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HUBBS, W. W., formerly proprietor of the Ebey pottery, was born in Pennsylvania in 1830. His father, Jesse Hubbs, is a native of Pennsylvania; he there married Miss Ann Wilson, by whom he had eight children, of whom Wm. was the youngest. He received a liberal education at Bloomsburg, on the banks of the Susquehanna River. He became apprenticed to the pottery trade; he was then 16 years old; at 20 he was a journeyman workman, in his 22d year he located at Ripley, Brown County, Illinois. Working as a journey man a short time in a pottery he concluded to branch out for himself and became a manufacturer of stoneware and stone pumps. Moving to Frederick, Schuyler County, Illinois, he there constructed a building for the manufacture of pottery. At Frederick he was married, in 1860, to Miss MaryAnn Miller, a daughter of Joseph Miller, of Brown County. During the Spring of 1865 Mrs. Hubbs died and was laid at rest in the village cemetery, here also lie buried the two little ones born of this marriage. Moving to Southwest Missouri, Mr. H. purchased a large tract of land containing extensive deposits of lead; part of this tract is still owned by him; also the owner of a pottery here; he disposed of it and came to White Hall, where he purchased the Ebey pottery, entering into partnership with David Boone and S. V. Moore; after some years purchasing their interests; he became a very successful merchant. October 11, 1868, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Ellen H. Given, relict of John T. Given, and daughter of John L. Harper, of Kentucky. Two children: Julia E. and Mary Ann; Gertrude, deceased; one child living by first marriage: John W.