Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJay Abel HUBBELL 
3879
3879Birth15 Sep 1829, Avon Twp, Oakland, Michigan3884,2506, p 428,3862, p 149 & p 311
Admitted18553884 Age: 25
Memoto the bar
RemovalNov 1855, Ontonagon, Ontonagon, Michigan3884 Age: 26
RemovalFeb 1860, Houghton, Houghton, Michigan3884 Age: 30
Death13 Oct 1900, Houghton, Houghton, Michigan3884 Age: 71
BurialForest Hill Cemetery3884
EducationUniversity of Michigan, 18533884
FatherSamuel S. HUBBELL (1799-1870)
MotherNancy CLARK (1804-1844)
Individual Notes
• I don't know if you know this but Samuel had a son named Jay Abel and was D.A. for the upper peninsula of Michigan. He was also a state and U.S. congressman. A co-founder of Michigan College of Mining and Technology in Houghton. They named a town after him.3885
• Hubbell, Jay Abel, a Representative from Michigan; born in Avon, Mich., September 15, 1829; attended the district schools; was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1853; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855; moved to Ontonagon, Mich., in November 1855 and engaged in the practice of law; elected district attorney of the Upper Peninsula in 1857 and 1859; moved to Houghton, Mich., in February 1860 and continued the practice of law until 1870; prosecuting attorney of Houghton County 1861-1867; identified with the development of the mineral interests of the Upper Peninsula; appointed by the Governor of Michigan in 1876, State commissioner to the Centennial Exhibition and collected and prepared the State exhibit of minerals; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Forty-seventh Congress); member of the State senate 1885-1887; served as circuit judge of the twelfth judicial circuit from January 1, 1894, to December 31, 1899, when he resigned; died in Houghton, Mich., October 13, 1900; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.3884
• His parents were Samuel and his second wife, Nancy Clark.3867
• Hubbell, Jay Abel, a Representative from Michigan; born in Avon, Mich., September 15, 1829; attended the district schools; was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1853; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855; moved to Ontonagon, Mich., in November 1855 and engaged in the practice of law; elected district attorney of the Upper Peninsula in 1857 and 1859; moved to Houghton, Mich., in February 1860 and continued the practice of law until 1870; prosecuting attorney of Houghton County 1861-1867; identified with the development of the mineral interests of the Upper Peninsula; appointed by the Governor of Michigan in 1876, State commissioner to the Centennial Exhibition and collected and prepared the State exhibit of minerals; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Forty-seventh Congress); member of the State senate 1885-1887; served as circuit judge of the twelfth judicial circuit from January 1, 1894, to December 31, 1899, when he resigned; died in Houghton, Mich., October 13, 1900; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.3884
• His parents were Samuel and his second wife, Nancy Clark.3867
Census
• 1830 Census: Oakland County, Michigan. 200001/01101.3861
• 1870 Census: Portage Twp., Houghton County, MI. Age 40, lawyer; $17,000, $69,000; b MI.3886
• 1870 Census: Portage Twp., Houghton County, MI. Age 40, lawyer; $17,000, $69,000; b MI.3886
Spouses
Census
• 1860 Census: Ontonagon, Ontonagon, Michigan. Age 14, b Canada.3888
• 1870 Census: Portage Twp., Houghton County, MI. Age 26, b Canada.3886
• 1870 Census: Portage Twp., Houghton County, MI. Age 26, b Canada.3886
Marriage9 Mar 1863, Ontonagon, Ontonagon, Michigan3887,2506, p 428
Family Notes
• 2 children.2506, p 428
ChildrenUNNAMED (1870-)
Florence Mell (1873-)
Blanche Doolittle (1875-)