Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameClark Paine HUBBELL 6834
Birth3 Mar 1828, Avon?, Oakland, Michigan3001,3051,7431
Removalabt 1852, California7747 Age: 23
Death8 Dec 1882, San Francisco, San Francisco, California3001,7431,7745 Age: 54
BurialGreenlawn Memorial Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California7431
OccupationMerchant6834
ResidenceSan Francisco, abt 18803002,3051,3196
Residence218 Turk, San Francisco, 21 Sep 18806834
FatherSamuel S. HUBBELL (1799-1870)
MotherNancy CLARK (1804-1844)
Individual Notes
• At 20 she [Mary O’Brien] married Mr. Clark. He was well connected. Clark Hubble, a nephew was head of pension dept. in Wash.6 [Note: believe this family claim was an exaggeration of Clark Hubble’s actual position as Postmaster at Smithville, Placer County, California in 1863.8214

• I have a Clark P. Hubbell whose mother was Nancy Clark.3001

• Voter registration as Clark Paine Hubbell, age 52, 218 Turk Street, San Francisco.6834

Death of Clark P. Hubbell.
Clarke Payne Hubbell died yesterday in this city. He was a native of Michigan, and has resided on this Coast since 1852. He first engaged in business with W. S. Gage & Co. of Austin, Nev., and later with J. C. Hampden of Virginia City. In 1872 he took an interest in the firm of Wooster, Hubbell & Co., of this city, which firm was afterward changed to Hubbell, Shattuck & Co. He amassed a fortune during his commercial career.7747
Census
• 1830 Census: Oakland County, Michigan. 200001/01101.3061
• 1850 Census: Avon, Oakland, Michigan. Age 22, b MI. Farmer, residing in father’s household.4301
• 1860 Census: Secret Ravine, Placer, California. Age 40 [sic], b MI. Merchant. $500; $4000. Enumerated as C. P. Hubbell, resident in a hotel.4635 [Note: name of Secret Ravine was changed to Auburn Station in March, 1863.]8214
• 1880 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 50, b MI. Comn. Merchant. Parents b MI.3475
Research
• Could not find in 1870; 27 Feb 2005; 6 Dec 2012; 21 Jun 2023.
Spouses
Birth2 May 1830, Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois7431,3475,7743
Memodate calculated; died aged 90y 5m 28d
Removal1852, California7744 Age: 21
Death30 Oct 1920, Oakland, Alameda, California7743 Age: 90
FatherJoseph GALBREATH (1782-1853)
MotherSarah B. GARDNER (1809-1876)
Individual Notes
• She traveled with her mother Sarah and sister Ann Eliza, uncle Charles, his wife and his two daughters in 1852 to northern California to start new lives. Her husband, Thomas [sic] Townsend, also traveled the route from Illinois to California with them.7743
Census
• 1880 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 50, b IL. Parents b IL.3475
• 1900 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 70, b IL. Father b Germany; mother b U.S. Head. Widow. Mother of no children.7748
• 1920 Census: Oakland, Alameda, California. Age 90, b IL. Widow. Father b PA. Aunt in household of Harriet Gautier.7749
Marriage24 Oct 1860, Auburn, Placer, California7743
Marr MemoIndian Valley House
No Children
Last Modified 21 Jun 2023Created 6 May 2025 using Reunion 14 for Macintosh
Updated 6 May 2025
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