George W. Hubbard is one of New Haven's energetic and progressive young business men and is rapidly pushing to the front among the leaders in this buy world. He is vice president of the W. F. Gilbert Coal Company and is regarded as one of the most aggressive business men of the city. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on the 24th of October, 1884, and is a son of George W. and Susan (Simmons) Hubbard, the former also a native of Providence and the latter of Massachusetts. For many years the father was engaged in the real estate business in Providence, where he died in 1893, but the mother is still living and continues to reside in that city. In the family were three children, the daughters being Mrs. Carl B. Rowland and Mrs. C. A. Minor, of New Haven.

George W. Hubbard, the youngest member of the family and the only son, spent his boyhood and youth in Providence, where he attended the public schools, and completed his education at Trinity College, from which he was graduated in 1908 after having pursued an academic course. In 1907 he began work for the W. F. Gilbert Coal Company in a minor position and gradually worked his way upward until he is now vice president of the company and one of its stockholders. This is one of the most extensive coal companies in the state and is under the able management of other such progressive and enterprising business men as Mr. Hubbard.

On the 3d of June, 1908, he was united in marriage to Miss Grace D. Lawton, of Providence, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Lawton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard hold membership in St. John's church and he is identified with the Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees of both the Scottish and York Rites. He belongs to the Quinnipiac Country Club and is independent in politics. He is one of New Haven's most public-spirited citizens and takes an active interest in all enterprises calculated to promote the interests of the city.