Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Edwin S. Hubbard
EDWIN S. HUBBARD
Edwin S. Hubbard, Postmaster of Richwood, was born in Dutchess County,
N. Y., April 30, 1841, and is a son of Alexander and Mandane (Van
Dusen) Hubbard, natives of Connecticut. His father was a lawyer
by profession, and at one time occupied the office of High Sheriff of
his county, in Connecticut. Our subject received a common school
education, and early learned the trade of making cutlery, which he
followed three years. He then learned carriage painting and
followed it twelve years, six of which were spent in Richwood. He
afterward became Assistant Postmaster, and in 1876 was appointed
Postmaster being re-appointed in 1881 by President Garfield. On
October 3, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Tenth
Connecticut Infantry, and in 1863 was promoted to First Lieutenant for
gallant conduct, and transferred to the Nineteenth Connecticut Heavy
Artillery, with which he served until 1864, being again promoted to
First Lieutenant. He was later detailed as Aid-de-Camp to Gen.
B.S. McKinzie, with the rank Assistant Adjutant General. He
served in Burnside's expedition, at the battle of Roanoke Island
Newburg, Port Royal, Goldsboro, Whitehall, Spottsylvania and three last
days of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Shenandoah Valley twice,
Winchester, first and second assaults on Fort Sumter, in Sheridan's
raid and many other important and hard-fought engagements. While
in action at Cold Harbor, he had the visor of his cap torn off by a
piece of rebel shell, but never suffered any injury of a serious
nature. He was married in 1867 to Mary L. Hoover, daughter of
Daniel and Ellen Hoover, and by her has had two children-Effie and
Vellie Mandane. Mrs. Hubbard and her eldest daughter are members
of the Presbyterian Church, while Mr. Hubbard is a member of the
Methodist Church.