Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 3. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 418.

JUDGE WILLIAM CANNON HUBBARD.

For four years Judge William Cannon Hubbard served on the bench of the county
court of Marion county, and prior to that time he had proven his worth as a
citizen in other public affairs. He had also given practical demonstration of
his business ability along agricultural lines and is still the owner of valuable
farming property although in recent years he has disposed of much of his land.
He was born in Pike county, Illinois, November 8, 1836, his parents being
Charles and Margaret (Cannon) Hubbard. The father was a native of Kentucky and
the mother of Missouri, in which state they were married. Charles Hubbard had
been previously married and by the first union there were two children. Soon
after he wedded Margaret Cannon he removed to Illinois where he resided until
1847, when he crossed the plains with ox teams to Oregon, making his first
location on Clear creek, about seven miles from Oregon city. A year later, or in
the fall of 1848, he took up his abode on French prairie, in Marion county,
where he acquired a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres. Upon that
property, he resided to the time of his death, which occurred in 1884, when he
was eighty-four years of age. He had placed many substantial improvements upon
his land and had converted the wild prairie into rich and productive fields.
Hubbard Place, on the Southern Pacific Railroad, is built upon that claim and
was named in his honor. He had for thirty-seven years been a resident of Oregon
at the time of his demise, and had taken an active and helpful part in the work
of pioneer development and improvement as well as in the labors that brought
about the later day prosperity. His wife passed away in February, 1880, at the
age of sixty-nine years. Judge Hubbard spent his youthful days with his parents
and acquired his education in the public school. In the winter of 1851 he began
earning his own living, becoming a partner in an enterprise to furnish saw logs
for a mill near his home. His time was then occupied from November until the
following June. In 1855 he left home and went to the mines at Yreka, California,
where he was engaged in mining until July, 1857, when he returned in Marion
county. He then took up the occupation of farming in which he continued until
1892, winning a substantial measure of success along that line. His methods were
practical and progressive and his labors resulted in the development of
productive fields and the harvesting of large crops. At one time he owned six
hundred acres of land in the Mission bottoms, in Marion county, but since his
removal to Salem has disposed of portions of this tract from time to time until
his holdings now include about two hundred and forty-five acres. He was first
called to office in 1882, when elected county commissioner of Marion county. His
record in that position received public endorsement in a reelection in 1884, or
for two complete terms. In 1892, he was elected county judge and removed to
Salem, where he has since resided. He served upon the bench for four years but
since that time has lived retired. In 1859, Judge Hubbard was married to Miss
Helen M. Cooley of Marion county, a daughter of Christopher Cooley, who came to
Oregon from Clay county, Missouri, in 1845. Unto Judge and Mrs Hubbard have been
born seven children of whom four are yet living. Walter S., engaged in the
drayage business at Seattle, Washington; Orville B., mining in Alaska; Ira W., a
farmer of Idaho; and Dolly H., the wife of Joseph Graber, a plumber of Salem,
Oregon. Politically Judge Hubbard has ever been a stalwart republican since age
conferred upon him the right of franchise and at all times is conversant with
the vital questions and issues of the day. He is well known in the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, holding membership with Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, the first
lodge organized in the state. He has passed though all the chairs for the local
organization and enjoys the high regard of his brethren of the fraternity in an
unusual degree. Few citizens of Oregon can boast of a longer residence in this
state than Judge


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