Sacramento County
Biographies
EUGENE L. McCUBBIN
EUGENE L. McCUBBIN--A World War veteran, highly honored and respected among his many acquaintances, Eugene L. McCubbin was born on October 16, 1893, at Oleanda, Cal. His parents, Hardy Lears and Lydia (Davis) McCubbin, came to California in the nineties from Louisville, Ky. His mother passed away in 1911; his father, a physician and surgeon, has his offices in the Ochsner Building, Sacramento, Cal.
Eugene L. McCubbin obtained his early education in the public schools. When he was a senior in the University of Nevada he enlisted in the first officers' training camp in the United States army. For seventeen months he saw active service in the front lines of the French battle-fields. He was commissioned as first lieutenant and saw service at St. Mihiel and the Argonne offensive. He returned to the United States and received his honorable discharge from Camp Kearney. For two years he worked with his father growing rice on their ranch in Sacramento.
Mr. McCubbin has been in the services of the city since 1921. He figures prominently in all the athletic occasions of his community, and is a loyal supporter of the Y. M. C. A. athletic work. On January 1, 1922, Mr. McCubbin was appointed physical instructor for the Sacramento high school. Politically, he is a stanch Republican. Being a World War veteran, he is a member of the American Legion, and stands high as an honorable representative of American manhood.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 567. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.