GEORGE HULBERT, a reliable young farmer of Waddams Township, is located on section 5, on the homestead where he was born, Aug. 8, 1863. His father, Nelson Hulbert, was a native of New York, and his grandfather, Ira Hulbert, of English ancestry, was born, it is supposed, on the other side of the Atlantic. He was a wagon-maker by trade, and spent the last years of his life in Cattaraugus County, N. Y. The paternal grandmother of our subject was in her girl-hood Miss Lucinda Davis, of Connecticut. She came to the West late in life and spent her last years among her children in this county.

Nelson Hulbert, the father of our subject, was reared to manhood in his native State, and was here married to Miss Maria Handy, of Stephenson County. He remained there until 1837, and then started overland for Illinois. The entire journey was made with ox-teams. Mr. Hulbert, in company with his brother, entered a tract of land from the Government in Oneco Township, made some improvements, lived there a few years, and then removed to Waddams Township and built up the homestead now occupied by his son, our subject, where he spent the last years of his life.

At the time Nelson Hulbert came to this section of country his neighbors were few and far between, and deer and other wild game was plentiful. The nearest market for produce was the lead mining region near Galena, which was also the nearest depot for supplies. Mr. H. lived to improve a good farm, and to erect a convenient and substantial set of frame buildings. The wife and mother departed this life in February, 1872. Nelson Hulbert died five years later, Sept. 30, 1877. They were the parents of two children only, Lucinda, now the wife of William Lawler, and George, of our sketch. The latter was educated in the district schools and remained with his parents until they were called from earth. He is bearing the mantle of his father, worthily, and fulfilling his obligations as an honest and a good citizen. He is still unmarried. He cast his first Presidential vote for James G. Blaine, and is one of the most promising members of the Republican party in this locality.

Contributed by Carol Parrish - Portrait and Biographical Album of Stephenson County, Ill. (1888)