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Having spent the winter in fortifying
his camp, and equipping his followers,
Hubba, in February, 1867, seized York.
Though the Northumbrians gave battle
with desperate fury, Hubba's forces triumphed.
They killed Osbert in battle
but took prisoner Aella, his erstwhile rival
chieftain, but now compatriot in fighting
the common foe. Hubba and his follow-
ers now gave themselves the pleasure of
torturing to death the men who had
thrown King Ragnar Lodbrog into a cage
of snakes to be devoured.
The victory gave Hubba and his brother
Hingua undisputed possession of all the
country south of the Tyne, and north of
Nottingham. They continued to increase
their dominions by victorious invasions
of the surrounding country, their exploits
filling one of the most thrilling chapters
in early British history. Hubba was
finally slain in his camp with twelve hun-
dred of his followers by Odyn. Scattered
across Britain and Wales have stood
seven historic eminences each known as
Hubba's Hill.
For several centuries following the
adoption of family surnames, there was
great confusion in spelling, and the name
of Hubbard was no exception to the rule.
There are more than fifty different spellings
of the name found on record, and
even in America, the forms of Hubbard,
Hubbert, Hubard, Hubert, Hobart, and
Hobert are found.
Several branches of the English family
bore coats-of-arms.
Russell H. Hubbard was educated in
the public schools of Meriden and then
entered the office of J. D. Bergen & Company
as bookkeeper, remaining for six
years. At the end of that time he went to
New Britain and in 1914 entered the employ
of the company of which he is now
treasurer, the Beaton & Cadwell Manu-
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facturing Company. He started there as
a bookkeeper and in due course of time
proved himself worthy of greater re-
sponsibility, and was promoted to the
office of assistant secretary and secretary,
respectively. In 1920 he was elected to
the office he now holds, and it is safe to
assume that by the time Mr. Hubbard
arrives at the age when life spells success
or failure to the man, it will be the former
and well deserved.
Mr. Hubbard is a member of the Colo-
nial Club of Meriden; Meriden Center
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows ; Center Lodge, No. 97, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons, of Meriden ; Giddings
Chapter, No. 25, Royal Arch Ma-
sons, of New Britain.
He married Margaret O., daughter of
Everett S. Geer of Hartford. Mrs. Hub-
bard is a member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, of Hartford, and
with Mr. Hubbard attends the South Con-
gregational Church of New Britain.
HARRAL, Edward Wright,
Executive, Bnsiness Man.
The city of Bridgeport, Connecticut,
lost a citizen of intrinsic worth who could
ill be spared from the scenes of his former
activities, even at his advanced age, when
Edward Wright Harral passed away,
September 26, 1923, at the age of seventy-
eight years. Public-spirited in the true
sense of the term, gfiven to generously
extending aid in any worthy movement,
and helpfully active in religious afifairs,
Mr. Harral's death is mourned by numerous
friends and associates who admired
him for his sterling qualities, wise coun-
sel, mature judgment, patient forebearance
and his righteous adherence to any
project or debated subject in which he
took a sincere and loyal part. He had