History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 1887



Bubb Family - HARRY C. BUBB Biography

Harry C. Bubb, son of George and Sarah (Burrows) Bubb, was born at Montoursville, Pennsylvania, March 13, 1856, and comes of the line of ancestry described in the sketch of George Bubb. Harry C. received his education at Montoursville in the High School and at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, of the class of 1876. He entered the firm of George Bubb & Sons, wholesale grocers, April 1, 1880, the firm then consisting of George Bubb, N. B. Bubb and H. C. Bubb, who succeeded the firm of Corcoran, Bubb & Company, organized in 1869. January 1, 1886, George Bubb sold his interest to N. B. and H. C., the name of the firm remaining the same. January 1, 1900, the subject of this notice, Harry C'., became sole owner by purchasing the interest held by N. B. Bubb, but the same name is carried as before.

Mr. Bubb is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and politically is a supporter of the Republican party. He is a member of the Ross Club of Williamsport, secretary and treasurer of the Haleeka Country Club and president of the Williamsport Country Club. He is one of the directors of the following companies: Lycoming County National Bank, McKean Chemical Company, Wilcox Manufacturing Company and Otto Chemical Company.

Mr. Bubb was married January 31, 1884, to Sarah J. Hays, of Erie, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of John W. Hays and wife. By this union the following named children were born : 1, John H., born July 14, 1885; 2, H. Burrows, born July 16, 1889; and 3, Hugh J., born September 3, 1893. Mrs. Sarah J. Bubb died September 6, 1893. For his second wife Mr. Bubb married, December 10, 1895, Anna M. Hays, daughter of Alfred A. Hays and wife, of Ashton, Missouri.


Source: Genealogical and Personal History of Lycoming County, John W. Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1906.










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