COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Wheeler Collection
Record
Filename:
MW.B4.F21.086(i).jpg
Identifier:
MW.B4.F21.086(i)
Title:
Former Roustabout Berry Hubbard in his Overalls and Hat
Creator:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
Subject:
Roustabouts
Subject:
African American music -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
African Americans -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Black history -- Paducah (KY)
Description:
Former roustabout Berry Hubbard wearing overalls and a weathered hat. Berry Hubbard was born around 1863 in Arkansas. He married Josie/Jodie Hubbard. The couple was living in Paducah by 1912 and resided at 1221 South 8th St until 1937. They are then found living at 1228 South 8th St. Mr. Hubbard worked as a laborer and watchmen. The 1920 U.S. Federal Census list Berry working as a deckhand on a steamboat. The 1921-22 Caron's Paducah City Directory list his occupation as a laborer on the steamer PADUCAH (Way #4377). Mr. Hubbard appears in Mary Wheeler's book Steamboatin' Days on page 72-73 and is credited with the song Jesus Nevuh Come in the Mornin'.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Date:
Circa 1935
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Image/TIFF
Language:
English
Coverage:
Lower Ohio River Valley
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
Citation:
Ancestry Library Edition. ProQuest, n.d. Web. Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, KY. Louisville, KY: Caron Directory Company Inc., 1908-1959. Print. "Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records." Web. 2014. "Paducahky.gov." Oak Grove Cemetery. City of Paducah. Web. 2014. Way, Frederick, Jr. Way�s Packet Directory, 1848-1983. Athens, OH: Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, 1983. Print. Way, Frederick, and Joseph W. Rutter. Way's Steam Towboat Directory. Athens: Ohio UP, 1990. Print. Wheeler, Mary. Steamboatin� Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1944. Print. 1860-1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com)
