Tubbs, Silas Miles

ca. 5 Sept. 1822–26 Feb. 1896. Farmer, justice of the peace. Born in Ohio. Son of Amos Tubbs and Lucinda Stanton. Moved to Lee Co., Iowa Territory, by ca. 1841. Accused of stealing cow from “trustee-in-trust” yard in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 26 July 1842; case dismissed, 27 July 1842. Married Sarah Hendrick, 3 July 1853, in Clark Co., Missouri. Moved to California, by Jan. 1862. Elected justice of the peace for Union Township, San Joaquin Co., California, Oct. 1873. Died in Amador Co., California.