Clifford A. Hubbard, dealer in meats, groceries and vegetables at Nos. 24-28 Grand avenue, in New Haven, has through unfaltering enterprise, combined with determined and honorable effort, built up a business of gratifying proportions. He was born in North Guilford, Connecticut, August 26, 1870, and is a son of the late Jared F. Hubbard, who was born in North Guilford and is descended from an old Connecticut family of English origin. He devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and was quite successful. His religious faith was that of the Episcopal church and his political support was given to the democratic party. He died on the old homestead at North Guilford in 1878 at the age of sixty-five years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Jane E. Brown, was born in Fairhaven, a daughter of Merritt B. and Miranda Brown, both representatives of old Connecticut families of English lineage. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jared F. Hubbard have passed away, but six of their seven children are yet living, the third, Addie M., having died in New Haven in 1899, when twenty-three years of age. The others are: William F., a butcher by trade, living in New Haven; Merritt B., of New Haven, who is married and has two children; Herbert F., a butcher living in South Dakota; Elsie May, the wife of Samuel F. Whittlesey, of New Haven; Edmond G., also of New Haven; and Clifford A.

  The last named was educated in the public schools of North Guilford, but his opportunities were somewhat limited, for at his father’s death he became the head of the family when but ten years of age and started out to earn money. He was first employed in work on the neighboring farms, working on an average sixteen hours per day, for which he at first received only twenty-five cents per day. He was practically obliged to do a man’s work and he continued upon the farm until he reached the age of twenty, when he secured employment with the Booth Meat Company of Fairhaven. He learned the butcher’s trade and remained in the employ of that firm for twelve years. Later he entered the employ of his brother, W. F. Hubbard, with whom he remained for eight years, and in 1910 he embarked in business on his own account in West Haven, where he remained for a year, when on account of illness he was obliged to abandon the business and retired. He was compelled to undergo an operation, from the effects of which he did not fully recover for a year. He then reentered business, undertaking the sale of meats from a wagon. He thus spent three months, at the end of which time he purchased the established meat business of John Parker, conducted under the name of the East Side Cash Market, at  Quinnipiac and Grand avenues. There he remained for four years, when he removed to his present location, where he has since conducted his market. He carries a large stock of choice meats, groceries and vegetables, and his reasonable prices, courteous treatment and unfaltering effort to please his patrons have been the salient factors in his growing success.

  In September, 1894, Mr. Hubbard was united in marriage in New Haven to Miss Hattie E. O’Dell, a native of New York and a descendant of one of the old families of that state, her parents being George and Maria O’Dell. Her father has now passed away but the mother lives in New Haven.

  In his political views Mr. Hubbard is a democrat and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Knights of the Golden Eagle. He also belongs to the Retail Butchers Association. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. He started out in life a poor boy and during the period of his youth had many hardships, originally working at a salary of twenty-five cents per day, a sum which he was obliged to take out in provisions. He would receive rye and corn, which he then took to the mill and had ground. From the outset of his business career he was actuated by high principles and his integrity and industry are the prominent points in his most creditable career. He has always been unassuming but is recognized as a loyal American citizen, true to his country and interested in every element of progress and upbuilding in connection with the community in which he lives.