Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Tubbs, John H. 1893
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The Daily Standard, Monday, May 1, 1893


The startling news that John H. Tubbs was dead fell upon incredulous ears 
Saturday evening.  In the prime of life, full of active energy, with no known 
ailments, it seemed hardly possible to think of him as having no earthly 
existence except in memory.

Mr. Tubbs, as appears, had been at work at his farm, on the State road one mile 
north of Lincoln avenue, during the day, rebuilding a bridge across a creek.  
The bridge had been completed and Mr. Tubbs took the lines and drove the team 
across, the man who was helping him following with some chains.  The team was 
not attached to a vehicle of any kind, Mr. Tubbs walking.  Just after crossing 
the man heard Mr. Tubbs say “whoa” and at the same instant pitch forward on his 
face.  The man ran to his assistance, and raised him up; Mr. Tubbs gasped once 
or twice and was dead.  This occurred about 5:30 p.m.  Word was instantly sent 
to Mrs. Tubbs that her husband had fallen and was unconscious, and she started 
with the carriage to bring him home.  Someone met her, as she reached the farm, 
and told her the facts.  It is supposed to be heart disease.  Mr. Tubbs had 
never called any physician, and as he seldom complained, no one knows how long 
he may have had some symptoms of trouble.  He had been feeling badly for a week 
of two, and when his wife carried him dinner at noon he was looking so poorly 
that she questioned him, and he acknowledge to being cold and feeling out of 
sorts.  He did not work much during the day, but resisted every suggestion that 
he go home.

John H. Tubbs was born July 27, 1837, at East Lyme, Conn.  He taught school 
seven or eight years in that state, as the first earnest work in the 
independent struggle for bread.  He was married to his cousin, Miss Frances 
Tubbs, November 9, 1857, in Seneca county, New York.  They moved to Ionia in 
the spring of 1870.  Mr. Tubbs’ first business venture here was as a partner of 
E. T. Montgomery in the grocery business.  Subsequently he was one of the dry 
goods firm of Tubbs, Jennings & Bentley, and on the dissolution of this firm, 
he carried on the business for seven or eight years alone, retiring December, 
1882.  He was out of a trade for a time, but four or five years ago he became 
associated with T. S. Barringer in the agricultural implement business, from 
which he retired about a year ago.  

Mr. Tubbs was one of those down-casters who are chock full of energy, and was 
never at rest unless he was at work.  He took an active interest in public 
affairs, and was several times called to do duty in the public service.  He was 
a member of the first city council of Ionia, and severed one or two terms 
subsequently.  He also served two terms as member of the board of education.  
He gave the same earnest devotion to his public duties as his private affairs.

Mr. Tubbs leaves a wife and wo children: Mary, residing in Ionia; and Grace, 
wife of Ernest S. Elllis, of Concordia, Kan.  Nellie, the second daughter, died 
in 1879.

The time of the funeral has not been fixed, but will probably be held 
Wednesday, as Mr. and Mrs. Ellis cannot arrive before Tuesday evening.


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