More than a third of a century has come and gone since Morris Hubler arrived in Cedar county and identified himself with its farming interests. He has worked diligently and persistently as the years have gone by and is now the owner of eighty acres of land on section 14, Linn township. The farm is neat and thrifty in appearance and his method of caring for his property is a practical as well as a progressive one.
Mr. Hubler came to Iowa in 1878 from Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred at Pine Grove in that county December 29, 1861. He is a son of William Hubler, also a native of Schuylkill county born in 1842. The latter was there reared and chose as his companion and helpmate for life’s journey Miss Sarah Richard, also a native of that county. He was a carpenter by trade and engaged in building operations for several years. In 1878 Mr. Hubler removed westward with his family and purchased the eighty acre farm upon which his son Morris Hubler now lives. Here he built a two-story residence and a good barn together with a sheep house and scale house. He also planted an orchard, fenced the fields and largely made the farm what it is today—a valuable and well improved property. Upon this place he reared his family and spent his last years, his death occurring in October, 1905. His wife survives him and resides upon the old homestead. Their family numbered six sons and six daughters, eight of whom were born in Pennsylvania and four in Iowa. They are as follows: Robert, now living in Nebraska; Morris, of this review; George, who is upon the home farm with his brother and mother; Eddie, who also lives upon the farm; Milton, a resident of Linn township; Mrs. Priscillia Sattizahn, of Rock Island, Illinois; Lizzie, who married and died at the age of twenty -seven years; Minnie; Annie; Victor; Elmira, of Idaho; and Tila, of Nebraska.
Morris Hubler was a youth of fifteen years when the family removed to Iowa, arriving in 1876, after having attended in company with his father, mother and sister the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. His education was acquired in the common schools and he remained at home to assist his father until the latter’s death. In fact, he had previously taken charge of the farm and later succeeded to the old home place. The early spring time finds him at work in the fields in the preparation of the land for the crops and in the course of months he gathers good harvests. He is also successfully engaged in raising and feeding stock, fattening for the market from two to four carloads of stock each year. He has high grade stock, cattle, hogs and horses and all of the different features of the place indicate his progressive spirit and the resolute manner in which he carries on business, accomplishing what he undertakes.
His life has been a busy one and yet there are times when he has found opportunity for rest and recreation. In 1909 he made a trip to the Pacific coast, spent a day on the ocean, visited Seattle and Puget Sound points and also San Francisco and other places in the far west. He was accompanied on the trip by an uncle from Pennsylvania. His political support is given to the republican party but he has never cared for office. His father, however, served as a member of the school board and in other local positions of honor and trust. The Hublers are one of the well known families of Linn township, Morris Hubler and his brothers becoming prosperous farmers and stock-raisers whose busy lives are indicated in the well kept appearance of the old homestead.
