When David Reeder Hubbard was born on 22 April 1812, in Pendleton, South Carolina, United States, his father, David Hubbard, was 23 and his mother, Martha West, was 23. He married Margaret Clements on 24 March 1856, in Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Tishomingo, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1870. He died on 21 February 1889, in Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States.