From the book "Richard Bennett Hubbard, An American Life" by Martha Anne Turner published in 1979.
Page 15: "The year 1859 was memorable not only for the social and political unrest of what appeared to be the imminence of war between the North and South, it also marked the birth of Hubbard's first child - a son, who was christened Thomas William. But what should have been an exceedingly happy even only increased the young statesman's anxieties and responsibilities. For a time it was doubtful whether either the mother or the infant would survive. Within the always close-knit family, Hubbard's mother assumed the obligation of nursing the young mother and son at the plantation, and as his legislative duties in Austin took him away from Tyler, Dick had the assurance that his wife and child were receiving the best of care."
Page 31: "At the same time that he was trying to dispel feelings of gloom and anger among his paroled comrades in arms, his own homecoming proved to be a reunion with sorrow. He found his wife in the final stages of prospective childbirth. Double tragedy struck within two brief months after his return. On September 1, 1865, four-year-old Mattie died suddenly, followed in two days by six-year-old Thomas."
Page 15: "The year 1859 was memorable not only for the social and political unrest of what appeared to be the imminence of war between the North and South, it also marked the birth of Hubbard's first child - a son, who was christened Thomas William. But what should have been an exceedingly happy even only increased the young statesman's anxieties and responsibilities. For a time it was doubtful whether either the mother or the infant would survive. Within the always close-knit family, Hubbard's mother assumed the obligation of nursing the young mother and son at the plantation, and as his legislative duties in Austin took him away from Tyler, Dick had the assurance that his wife and child were receiving the best of care."
Page 31: "At the same time that he was trying to dispel feelings of gloom and anger among his paroled comrades in arms, his own homecoming proved to be a reunion with sorrow. He found his wife in the final stages of prospective childbirth. Double tragedy struck within two brief months after his return. On September 1, 1865, four-year-old Mattie died suddenly, followed in two days by six-year-old Thomas."
From the book "Richard Bennett Hubbard, An American Life" by Martha Anne Turner published in 1979.
Page 15: "The year 1859 was memorable not only for the social and political unrest of what appeared to be the imminence of war between the North and South, it also marked the birth of Hubbard's first child - a son, who was christened Thomas William. But what should have been an exceedingly happy even only increased the young statesman's anxieties and responsibilities. For a time it was doubtful whether either the mother or the infant would survive. Within the always close-knit family, Hubbard's mother assumed the obligation of nursing the young mother and son at the plantation, and as his legislative duties in Austin took him away from Tyler, Dick had the assurance that his wife and child were receiving the best of care."
Page 31: "At the same time that he was trying to dispel feelings of gloom and anger among his paroled comrades in arms, his own homecoming proved to be a reunion with sorrow. He found his wife in the final stages of prospective childbirth. Double tragedy struck within two brief months after his return. On September 1, 1865, four-year-old Mattie died suddenly, followed in two days by six-year-old Thomas."
Page 15: "The year 1859 was memorable not only for the social and political unrest of what appeared to be the imminence of war between the North and South, it also marked the birth of Hubbard's first child - a son, who was christened Thomas William. But what should have been an exceedingly happy even only increased the young statesman's anxieties and responsibilities. For a time it was doubtful whether either the mother or the infant would survive. Within the always close-knit family, Hubbard's mother assumed the obligation of nursing the young mother and son at the plantation, and as his legislative duties in Austin took him away from Tyler, Dick had the assurance that his wife and child were receiving the best of care."
Page 31: "At the same time that he was trying to dispel feelings of gloom and anger among his paroled comrades in arms, his own homecoming proved to be a reunion with sorrow. He found his wife in the final stages of prospective childbirth. Double tragedy struck within two brief months after his return. On September 1, 1865, four-year-old Mattie died suddenly, followed in two days by six-year-old Thomas."
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