Levi Hubbell was an attorney and politician in the State of New York, and a Wisconsin attorney, jurist and politician. A lot has been written about his political and legal influence, but Levi Hubbell was also a Wisconsin, urban, pioneer. This biography tries to emphasize his personal life.
Born in Ballston Spa, New York, Levi Hubbell graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York in 1827. He was the son of Abijah Hubbell and Clarissa Fitch.
The children of Abijah and Clarissa (Fitch) Hubbell were:
Ransom Hubbell - 1791-1827
Hiram Hubbell - 1793-1874
Walter Hubbell - 1795-1848
Wakeman Hubbell - 1805-1818
Levi Hubbell - 1807-1876
[He]"commenced the study of the bar with John Hubbell at Canandaigua [New York.] In January 1833, he was appointed Adjutant-General of the State of New York by Governor Marcy, and held that office until his removal to Ithaca in 1836, when he resigned. He had been admitted to the bar in 1831, and took an active part in politics during these years, being an editor of a Democratic paper, the 'Ontario Messenger' part of the time. He was chosen to represent Tompkins County in the Legislature in 1841." ("History and Genealogy of the Hubbell Family" Harold Berresford Hubbell etal, 1980, reprinted 1986, p. 284)
In June 1844, Levi Hubbell moved to Milwaukee in the Wisconsin Territory with his first wife Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell and their two sons Simeon DeWitt Hubbell and Richard Walter Hubbell, where he at first practiced law.
When Wisconsin was admitted to the union on May 29, 1848, he was elected one of the Wisconsin Circuit Court judges, which at that time constituted the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Hubbell became chief justice of the supreme court but lost the nomination for a seat of the new supreme court body that was being established in 1853.
Levi Hubbell became a circuit court judge again, but was impeached, but acquitted, by the Wisconsin State Legislature on charges of corruption. He soon resigned, but in 1863, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly. In 1871. He was appointed United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, but was forced to resign in 1875, because of accusations of corruption.
Although a controversial political figure in the state of Wisconsin, on the day of his funeral at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the entire city of Milwaukee closed down in mourning and out of respect for the fellow citizen who was greatly loved.
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Levi N. Hubbell was descended from Mayflower Pilgrim Governor William Bradford and his second wife Alice Carpenter.
Thanks to the careful genealogy of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, the first five or six generations of the descendants of William Bradford are almost all known. In this case, the line of descent is:
Governor William Bradford m. Alice Carpenter
William Bradford Jr. m. Alice Richards
Alice Bradford m. Major James Fitch
Jabez Fitch m. Lydia Gale
Asahel Fitch m. Hannah Lockwood
Clarissa Fitch m. Abijah Hubbell
Levi Hubbell m. 1st Susan Linn DeWitt 2nd Mary Morris Beall
Many talented Findagrave members have made memorials and links for all of the above listed people, so readers can follow this line of descent for themselves.
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While researching historic California newspapers for the biography of his son Simeon DeWitt Hubbell, I ran into surprisingly many articles on the impeachment of Judge Levi Hubbell. Seemingly local Wisconsin news became national news very quickly.
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According to Forest Home Cemetery records, there are four burials in this lot: Levi Hubbell, Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell, Mary Morris (Beall) Hubbell and Mary Morris Cooper Hubbell.
The monument is extremely weather-worn, and at first look it is impossible to see what words, if any, were originally carved into it. But then walking around, working with the play of light and shadow, using paper and pencil for gentle rubbings, letters and then parts of names start to appear.
