Today in Wheeling History: November 25--Chester D. Hubbard, a Wheeling businessperson, two-term U.S. Representative from West Virginia, and founder of the state of West Virginia who previously served in the Virginia General Assembly and Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 before the American Civil War, was born in Hamden, Connecticut (1814).
Chester Dorman Hubbard was born on November 25, 1814, in Hamden, Connecticut. He moved to Wheeling, Virginia (later West Virginia) as a child. Hubbard was a businessman involved in lumber, banking, manufacturing, and railroads. He served in the Virginia legislature (1852-1853), the Wheeling Convention of 1861, the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1861, and the West Virginia Senate (1863-1864). Hubbard helped establish the state of West Virginia during the Civil War. He served as a U.S. Congressional Representative from West Virginia from 1865-1869. Hubbard died on August 23, 1891, in Wheeling, West Virginia at age 76. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling. His son William Pallister Hubbard also served in Congress.
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Chester Dorman Hubbard was born on November 25, 1814, in Hamden, Connecticut. He moved to Wheeling, Virginia (later West Virginia) as a child. Hubbard was a businessman involved in lumber, banking, manufacturing, and railroads. He served in the Virginia legislature (1852-1853), the Wheeling Convention of 1861, the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1861, and the West Virginia Senate (1863-1864). Hubbard helped establish the state of West Virginia during the Civil War. He served as a U.S. Congressional Representative from West Virginia from 1865-1869. Hubbard died on August 23, 1891, in Wheeling, West Virginia at age 76. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling. His son William Pallister Hubbard also served in Congress.
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