Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial ...

unteer Infantry, was wounded in action,
and died in 1899.
Albert George Hubbard is recorded on
the records of Southington as George Albert.
In early boyhood he had some
opportunity for education, attended public
schools in Southington. Middletown
and Cromwell, but since the age of thirteen
years has been busily occupied, and
most of his education has been acquired
through reading and observation. He
has not been a dull pupil in the great
school of experience, and is to-day reckoned
among the well informed men of his
time, and competent in the management
of business undertakings. His father died
when he was but thirteen years old, and
the care of the family devolved largely
upon the youthful son. When fourteen
years of age, he entered the employ of
J. & E. Stevens Company, manufacturers
of tools at Cromwell, Connecticut, and a
year later he became a farm laborer in
Middletown. During several subsequent
years, he was employed on farms in
Middletown or in manufacturing shops.
About the time of arriving at his major-
ity, he learned the builder's trade, and for
some years was employed as a journeyman
carpenter. In 1907 he built for himself
a house in Wethersfield, and two
years later started out in business as a
contracting builder. His first undertaking
was the erection of a house on Nott
street, Wethersfield, and he subsequently
built two more on the same street, on his
own account. These he sold and subsequently
bought a parcel of land on Wol-
cott Hill in East Hartford, Connecticut.
This he improved by the construction of
several houses, which he sold, together
with his land holdings. In August, 1914,
he purchased eight acres on Garden
street, Wethersfield, which he developed
by the construction of sixteen bungalows,
all of which he sold, and also disposed of
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY
246
the remaining lots on the property to
good advantage. In the spring of 1916 he
purchased five acres on Hartford avenue,
Wethersfield, on which he built his pres-
ent fine residence and seventeen other
houses, all of which he disposed of. He
continued his operations in developing
real estate, has purchased various tracts
on which have been laid out residence
lots, and which are traversed by the
streets known as Williard street, Hubbard
place and Church street, all in Wethersfield.
While yet a comparatively
young man, Mr. Hubbard has developed
remarkable capacity as a business man,
and has achieved a most flattering suc-
cess. He is active in promoting various
social organizations, is a member of the
Sons of Veterans, Camp Xo. 50, of Hartford,
and of the Country Club of Weth-
ersfield. He is a regular attendant of the
Congregational church, and supports in
public affairs the principles and policies
promulgated by the Republican party. He
is a member of the Business Men's Association
of Wethersfield. Mr. Hubbard
married, January 30, 1905, Isabel Michael,
daughter of Conrad M. Michael, of Bris-
tol, Connecticut, and they are the parents
of two children, Lucille Evelyn and
Lawrence Michael.
CLIFFORD, Alfred P.,
Public Official.
A native of Bradford, Yorkshire, England,
and a descendant of an old and
honorable family, Alfred P. Clifford was
born October 10, 1863. and died November
22, 1917. Air. Clifford came to Amer-
ica in 1887, and to Hartford, Connecticut,
in 1890. When but a small boy he was
left an orphan and went to live at the
home of his uncle. He received his edu-
cation at the Bradford grammar school,
a school which dated back to the reign