This obelisk is not a memorial for the four people who lay buried at its base. It is a testimony, or tribute to the entire immediate family of Levi Hubbell. The names carved into this stone are:
Levi Hubbell
Susan Linn DeWitt Hubbell
Simeon DeWitt Hubbell
Richard Walter Hubbell
Mary Morris Beall Hubbell
Singleton Beall Hubbell
Mary Morris Cooper Hubbell
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The grandchildren of Levi Hubbell:
The children of Simeon DeWitt Hubbell and his first wife Maria Damiana (Alverez) Hubbell are:
*Henry Levi Hubbell (March 4, 1869 - Nov. 9, 1942)
*John Schaeffer Hubbell (May 3, 1870 - May 26, 1882)
*Clara Maria (Hubbell) Duncan (Nov. 21, 1871 - Sept. 17, 1916)
*Putnam Cooper Hubbell (Sept. 23, 1873 - Oct. 12, 1931)
The children of Richard Walter Hubbell and Emily (Snover) Hubbell are:
*Susan (Hubbell) Flowers (1871 - 1944)
*Theodore Dewitt Hubbell (1872 - 1940)
*Emil Hubbell (1872 - ____)
*Kittie E. Hubbell (1876 - 1877)
*Richard Sinclair Hubbell (1877 - 1953)
*Marjorie (Hubbell) Rhoads (1886 - 1956)
[Note: In the spirit of the new Findagrave policy dated January 2022, Judge Levi Hubbell is my great-great grandfather. There is no catagory listed below for this relationship. dd]
Born in Ballston Spa, New York, Levi Hubbell graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York in 1827. He was the son of Abijah Hubbell and Clarissa Fitch.
The children of Abijah and Clarissa (Fitch) Hubbell were:
Ransom Hubbell - 1791-1827
Hiram Hubbell - 1793-1874
Walter Hubbell - 1795-1848
Wakeman Hubbell - 1805-1818
Levi Hubbell - 1807-1876
[He]"commenced the study of the bar with John Hubbell at Canandaigua [New York.] In January 1833, he was appointed Adjutant-General of the State of New York by Governor Marcy, and held that office until his removal to Ithaca in 1836, when he resigned. He had been admitted to the bar in 1831, and took an active part in politics during these years, being an editor of a Democratic paper, the 'Ontario Messenger' part of the time. He was chosen to represent Tompkins County in the Legislature in 1841." ("History and Genealogy of the Hubbell Family" Harold Berresford Hubbell etal, 1980, reprinted 1986, p. 284)
In June 1844, Levi Hubbell moved to Milwaukee in the Wisconsin Territory with his first wife Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell and their two sons Simeon DeWitt Hubbell and Richard Walter Hubbell, where he at first practiced law.
When Wisconsin was admitted to the union on May 29, 1848, he was elected one of the Wisconsin Circuit Court judges, which at that time constituted the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Hubbell became chief justice of the supreme court but lost the nomination for a seat of the new supreme court body that was being established in 1853.
Levi Hubbell became a circuit court judge again, but was impeached, but acquitted, by the Wisconsin State Legislature on charges of corruption. He soon resigned, but in 1863, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly. In 1871. He was appointed United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, but was forced to resign in 1875, because of accusations of corruption.
Although a controversial political figure in the state of Wisconsin, on the day of his funeral at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the entire city of Milwaukee closed down in mourning and out of respect for the fellow citizen who was greatly loved.
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Levi N. Hubbell was descended from Mayflower Pilgrim Governor William Bradford and his second wife Alice Carpenter.
Thanks to the careful genealogy of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, the first five or six generations of the descendants of William Bradford are almost all known. In this case, the line of descent is:
Governor William Bradford m. Alice Carpenter
William Bradford Jr. m. Alice Richards
Alice Bradford m. Major James Fitch
Jabez Fitch m. Lydia Gale
Asahel Fitch m. Hannah Lockwood
Clarissa Fitch m. Abijah Hubbell
Levi Hubbell m. 1st Susan Linn DeWitt 2nd Mary Morris Beall
Many talented Findagrave members have made memorials and links for all of the above listed people, so readers can follow this line of descent for themselves.
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While researching historic California newspapers for the biography of his son Simeon DeWitt Hubbell, I ran into surprisingly many articles on the impeachment of Judge Levi Hubbell. Seemingly local Wisconsin news became national news very quickly.
