Biographical Sketch of Joseph I. STUBBS (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 731

STUBBS, Joseph I. - Daniel Stubbs was an early settler of Lancaster County, and 
was the father of Isaac, who married Hannah Brown.  to them were born eight 
children, of whom the sixth was Joseph i. Stubbs, born 1st mo. 2, 1818, in 
Harford Co., Md., in sight of the rocks of Deer Creek.  his grandfather on the 
maternal side was Jeremiah Brown, one of the pioneers in Lancaster County.  
Joseph I. spent his boyhood on the farm, and was afterwards many years in 
mercantile business in East Nottingham township. 
He has been a resident of this county thirty years.  his farm on one hundred and 
forty acres is situated two and a half miles from Oxford, and is called 
"Maplewood."  It is located in a fine region of country, and was a part of the 
original Pugh tract.
  He was married in 1852 to Martha, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Wilson) 
Pierson, from which union six children were born, viz:  Lauren P., Howard L., 
Josephine, Isaac Wilson, Adaline (deceased), and Walter Daniel.  Mr. Stubbs is 
of English and Quaker ancestry on both sides.