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Hubbard, Thomas Hamlin

soldier, lawyer, railroad president, was born.

Dec. 20, 1838, in Hallowell, Maine. He received his education in the Hallowell academy, Bowdoin college, and the Albany Law school.

He served with distinction in the union army during the civil war; was adjutant of the twenty-fifth regiment of the Maine volunteer infantry; was promoted to lieutenantcolonel of the thirtieth regiment Maine volunteer infantry; and to colonel of the same regiment; and subsequently was made brevet brigadier-general United States volunteers. In 1865 he began the practice of law in New York city, and has attained prominence as one of the leading lawyers of the state. He is the president of the Oregon and California Railroad company; president of the California Pacific Railroad company; president of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad company; president of the Austin and Northwestern Railroad company; president of the Fort Worth and New Orleans Railroad company; and of the Central Texas and Northwestern Railroad company.