Rev. Thomas A. Stubbs
Born: 07 October 1801
Died: 08 February 1884
REV. THOMAS STUBBS, who was more or less intimately associated with the religious life of Cleveland, for half a century, was born in the beautiful hill country of England, town of Kendal, 1801. He began preaching at eighteen, and preached his last sermon in the Franklin avenue M.E. church, about eight months before his death, making a period of sixty-five years in the ministry.
REV. THOMAS STUBBS, who was more or less intimately associated with the religious life of Cleveland, for half a century, was born in the beautiful hill country of England, town of Kendal, 1801. He began preaching at eighteen, and preached his last sermon in the Franklin avenue M.E. church, about eight months before his death, making a period of sixty-five years in the ministry. In 1832, in May, he landed in Cleveland, camping over night on the beach. At once he began his ministry, becoming a member of the then Pittsburgh Conference, from which was formed the Erie, of which he was an honored member all his life. For a number of years, he traveled the then wilderness, called the Western Reserve. Along the lake shore, and into the interior, as far as Youngstown, his name was a household word. He died at his home in Cleveland, February, 1884.
Thomas first married Agness Scott and had the following 2 children:
Isabella Stubbs (Born: 09 December 1822; Died: bet. 29 June 1870 - 1873)
John Stubbs (Born: 10 March 1825; Died: 26 January 1826)
Thomas then married Mary Kellett Cole (Abt 1828, England).
They had the following children:
They had the following children:
John Stubbs (Born: 07 August 1831; Died: 03 January 1911)
Thomas Stubbs (Born: Oct. - Dec. 1833; Died: 19 July 1835)
William Stubbs (Born: 14 December 1835; Died: 05 October 1840)
James Stubbs (Born: 14 February 1838; Died: 15 June 1916)
Robert Newton Stubbs (Born: 19 January 1840; Died: 17 November 1929)
Jabez Burton Stubbs (Born: 17 November 1841; Died: 19 September 1913)
Click on any of the links below to find out more about Thomas Stubbs:
Short Biographical Sketch by Rev. J.N. Fradenburgh (1907)
'Thomas Stubbs' by Rev. Samuel Gregg (from 'History of Methodism')
'A Rose for Melissa's Bouquet' (Album Inscription by Rev. Stubbs)
The Last Will and Testament of Rev. Thomas Stubbs
See Thomas Stubbs on FindaGrave.com
Obituary for Rev. Thomas A. Stubbs
(taken from the "Evening Observer", Dunkirk, New York, February 13, 1884)
Rev Thomas Stubbs, father of Rev R.N. Stubbs of Forestville, died at Cleveland on Saturday, at the advanced age of 82, of heart disease. The deceased was one of the earnest Methodist laborers in the country, and was widely known throught the lake region as a pioneer preacher.