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According to Forest Home Cemetery records, there are four burials in this lot: Levi Hubbell, Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell, Mary Morris (Beall) Hubbell and Mary Morris Cooper Hubbell.
The monument is extremely weather-worn, and at first look it is impossible to see what words, if any, were originally carved into it. But then walking around, working with the play of light and shadow, using paper and pencil for gentle rubbings, letters and then parts of names start to appear.
This obelisk is not a memorial for the four people who lay buried at its base. It is a testimony, or tribute to the entire immediate family of Levi Hubbell. The names carved into this stone are:
Levi Hubbell
Susan Linn DeWitt Hubbell
Simeon DeWitt Hubbell
Richard Walter Hubbell
Mary Morris Beall Hubbell
Singleton Beall Hubbell
Mary Morris Cooper Hubbell
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The grandchildren of Levi Hubbell:
The children of Simeon DeWitt Hubbell and his first wife Maria Damiana (Alverez) Hubbell are:
*Henry Levi Hubbell (March 4, 1869 - Nov. 9, 1942)
*John Schaeffer Hubbell (May 3, 1870 - May 26, 1882)
*Clara Maria (Hubbell) Duncan (Nov. 21, 1871 - Sept. 17, 1916)
*Putnam Cooper Hubbell (Sept. 23, 1873 - Oct. 12, 1931)
The children of Richard Walter Hubbell and Emily (Snover) Hubbell are:
*Susan (Hubbell) Flowers (1871 - 1944)
*Theodore Dewitt Hubbell (1872 - 1940)
*Emil Hubbell (1872 - ____)
*Kittie E. Hubbell (1876 - 1877)
*Richard Sinclair Hubbell (1877 - 1953)
*Marjorie (Hubbell) Rhoads (1886 - 1956)
[Note: In the spirit of the new Findagrave policy dated January 2022, Judge Levi Hubbell is my great-great grandfather. There is no catagory listed below for this relationship. dd]
Levi Hubbell was an attorney and politician in the State of New York, and a Wisconsin attorney, jurist and politician. A lot has been written about his political and legal influence, but Levi Hubbell was also a Wisconsin, urban, pioneer. This biography tries to emphasize his personal life.
Born in Ballston Spa, New York, Levi Hubbell graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York in 1827. He was the son of Abijah Hubbell and Clarissa Fitch.
The children of Abijah and Clarissa (Fitch) Hubbell were:
Ransom Hubbell - 1791-1827
Hiram Hubbell - 1793-1874
Walter Hubbell - 1795-1848
Wakeman Hubbell - 1805-1818
Levi Hubbell - 1807-1876
[He]"commenced the study of the bar with John Hubbell at Canandaigua [New York.] In January 1833, he was appointed Adjutant-General of the State of New York by Governor Marcy, and held that office until his removal to Ithaca in 1836, when he resigned. He had been admitted to the bar in 1831, and took an active part in politics during these years, being an editor of a Democratic paper, the 'Ontario Messenger' part of the time. He was chosen to represent Tompkins County in the Legislature in 1841." ("History and Genealogy of the Hubbell Family" Harold Berresford Hubbell etal, 1980, reprinted 1986, p. 284)
In June 1844, Levi Hubbell moved to Milwaukee in the Wisconsin Territory with his first wife Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell and their two sons Simeon DeWitt Hubbell and Richard Walter Hubbell, where he at first practiced law.
When Wisconsin was admitted to the union on May 29, 1848, he was elected one of the Wisconsin Circuit Court judges, which at that time constituted the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Hubbell became chief justice of the supreme court but lost the nomination for a seat of the new supreme court body that was being established in 1853.
Levi Hubbell became a circuit court judge again, but was impeached, but acquitted, by the Wisconsin State Legislature on charges of corruption. He soon resigned, but in 1863, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly. In 1871. He was appointed United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, but was forced to resign in 1875, because of accusations of corruption.
