Samuel Murray Tubbs (1835 - 1900) - Part 1

Pedigree: Me > William R. Compton (father) > Helen R. Tubbs (grandmother) > Samuel M. Tubbs (great grandfather)

Samuel Murray Tubbs was born 31 March 1835 on the Tubbs family farm homestead on the River Road about 3 miles southeast of Elmira, NY on the way to the village of Lowman. He grew up there and received his education in the county. In the 1860 Elmira census he is listed with his brother, George, and his parents, Kelsey Tubbs and Sarah Dean. On 25 October 1865, he married Rosamond Lillis Brooks who was born on 11 Feb 1847 in nearby Waverly, NY.  The wedding was held in Lowman at the home of her grandparents, George Lowman and Lillis Herrington.

Samuel M. Tubbs continued the Tubbs family farm, and he was described (in his obituary) as "one of the most progressive and prosperous of the river road farmers."  They had a family of four daughters:  Susan Tubbs (Susie), Mary Alice Tubbs, Frances Tubbs (Fanny) and Helen Tubbs (Nellie).  The first daughter, Susie, died young at age 18 months on March 6, 1868 in Waverly.

Susie Tubbs (1866 - 1868)
with her mother Rosamond.

Frances (Fanny) Tubbs
(1875 -1947),
never married.

Helen Tubbs (1877 - 1953)
My grandmother, who married
William R. Compton I in 1899.

Sometime prior to 1898, he purchased a beautiful home in Elmira at 1007 Walnut Street (which is still standing today-2010).  In the spring of 1899, Samuel developed a condition called Bright's disease (a chronic kidney inflammation resulting in edema, protein in the urine, and high blood pressure), which required him to stop his farming endeavors. He died the following year on February 15, 1900 at his Elmira house. His funeral was held there, and he was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira.

Comments: A hard working successful farmer in the area, his life was cut short by a severe kidney disease. He was alive when his daughter, Helen, married my grandfather. And when his daughter Alice married George Zimmerman, resulting in high drama, which I will share further in Part II.