The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 252

WILLIS P. HUBBARD.

Willis P. Hubbard, deceased, was born in East Troy, Walworth county, Wisconsin,
January 25, 1859, a son of Edward A. and Elizabeth (Kenney) Hubbard, both of
whom were natives of New York, their birthplace being in the vicinity of Mount
Vernon. They came to Wisconsin as young people and cast in their lot among the
pioneers of Walworth county.

Willis P. Hubbard was accorded liberal educational opportunities, supplementing
his public school training by two years' study in Beloit College, in his native
state. In 1890 he arrived in the northwest, making his way to Cheney,
Washington, and their he built the first creamery in the state, He also engaged
in merchandising and in the conduct of a livery stable and he retained his
position as one of the leading creamery men of the northwest, at one time owning
three different plants. In 1903 he removed to Yakima and purchased forty acres
of wild land six miles west of the city, upon which he built a home, there
residing to the time of his demise, which occurred on the 12th of December,
1910. Throughout the intervening years he concentrated his efforts and attention
with excellent results upon the development and improvement of the property.
Nineteen acres have been planted to fruit and the remainder of the farm is
devoted to diversified farming. In its midst stands a beautiful home and there
are large barns and sheds for the care of crops and fruit and in fact every
facility of the model farm property of the twentieth century is found upon the
place.

On the 3rd of June, 1891, Mr. Hubbard was united in marriage to Miss Nina M.
Harris, a daughter of Stephen M. and Mary E. (Stoughton) Harris, the former a
native of Missouri, while the latter was born in Salem, Oregon. Her father was a
son of Phillip Harris, a native of New Jersey, who in young manhood removed
westward to Missouri and in 1845 became one of the pioneer residents of Oregon,
establishing his home in the vicinity of Portland. He built the ferry there and
afterward lived near Granite Lake, where he spent his remaining days, passing
away at the venerable age of eighty-one years. His wife, who bore the maiden
name of Sally Taylor, died at the notable old age of ninety-four years. The
maternal grandparents of Mrs. Hubbard were J. A. and Frances (Townsend)
Stoughton. Mr. Stoughton was born in Westfield. Massachusetts, September 23,
1830, and was a son of Alexander Stoughton, whose birth occurred in Westfield in
1807. The latter went to Oregon in 1843 with the Whitman expedition taking his
family with him. Mrs. Pringle, the adopted daughter of Mr. Whitman, acted as
bridesmaid at the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stoughton. The latter, who in
her maidenhood was Frances Townsend, was born near Atlanta, Georgia, and was a
daughter of James M. Townsend, who went to Oregon about 1844 with an expedition
that was lost and nearly all starved while en route. Mrs. Hubbard has in her
possession a feather bed which was made by her great-grandmother.

To Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard were born two sons, Wallace Clair, who attended the
Yakima high school, was for a time with the United States Indian service but is
now a mill foreman at Reedsport, Oregon. He is a graduate of a business college
at North Yakima and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He married Ruth
Sargent, of Chicago, and they have one son, Robert Phelps. Raymond Tracy, the
younger son, operates the home farm. He is a graduate of the Yakima high school
and married Ruth Couch, of Yakima. Mrs. Hubbard and her sons are members of the
Congregational church and all are supporters of the republican party. Mrs.
Hubbard is a woman of excellent business ability, wisely directing the affairs
which were left to her at the death of her husband. She is a woman of many
highly commendable traits of character and admirable social qualities and has a
circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of her acquaintance.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.