Jackson County OR Archives Obituaries.....Hubbard, Asahel C July 7, 1943
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Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Thursday, 8 Jul 1943, p. 1, c. 7
A. C. Hubbard, 69, pioneer Jackson County hardware merchant, prominent and 
highly respected citizen, passed away yesterday at the family home, 1311 E. 
Main St., after an illness of five months. Mr. Hubbard, whose father 
established himself in the hardware business in Jacksonville in 1883, went 
into his father’s firm at the age of 17 years, after the business was moved to 
Medford. In recent years Mr. Hubbard was less active in the firm because of 
ill health and had been in semi-retirement since last summer.
Mr. Hubbard came to Oregon in 1885 with his mother and a brother, his father 
and elder brothers having preceded them in 1883 and ‘84. His father had 
already engaged in the implement business, first in Jacksonville and then in 
Medford on East Main street and Riverside avenue. The young man attended 
school first in a two-room structure on the site occupied now by the 
courthouse, and discontinued his formal education at 17 to enter his father’s 
business.
The store was moved from the first location to that now occupied by Lamports 
and in 1889 was destroyed by fire. After several moves the business was at 
length housed in the present building at Main and Riverside avenue across from 
the original location. Mr. Hubbard and his brother, Alexis, took over active 
management of the business in 1891.
In 1894 he was married to Rena Knowles of Jacksonville and to sons were born 
to the couple, Roland and Chester. Mrs. Hubbard and the two sons survive, as 
well as four grandchildren, Bob and Lois, children of Roland, and Sandra and 
Susan, daughters of Chester Hubbard. One brother, Fort, also survives and 
arrived by plane from Seattle Sunday to be with his brother. 
Mr. Hubbard was very public spirited and active in civic affairs, having 
served eight years as a member of the city council, was a prominent member of 
the Elks lodge and on the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce. He 
also had served as a board member of the State Hardware and Implement 
association for many years and was for a time president of the Retail 
Merchants association when that group was active.
Deceased was a native of Iowa, having been born in Dallas Center in that state 
May 23, 1874.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3:30 p. m. at Perl Funeral home, the 
services to be conducted by the Christian Science church. Honorary pallbearers 
will be Victor Bursell, Charles Austin, C. E. Gates, O. O. Alenderfer, 
Clarence Meeker and Gus Newbury. Active pallbearers are to be Tom Flynn, 
William Von der Hellen, George Frey, R. A. Skinner, Frank Farrell and Al 
Littrell.

Additional Comments:
Note: Until it closed in 2007, Hubbard's Hardware was the oldest continuously-
operating hardware store in Oregon.

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