The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-12-22
Mrs. Tubbs
Died in Los
Angeles, Cal,
Was Pioneer and Highly Re
vered Resident of This
City for Many Years
OVER 90 YEARS OLD
Had Been Ill for Some Time
Mrs. w. c. Tubbs, Mime
apolis, Passed on Dec. IA

Mrs. Julia Tubbs, pioneer woman,
of Sank Centre, died Friday, Dec,
16, 1892 at the age of SO years and
two days, following a prolonged Ill
ness at her home, 4512 Venice Blvd,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Julia Benson Tubbs was born in
North Paris, Maine, Dec. IA, 1884.
Her parents were Deacon Gibbs
Benson and Lucinda Chase Ben
son. She was the oldest of IL chill
dren. At the age of twenty she was
united in marriage to Luther E.
Tubbs, of Hebron, Maine.
The young couple joined a col
only Of Maine people going to Min
nesota to take up government land,
arriving in the early spring of 1854,
at Galena, Ill. There they took a
boat for st. Paul. Arriving at
Lake Pepin, the colony could go no
further for several weeks as the ice
was still on the lake. Sickness be-
fell them and two of the party died.
On reaching st. Paul they bought
oxen and outfits and proceeded UP
the Mississippi River to Otsego
Opposite Elk River), here Mr.. and
Mrs. Tubbs took up a homestead
and lived there for several years.
Here their two oldest children were
born, Mary and Winthrop. Mrs.
Alexandria Moore was a cousin of
Mrs. Tubbs. Mr.. Moore, having
plated the townsite Of Sank Centre,
induced Mr. and Mrs. Tubbs to sell
their homestead and move to Sank
Centre in the year 1860. They were
the second family to settle in Sank
Centre and lived in log house To-
Gated where William Parker lives
at the present time.
During the trying times Of the
Civil War, Indian Outbreak, and
the emergencies Of pioneer living,
Mrs. Tubbs was ever ready to do
her part. In the case of Col. Chas.
Lindberg's grandfather, it was Mrs.
Tubbs VIII assisted the Rev. Harri-
son, Pioneer Missionary, to care for
Mr.. Lindberg when he lost his arm
at Mr.. Moore's saw mill. Mrs.
Tubb's children were educated in
Sank Centre.
The three younger children grad
uating from the High School.
Mrs. Tubbs was charter men,
Der of the First Congregational
church, of Sank Centre. She Is the
last of the 13 original members to
pass to the Great Beyond. Mrs.
Tubbs loved this church with a de-
votion unusual.
In 1895 Mrs. Tubbs moved to On
tario, Cal, where she lived until af-
ter the death Of Mr.. Tubbs. Later
Mrs. Tubbs and her youngest
daughter moved to Los Angeles,
where they were living at the time
of her death.
Mrs. Tubbs' birthdays have been
made joyful occasions, in these later
years, by the greetings from friends
near and far. This last birthday
especially the home was filed with
flowers from Maine, Wisconsin,
Minnesota and California The
Congregational church always sent
greetings. She received four doz-
en- roses from the White House
and a personal letter from Presi-
dent Hoover, as an appreciation OF
her friendship.
Five children were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Tubs: Mary T. Bell, OF
Minneapolis; Winthrop D. Tubbs,
who died in Pomona, Calf, several
wears ago; William c. Tubbs, OF
Minneapolis; H. Benson Tubbs, OF
Fond-du-lac, Wis; Julia Mann,
Los Angeles, Calf. Two sisters are
living: Mrs. Kate Doe, Paris Hill
Maine, and Mrs. Abbie Lowe, North
Paris, Maine.
Mrs. Tubs favorite poem was:
Sunset and evening star ana
one clear call for me.
And may there be no moan
ing of the bar when put out
to sea-"
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