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animals. He also made a business of buying
and fattening calves for market. For
many years he cultivated tobacco and has
produced much sweet corn for seed. One
who visits his fine farm is apt to find him
busily engaged in the regular labors of
agriculture, and will also find him an in-
telligent observer of events, well informed
on leading questions of the day. In 1871
he constructed barns which were burned
in 1893, causing a loss of three thousand
dollars. These have been rebuilt and, in
1890, he erected a handsome modern house
which is supplied with all conveniences.
From a spring on the hillside near his
home, water is supplied to house and
barn, as well as tenant houses, supplying
three families. His orchards include desirable
small fruits, as well as peaches and
apples. Mr. Hubbard is a charter mem-
ber of Mattabessett Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, of which his late wife was a
member, and affiliates, as she did, with
the South Congregational Church of Mid-
dletown. In politics he usually supports
Democratic principles, but is independent
of party dictation and supported both
Roosevelt and Harding for the presidency.
Not a seeker for political preferment, he
has consented to serve his town as a mat-
ter of civic duty, and has acted as selectman
and assessor, also on a committee of
four in appraising public property.
Mr. Hubbard married, November 4,
1875, Margaret Stewart Kelsey, who was
born December 7, 1852, in Middletown,
daughter of Lewis L. and Caroline A.
(Camfield) Kelsey. Mrs. Hubbard passed
away May 20, 1920. She was the mother
Kelsey,
of four children, namely : Lewis
died of typhoid fever while pursuing a
course at Cornell University ; Alfred, an
unfortunate invalid ; Julia Augusta and
Caroline Kelsey, the filial companions of
an honored father.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY
PATTEN, D. Walter,
Scientific Agriculturist.
The strength of Connecticut rests on
its devoted and dependable citizens of to-
day, who are in many cases born of fine
old New England families long ago estab-
lished in the same traditions of public
service. This is true of D. Walter Patten,
His grandfather, David Patten, was born
October 20, 1775, at Mottville, Connecti-
cut, and died in Salem, Connecticut, July
19, 1857. He married, January 6, 1805,
Francis Dodge, born March 4, 1784, died
April 17, 1861, and they were the parents
of six children: i. David G. Patten, born
December 10, 1805. 2. Francis C. Patten,
born August 24, 1808. 3. Sally, born December
9, 1810. 4. John, born January 26,
1815. 5. Lucy Jane, born January 5, 1818.
6. Daniel A., born May 25, 1823. The
youngest of these, Daniel A. Patten, was
a member of the Congregational Church,
a Republican in politics, selectman for a
term in North Haven. He married Mary
Belcher Hyde, of Lyme, born October 30,
1835, died December 17, 1904, daughter of
William Hyde, Congregational minister
at Westbrook, and his wife, Martha Sock-
ett Hyde. Daniel A. Patten died July
26, 1887. They were the parents of five
children, of whom the subject of this
biographical record is one : Henry W.
Patten, born in Greenwich, Connecticut,
June 14. i860; David Walter, born February
7, 1862, of further mention ; Fanny
Patten, born January 28, 1865, died young
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Lillian W. and Marion T., born October
17, 1870, and still surviving.
David Walter Patten was born in North
Haven, Connecticut. He acquired his
education in North Haven, at the private
school of Miss Eunice Linsley, and at
Bacon Academy in Colchester. For a
time he taught at General Russell's school.
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