Hiram Hubbard, of Champion, the eldest child of Noadiah Hubbard, was born in the town of Steuben, Oneida County, New York, October 30, 1794. He was one of three sons whom their parents brought part of the way on horseback to champion in November 1799. From that period to the present this has been his home. His absences have been few and far between. When still a youth, he was sent to Fairfield academy, Herkimer county. In the year 1812 the typhoid fever was epidemic in Champion and very fatal; many heads of families were swept away, and among them his uncle Stephen Hubbard, a man esteemed to every relation of life. He was the manager of the mercantile firm of N. & S. Hubbard. Upon his death, it became necessary for N. Hubbard to recall his son from school, young as he was, and place him in the store to conduct the business here, as he had his hands full of other and outside work. This, then, was the end of his scholastic education. The firm conducted a large and successful business, and, as customary in those early days, they ran a large distillery and potasher in connection with the dry-goods store. The business was conducted as above until 1836, when N. & H. Hubbard dissolved partnership and gave up the entire mercantile and other business connected therewith. At one time they owned and caused to be operated a grist- and saw-mill at Deep River, in the town of Denmark, and in connection with that they also had a dry-goods store.

On the 13^th of February, 1823, the subject of this sketch was united in marriage with Charille Martha Sherwood, eldest daughter of Dr. Jonathan Sherwood, then of Champion. They have had six children, of whom three sons and two daughters are living.

In 1836, Mr. Hubbard retired from active business, and has since carried on a small farm,--enjoying the profits of a rented farm near by. The buildings, which were nearly all of stone and substantially built, besides his own house and store, have been converted into farm-buildings. The old distillery is a farm- and dairy-house, while the ashery makes good, warm stalling for cows. Since retiring from active business he has led a quiet, uneventful life in the bosom of his family and in the stone mansion where he first carried his wife a bride, fifty-four years ago. They continue to enjoy good health for their advanced years.

Alphonso Loomis was born in the town of Champion, Jefferson County, New York, august 29, 1808, and was the son of John Loomis. The first record of the family in America is that Joseph Loomis came from Braintree, Essex county, England, and settled at Windsor, Connecticut, in 1638, where many of his descendants still reside. John Loomis came from Connecticut, and settled in Champion during the earliest settlement of the county. Alphonse made his home with his father until he was about thirty years of age, although he had previously purchased for himself a farm. On the 21^st. of March, 1838, he united in marriage with Lucina Carter, and immediately afterwards removed to the farm where he lived during the remainder of his life, and where his estimable widow now resides. He died there on the 15^th of December, 1875, leaving a wife and two children to mourn his loss. They had three children, namely, Selinda C., wife of Egbert S. Flint; Sanford, C., deceased; Mary L., wife of Wayne A. Humphrey.

In politics, Mr. L. was an outspoken Republican. In religion a sincere and devoted member of the Congregational church in Champion, to which he united more than thirty years ago. He was an honest man, a kind and accommodating neighbor, an affectionate husband and indulgent father, and a Christian gentleman. Lucina Carter, widow of the above, was born November 22, 1812. Her father, Asa Carter, came from Connecticut and settled in Jefferson county about the year 1800. Her mother was a native of Massachusetts. She lived at home until her marriage with Mr.Loomis. She is now in her sixty-fifth year, is quite active, and enjoys good health. She has been a member of the Congregational church for more than half a century. In her domestic relations she has ever been a kind mother, a true and dutiful wife, and an admirable housekeeper.

Norman J. Fuller, son of Jacob Fuller, was born in Rutland, July 26, 1830. His father settled in Rutland in1804, and resided there until his death in August, 1859. Young Norman received his education at the district school of his native town, and assisted his father on the farm during his life. In the spring following his father’s death he removed into Champion, and settled on the farm where he now resides.

In the winter of 1867 he was married to Mrs. Jerusha Ann King, by whom he had three children; namely, Alfred N., Ella s., and Emma J.

On the eighteenth of February, 1872, he sustained the loss of his estimable wife, who was an admirable housekeeper and an agreeable companion. Mr. fuller has a farm of three hundred acres of land, and, together with farming, carries on dairying extensively. On his frm he has one hundred acres of fine timber. Mr. F. is a gentleman of intelligence, a good practical farmer, a sound businessman, and a good citizen. (Jefferson County History, by L. H. Everts, 1878)