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WOODSON B. HUBBARD, dealer in agricultural implements, was born in 1839, in Wayne county, Indiana. His father, Joseph, was a native of North Carolina, who died in 1881. His mother, who was a Johnson, is now a resident of Jasper county, Missouri. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in Indiana, and arriving at his majority, engaged in school-teaching in Indiana for ten years, and acted for some time as principal of the New London schools. In 1865 Mr. Hubbard went to Kokomo, Indiana, and sold goods until 1877, when he came to Carthage, selling implements for different firms until 1879, when he opened the house where he is now engaged. He was married first in 1862 to Miss Eliza A. Reece, who left two sons, she having died in 1867. He was married the second time in 1870 to Sarah J. Maris. They have two children living. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard are prominent members of the Congregational Church, and he is also a member of the Knights of Honor. Mr. Hubbard’s place of business is located on North Main Street, opposite the Karr House, where he and his partner, Mr. Jenkins, are doing a large and prosperous business. Mr. Hubbard was raised among that class of people commonly known as Quakers, who comprise much of the best society of the world.