Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer
Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  pp. 375-6.

HUBERT LUTHER HASBROUCK

Hubert Luther Hasbrouck, a prominent optometrist and orchardist living at Hood
River, is a descendant of Abraham Hasbrouck, or Broeacq, as the name was written
in French. This Abraham Hasbrouck, with his brother John, or Jean, came to
America in 1673, becoming the founder of the branch of the family in the new
world. They were natives of Calais, France, and were of the Huguenot faith,
which caused them to flee from religious persecution in their native land.
Abraham Hasbrouck was one of a company of twelve who received a donation from
Governor Andros, a plot of land purchased from the Indians, the major part of
which was situated in Ulster county, New York. This grant was made to them in
1677 and they established the settlement of New Paltz, in which many of the
descendants of Abraham Hasbrouck still reside. As early as 1689 he was a captain
of foot at Ye Paltz, Ulster county. His son, Solomon Hasbrouck, was born in
1686 and had a large family of children, among whom was Petrus, who during the
Revolutionary war was a lieutenant, serving in Colonel Hardenburgh's Regiment
from 1775 to 1782, during which time he participated in much of the hard
fighting. Among the sons of Petrus was Solomon Hasbrouck, who in turn left a
son, Luther, who was born in 1826 at New Paltz, New York, where his
great-great-grandfather Abraham had founded the family in the new world in 1673
and where the Huguenot Society has erected a tablet in his memory in the
Huguenot Museum, which is the old Hasbrouck home, thus honoring the memory of
the twelve men who had established the settlement.
Luther Hasbrouck at the age of twenty-one years went to California, making the
trip in May, 1849, by sailing vessel around Cape Horn and arriving in July of
the same year. He became one of the pioneer settlers in the land of gold and
after prospecting in California for a little more than a year he made his way
to Oregon, being the first man to pan gold in this state, securing the precious
metal at Josephine in July, 1850. Later he turned his attention to
merchandising, which he followed for twenty-seven years. In 1860 he returned
east and was married to Miss Lucinda M. Ingalls of Batavia, New York, who was a
descendant of the Lee family of Virginia. Luther and Lucinda Hasbrouck were the
parents of Hubert Luther Hasbrouck, who was born in Lane county, Oregon, in
1865. In 1875 he went with his parents to Michigan, where the family decided to
remain, and he therefore acquired his education in the public schools of North
Leslie, that state. He initiated his business career by securing employment in
connection with the lumber trade. He thus worked for three years and then went
to Jackson, Michigan, where he became an apprentice at watch making, completing
his apprenticeship with a course in the Parsons Horological College, from which
he was graduated as an optometrist in 1889. After following his profession in
Indiana and Illinois for three years he determined to return to his native state
and in 1890 settled at Pendleton, Oregon, where he remained for sixteen years.
In 1906 he located at Hood River, where he has since practiced and has won
substantial success in his chosen field of labor. Like the great majority of the
residents of the Hood River country he also purchased an orchard, which contains
twenty-two acres and is situated three miles south of the city, on which he
raises apples and pears, producing some of the fine fruit for which the Hood
River valley is famed throughout the world.

Mr. Hasbrouck was married in 1892 to Miss Lottie Lee Mack, a daughter of a well
known vineyardist of California. They have three children: Maude Evelyn, who is
the wife of H. B. Pritchett of Detroit; Hubert L., Jr., who, true to his
Hasbrouck blood, volunteered for service in the World war and rendered valuable
aid to his country in the Radio Corps aboard submarine chasers, while now he is
associated with his father in fruit raising; and Evelyn, who has taken up the
profession of teaching.

Mr. Hasbrouck is a well known Mason, becoming one of the charter members of Hood
River commandery and is now one of its past eminent commanders. He is likewise
a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. Though a stalwart republican he has never sought
public office but the voters of Hood River, seeking a candidate for county judge
In 1920 who would in all respects be one hundred per cent American, persuaded
him to accept the nomination. Throughout his life he has measured up to the
highest standards of American manhood and citizenship and enjoys the unqualified
regard of all who know him.



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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2006 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.