Although a controversial political figure in the state of Wisconsin, on the day of his funeral at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the entire city of Milwaukee closed down in mourning and out of respect for the fellow citizen who was greatly loved.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Levi N. Hubbell was descended from Mayflower Pilgrim Governor William Bradford and his second wife Alice Carpenter.
Thanks to the careful genealogy of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, the first five or six generations of the descendants of William Bradford are almost all known. In this case, the line of descent is:
Governor William Bradford m. Alice Carpenter
William Bradford Jr. m. Alice Richards
Alice Bradford m. Major James Fitch
Jabez Fitch m. Lydia Gale
Asahel Fitch m. Hannah Lockwood
Clarissa Fitch m. Abijah Hubbell
Levi Hubbell m. 1st Susan Linn DeWitt 2nd Mary Morris Beall
Many talented Findagrave members have made memorials and links for all of the above listed people, so readers can follow this line of descent for themselves.
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While researching historic California newspapers for the biography of his son Simeon DeWitt Hubbell, I ran into surprisingly many articles on the impeachment of Judge Levi Hubbell. Seemingly local Wisconsin news became national news very quickly.
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According to Forest Home Cemetery records, there are four burials in this lot: Levi Hubbell, Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell, Mary Morris (Beall) Hubbell and Mary Morris Cooper Hubbell.
The monument is extremely weather-worn, and at first look it is impossible to see what words, if any, were originally carved into it. But then walking around, working with the play of light and shadow, using paper and pencil for gentle rubbings, letters and then parts of names start to appear.
This obelisk is not a memorial for the four people who lay buried at its base. It is a testimony, or tribute to the entire immediate family of Levi Hubbell. The names carved into this stone are:
Levi Hubbell
Susan Linn DeWitt Hubbell
Simeon DeWitt Hubbell
Richard Walter Hubbell
Mary Morris Beall Hubbell
Singleton Beall Hubbell
Mary Morris Cooper Hubbell
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The grandchildren of Levi Hubbell:
The children of Simeon DeWitt Hubbell and his first wife Maria Damiana (Alverez) Hubbell are:
*Henry Levi Hubbell (March 4, 1869 - Nov. 9, 1942)
*John Schaeffer Hubbell (May 3, 1870 - May 26, 1882)
*Clara Maria (Hubbell) Duncan (Nov. 21, 1871 - Sept. 17, 1916)
*Putnam Cooper Hubbell (Sept. 23, 1873 - Oct. 12, 1931)
The children of Richard Walter Hubbell and Emily (Snover) Hubbell are:
*Susan (Hubbell) Flowers (1871 - 1944)
*Theodore Dewitt Hubbell (1872 - 1940)
*Emil Hubbell (1872 - ____)
*Kittie E. Hubbell (1876 - 1877)
*Richard Sinclair Hubbell (1877 - 1953)
*Marjorie (Hubbell) Rhoads (1886 - 1956)
[Note: In the spirit of the new Findagrave policy dated January 2022, Judge Levi Hubbell is my great-great grandfather. There is no catagory listed below for this relationship. dd]
Born in Ballston Spa, New York, Levi Hubbell graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York in 1827. He was the son of Abijah Hubbell and Clarissa Fitch.
The children of Abijah and Clarissa (Fitch) Hubbell were:
Ransom Hubbell - 1791-1827
Hiram Hubbell - 1793-1874
Walter Hubbell - 1795-1848
Wakeman Hubbell - 1805-1818
Levi Hubbell - 1807-1876
[He]"commenced the study of the bar with John Hubbell at Canandaigua [New York.] In January 1833, he was appointed Adjutant-General of the State of New York by Governor Marcy, and held that office until his removal to Ithaca in 1836, when he resigned. He had been admitted to the bar in 1831, and took an active part in politics during these years, being an editor of a Democratic paper, the 'Ontario Messenger' part of the time. He was chosen to represent Tompkins County in the Legislature in 1841." ("History and Genealogy of the Hubbell Family" Harold Berresford Hubbell etal, 1980, reprinted 1986, p. 284)
In June 1844, Levi Hubbell moved to Milwaukee in the Wisconsin Territory with his first wife Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell and their two sons Simeon DeWitt Hubbell and Richard Walter Hubbell, where he at first practiced law.
