Bio: Chubbuck, Jerome Walker (1881)

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Surnames: Chubbuck, Sanborn

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin, Marathon County, Wis.) page 558

Jerome Walker Chubbuck, Wausau, was born Sept. 24, 1813, Goffstown, N.H. Learned printing at Morrisville, N. Y., afterward conducted newspapers at Hamilton and Cazenovia, N.Y. Came to Milwaukee June 20, 1837, where he helped as foreman to establish the Milwaukee Sentinel. Married to Caroline S. Sanborn, of Jefferson, Wis., June 17, 1855, who was born in Wheelock, Vt., March 4, 1832. Came to Wausau February, 1857, where he established the Central Wisconsin, April 22, 1857, the first paper published in Marathon County; sold out to Hoffman & Hoeflinger in 1862. Held the office of Clerk of Circuit Court from January 1863 to January 1875; was also Village Clerk for a number of years. Has been engaged in the printing business, and as editor or contributor to the city papers up to January, 1880, when he was stricken with paralysis and been confined to his room ever since. He has two children living, Charles W., born March 21, 1856, and Emily Helen, born April 23, 1858. Lost one daughter, Mary Everetta, who was born Nov. 18, 1860, and died May 13, 1872.