BIOGRAPHIES: Lorenzo D. & Frank TUBBS, Independence, Trempealeau Co., WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Nance Sampson, Trempealeau Co. WIGenWeb Coordinator, 7 November 2001 ==================================================================== ** Posted for informational purposes only -- the poster is not related to the subject of this biography. Lorenzo D. and Frank Tubbs, livestock dealers and real estate agents, constitute the firm of Tubbs Brothers, for many years intimately connected with the business life of Independence. They came to Burnside Township from Hixton, this state, in 1874, with other members of the family and engaged in farm pursuits on the home farm. Later they engaged in the livestock business. In this connection Lorenzo D. had charge of the Dakota interests of the firm. For a while they engaged in the implement business in Independence, but later sold out to R. Warner Brothers. The Messrs. Tubbs now handle considerable real estate, and deal extensively in livestock, making a specialty of buying and selling horses. The parents of these gentlemen were Lorenzo and Mary Jane (Colwell) Tubbs, both now deceased. After the death in 1856 of the father, who was an Ohio farmer, the care of the family devolved upon the mother, who in 1872 brought them to Hixton, this state, and in 1874 to Burnside. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Tubbs had nine children: James, Mary L., Elma, Elizabeth, Frank, Adelle, Lorenzo D., Sarah Jane, and Alice. James, Mary L. and Elma are dead. Elizabeth is the widow of Lee Hutchins, of Independence. Frank is in the real estate and livestock business. Adelle is the wife of Robert Watson, a farmer of Buena Vista, Colo. Lorenzo D. was born Oct. 18, 1852, was educated in the district schools and in Gale College, was married in October, 1894, to Lydia L. Grout, is engaged in the real estate and livestock business and has been a member of the village council of Independence since 1910. Sarah Jane is the widow of George Walker and lives in Detroit, Mich. Alice is the wife of J. M. Hall of Detroit, Mich. --Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917" page 737