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Author: hmatlock_1
Surnames: Hubartt, Updike, Crawley
Classification: death
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The Warren Tribune, Friday, March 11, 1904
Earthly Career Ended.
Rev. George Hubartt Dies Suddenly at Home of Daughter.
Was A Minister 63 Years
Had Officiated at Many Funerals and Weddings.
With scarcely a moment's warning death ended the earthly career of Elder George
Hubartt on Tuesday afternoon. The last hours of the aged minister were unattended by the
suffering which makes death terrible, and he passed into the Great Beyond as peacefully as
a child sinks to sleep.
He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Updike, six miles northeast of this city
where he has been in good health, considering his age. Monday evening he complained of
not feeling well; the next morning Dr. Bonifield was summoned. The patient's
condition at that time did not seem to be serious, but shortly after noon he was taken
with a nervous chill from which he never recovered. The physician was again sent for but
before he could reach the bedside Mr. Hubartt was dead. Death was probably due to
paralysis.
George Hubartt was born in Franklin county, Indiana, January 10, 1822. He grew to manhood
there and in that county was solemnized his marriage to Elizabeth Crawley. She died more
than eight years ago and since that time Mr. Hubartt has made his home with his children,
living the greater part of the time with his daughter, Mrs. Arnold Williams. Mr. and Mrs.
Hubartt were the parents of ten children of whom seven are still living. There are four
sons--William J. and Vincent, of Hartford City, Milton, of Huntington, and Charles, of
Marion; three daughters are--Mrs.Samuel Wiles, Mt. Etna, Mrs. Arnold Williams and Mrs.
James Updike, who live north of Warren Nineteen grand-children and ten
great-grand-children of the couple are living.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubartt came from Franklin county to Huntington county nearly sixty years
ago. They bought a farm in the northern part Jefferson township, where they resided until
about twenty years ago when they moved to Warren. The farm which he bought when he came
to this county remained in his possession at the time of his death.
During his nineteenth year the deceased became a minister in the Christian church, and was
active in religious work throughout his life. He has probably performed more wedding
ceremonies and had charge of more funerals than any other minister in this county. He has
officiated at more than than a thousand of these occasions.
The funeral was held at Lancaster Thursday at 10 a.m. with Rev. J.E. Etter officiating.
The burial was in the Lancaster cemetery.
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