John Niles Hubbard

Born in Angelica, New York, on August 27, 1815, John Niles Hubbard was an American clergyman and writer whose surviving published work centers on biography and regional history. He later became known as Rev. John Niles Hubbard, and he died in Tracy, California, on October 16, 1897.

His best-known books include An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, Or, Red Jacket and His People, 1750–1830 (1886) and Sketches of Border Adventures in the Life and Times of Major Moses Van Campen (1893). These works show a strong interest in the people, conflicts, and memory of early western New York and the Revolutionary era.

Hubbard is a useful author for readers drawn to older firsthand-style historical writing: his books sit at the meeting point of biography, local history, and frontier storytelling. While written in the language and perspective of the 19th century, they remain valuable as part of the long effort to record the lives and legends of the region.