When Wisconsin was admitted to the union on May 29, 1848, he was elected one of the Wisconsin Circuit Court judges, which at that time constituted the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Hubbell became chief justice of the supreme court but lost the nomination for a seat of the new supreme court body that was being established in 1853.
Levi Hubbell became a circuit court judge again, but was impeached, but acquitted, by the Wisconsin State Legislature on charges of corruption. He soon resigned, but in 1863, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly. In 1871. He was appointed United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, but was forced to resign in 1875, because of accusations of corruption.
Although a controversial political figure in the state of Wisconsin, on the day of his funeral at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the entire city of Milwaukee closed down in mourning and out of respect for the fellow citizen who was greatly loved.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Levi N. Hubbell was descended from Mayflower Pilgrim Governor William Bradford and his second wife Alice Carpenter.
Thanks to the careful genealogy of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, the first five or six generations of the descendants of William Bradford are almost all known. In this case, the line of descent is:
Governor William Bradford m. Alice Carpenter
William Bradford Jr. m. Alice Richards
Alice Bradford m. Major James Fitch
Jabez Fitch m. Lydia Gale
Asahel Fitch m. Hannah Lockwood
Clarissa Fitch m. Abijah Hubbell
Levi Hubbell m. 1st Susan Linn DeWitt 2nd Mary Morris Beall
Many talented Findagrave members have made memorials and links for all of the above listed people, so readers can follow this line of descent for themselves.
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While researching historic California newspapers for the biography of his son Simeon DeWitt Hubbell, I ran into surprisingly many articles on the impeachment of Judge Levi Hubbell. Seemingly local Wisconsin news became national news very quickly.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
According to Forest Home Cemetery records, there are four burials in this lot: Levi Hubbell, Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell, Mary Morris (Beall) Hubbell and Mary Morris Cooper Hubbell.
The monument is extremely weather-worn, and at first look it is impossible to see what words, if any, were originally carved into it. But then walking around, working with the play of light and shadow, using paper and pencil for gentle rubbings, letters and then parts of names start to appear.
This obelisk is not a memorial for the four people who lay buried at its base. It is a testimony, or tribute to the entire immediate family of Levi Hubbell. The names carved into this stone are:
Levi Hubbell
Susan Linn DeWitt Hubbell
Simeon DeWitt Hubbell
Richard Walter Hubbell
Mary Morris Beall Hubbell
Singleton Beall Hubbell
Mary Morris Cooper Hubbell
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The grandchildren of Levi Hubbell:
The children of Simeon DeWitt Hubbell and his first wife Maria Damiana (Alverez) Hubbell are:
*Henry Levi Hubbell (March 4, 1869 - Nov. 9, 1942)
*John Schaeffer Hubbell (May 3, 1870 - May 26, 1882)
*Clara Maria (Hubbell) Duncan (Nov. 21, 1871 - Sept. 17, 1916)
*Putnam Cooper Hubbell (Sept. 23, 1873 - Oct. 12, 1931)
The children of Richard Walter Hubbell and Emily (Snover) Hubbell are:
*Susan (Hubbell) Flowers (1871 - 1944)
*Theodore Dewitt Hubbell (1872 - 1940)
*Emil Hubbell (1872 - ____)
*Kittie E. Hubbell (1876 - 1877)
*Richard Sinclair Hubbell (1877 - 1953)
*Marjorie (Hubbell) Rhoads (1886 - 1956)
[Note: In the spirit of the new Findagrave policy dated January 2022, Judge Levi Hubbell is my great-great grandfather. There is no catagory listed below for this relationship. dd]
Bio by: dd
Inscription
Originally there were no individual headstones. The marker for Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell was added at the request of the family.
Gravesite Details
The monument is very worn and difficult to read. There is one monument for the four burials in this lot. The new gravestone for Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell is near its base.
