Hubert Howe Bancroft
1832-1918
Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918) was born 5 May 1832 in Granville, Licking Co., Ohio. He was the son of Azariah A. Bancroft and Lucy D. Howe. He married Emily B. Ketchum on 7 Oct. 1859 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York; widowed Dec. 1869. He married Matilda Coley Griffing on 12 Oct. 1876 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He was a historian who corresponded and met with Wilford Woodruff from 1862 to 1889. He died 2 Mar. 1918 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., California.
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