbard, senior member of the firm of Hubbard & Paull, 
wholesale grocers of Wheeling, was born in the town of Bolton, 
Tolland county, Conn., July 13, 1842.  His family resided at that 
place place until 1850, when they removed to northern Illinois, 
remaining there fourteen years, after which they returned to 
Connecticut.  In 1865 Mr. Hubbard went to Columbus, Ohio, and took 
the position of traveling agent for the Columbus Home Insurance 
company.  He was occupied in this capacity for a year and a half in 
the states of Ohio and West Virginia, and during six months of this 
period was, stationed at Wheeling.  In the fall of 1866 he retired 
from the insurance business, and in the following spring he became a 
clerk in the grocery store of his half-brother, Nathaniel Hubbard, at 
Wheeling.  He was thus engaged for three years, after which he formed 
a partnership with his brother George, under the firm name of M. & G. 
Hubbard, and purchased the old Mutual store, where they carried on 
business for five years and more.  Their next business venture was 
the purchase of the business of J. W. Boy & Co., and they then 
embarked in the wholesale grocery trade under the style of Hubbard,& 
Co., doing business without further change for over five years.  
Subsequently they removed to 1495 Main street, and in 1880 George 
Paull became a partner in the business and the firm of Hubbard, Paull 
& Co. was formed.  George Hubbard retired in 1882, and the subject of 
this sketch and Mr. Paull have since conducted the business, which is 
among the most extensive of the city.  Mr. Hubbard is also interested 
in the Commercial bank, of which he is a director.  In religious and 
benevolent matter he is quite active, being a member of the First 
Presbyterian church, and a deacon of that organization, a director of 
the Young Men's Christian Association, also of the Children's Home 
and the Home for the Friendless.  Mr. Hubbard was married in April, 
1871, to Ella, daughter of Thomas and Sidney List, of Wheeling, and 
to this union four children have been born, of whom a son and a 
daughter survive.


(Linda Fluharty)