Edward J. Stubbs (1833–1887)''Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History'', William Hutchinson Rowe (1937) was an American merchant

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and a

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during a prolific period at

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.''Images of America: Yarmouth'', Alan M. Hall (Arcadia, 2002), p.16 His shipyard was one of the four major ones during the town's peak years of 1850–1875.

Career

In 1851,"Yarmouth Historic Context Statement
– Town of Yarmouth Stubbs went into partnership with Henry Hutchins, forming Hutchins & Stubbs. They launched over 21 vessels at Yarmouth's harbor between 1866 and 1884, including the three-mast barkentine ''Harriet S. Jackson''.

Personal life

Stubbs married Helen A. Merrill on June 3, 1877.''Old Times: A Magazine Devoted to the Preservation and Publication of Documents Relating to the Early History of North Yarmouth, Maine'', Volumes 5–8, p. 1029 They had one known child: Harry L. Stubbs (1862–1931). The Stubbses lived at today's 109 Main Street in

Yarmouth, Maine Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, twelve miles north of the state's largest city, Portland. When originally settled in 1636, as North Yarmouth, it was part of Massachusetts, and remained as such for 213 years. In 1849, ...

, which he had constructed in 1850.Architectural Survey Yarmouth, ME (Phase One, September, 2018
- Yarmouth's town website)

Death

Stubbs died in 1887, aged 53 or 54. His wife survived him by 28 years. They are both buried in Yarmouth's Riverside Cemetery.

References

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