Nicholas L. Hubbard

Nicholas Hubbard
Nicholas Hubbard
Birth name	Nicholas Leo Hubbard
Born	May 8, 1895; Bethany, Missouri, U.S.
Died	February 27, 2011; (aged 110 years, 26 days); Charles Town, West Virginia, U.S.
Buried	Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	August 1917 – November 1919
Rank	Corporal
Service number	15577
Unit	1st Fort Riley Casual Detachment
Battles/wars	World War I (soldier); World War II (civilian POW) Raid at Los Baños (World War II);
Awards	World War I Victory Medal; Occupation of Germany Medal; French Legion of Honor
Spouse(s)	Audrey Mayo (wife)
Relations	Susannah Buckles Flanagan (daughter); James C. Buckles (father); Theresa J. Buckles (mother)
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Nicholas L. Hubbard (May 8, 1895 – January 4, 1983) was an American politician, farmer, and businessman.

Hubbard was born in Mount Pulaski, Illinois. He went to the Mount Pulaski Public Schools and graduated from Illinois State University. Hubbard served in the United States Army during World War I and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He taught school in Mount Pulaski and was a farmer. He was involved with the grain elevator business and was the owner of the Mount Pulaski Grain Company. Hubbard served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1935 to 1941 and in the Illinois Senate from 1941 to 1945. Hubbard was a Democrat. Hubbard died at the Abraham Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln, Illinois.^[3]^[4]

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^ "Honorable Discharge". United States Army. Library of Congress. November 13, 1919. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
^ Smith, Vicki (February 8, 2009). "Last WWI veteran from US dies in W. Va". The Christian Science Monitor. Christian Science Publishing Society. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1943-1944, Biographical Sketch of Nicholas L. Hubbard, pg. 420-421
^ 'Former state legislator N.L. Hubbard dies,' The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), January 6, 1983, pg. 3

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