In his residence on Clinton Street last Wednesday evening about 8 o'clock Common Pleas judge William H. Hubbard died as the result of many years of suffering from repeated stroke attacks. He was born on the 15th of April 1850 in Middletown, Conn., and came as a boy to Ashtabula, Ohio. After he had successfully completed his studies, he worked for a short time as a civil engineer and then decided on jurisprudence, which he followed as his profession right up to his end. In 1881 he settled in Napoleon and four years later in Defiance, where he remained for the rest of his life. Up until the year 1891 he was associated with the ?Achtb. W. D. Hill and later with Mr. J. H. Hockman, until he was elected in 1896 as Common Pleas Judge.
At the time of his death, he had a little over a year remaining for the completion of his second term. Judge Hubbard was a man of eminent accomplishments and a Democrat of firm convictions. A shame, that he had to leave his life in the veriest prime of his life.
The deceased is survived by his Widow, the son Edward M. and the daughters Miss Nannie C. and Mrs. Lucy Case from Cleveland. The funeral service, at which Pastor E. F. Bigler of the Episcopal congregation here officiated, took place Saturday morning in the residence. The Omega Lodge of the Freemasons and the Bar Association gave the deceased a funeral cortege in corpore. The mortal remains will rest in the chapel crypt until Spring, when they will be taken to Ashtabula, Ohio for burial.
Celestine Archambault
Celestine Archambault, wife of Mr. Louis Archambault, died Monday afternoon in the family residence on Perry Street after a short illness. Born in St. Alexis, Canada, she came at the age of 24 years to Defiance and married soon after Mr. Archambault, who with six sons and two daughters survives. The burial will take place this morning from the English Catholic Church to the Riverside Cemetery.
[b 1841, d 9 Mar 1908]
Mrs. Flora Widmer
Mrs. Flora Widmer, born Thomas and wife of Wm. H. Widmer, [who was] raised here, died last Wednesday shortly before noon in New Bavaria, O.,, from consumption at the age of almost 26 years. She leaves behind her spouse, whom she had married only a year ago, an infant of 5 weeks, her mother and two siblings. The burial, at which the Pastors N. E. Bitz from Defiance and Albin Beer from the South Ridge officiated, took place Saturday morning from the Reformed Church in New Bavaria.
[b 1882, d 4 Mar 1908]
Mrs. Dorothea Möhring
At a quarter before one on Monday morning, thus just after the beginning of the New Year, Mrs. Dorothea Möhring, wife of Mr. Johann Gottfried Möhring, in her residence in Defiance Township, was ?rescued from this time of pain by an easy death. She had suffered for many years from a serious nervous disease which probably also contributed to the fatal stroke which the elderly lady had suffered Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock, which had paralyzed her tongue and right side.
Dorothea Möhring, a born Schlagmann, first saw the light of day on the 9th of March 1832 in Burgstall by Magdeburg in the Altmark, and had brought her pilgrim's time on the Earth to 73 years, 9 months and 22 days. She came to Defiance as a maiden on the 15th of June 1850 and on the 27th of November 1853 was married here through Pastor Adam Detzer with the now surviving widower Johann Gottfried Möhring. For over half a century the Möhring couple have fairly shared joy and sorrow and have remained true to their vows that only Death will break their bond. Along With the widower mourn the five children, Mrs. Ferdinand Benecke, Mrs. Theodor Benecke, J. August, Wilhelm and C. Edwin Möhring the departure of the spouse and mother. Further of direct descendants are 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren at hand. Two boys preceded her in Death.
The burial took glace Wednesday afternoon at the Riverside Cemetery, after Pastor F. A. Kiess had held a funeral service at 1 o'clock in the former residence and 2 o'clock in the St. John's Lutheran Church. To the relatives and especially the so very bowed-down Widower we give our sincere sympathy.
Finally you have triumphed over All the difficult, hard hours; Many days and many nights You have spent in misery.
Staunchly you have borne it Your pains, your plagues Until in Death your eyes broke -- But our longings follow you.
Lamenting we lay you down In your still bed-chamber. Never again will you return to us, And so we lament for you.
But the hour will strike for us when we again [will] see you, When united in the most beautiful bonds We will stand before God's Throne.
The Bereaved.
[Eng. surname Mehring][d l Jan 1906] [transcriber's note: The Altmark is a historic region in Germany, comprising the northern third of Saxony-Anhalt. The Altmark is located west of the Elbe River between the cities of Hamburg and Magdeburg, mostly included in the present-day districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and Stendal. c.f Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altmark ]