Biography
Lewis W. Tubbs, judge and rancher, moved from Iowa to California in 1849 to pursue a mining venture. He returned to Iowa shortly thereafter, establishing himself as a stock and grain producer. Volney V. Tubbs (b. 1868), one of Lewis's six sons and daughters, followed the path of his father and moved to California in 1887 or 1888. He settled in Tustin and was active in agricultural and civic affairs. He served on the Board of Directors of the Santiago Orange Association and was also chairman of the Board of Exemption during World War I. He married Lillian M. Dixson and had four children, including Dixson Tubbs and Mabel Louise Tubbs, the donor of this collection.
For further biographical information, see Samuel Armor's History of Orange County, California (Los Angeles: Historic Record Co., 1921), 987-988.
From the guide to the Tubbs family photographs, 1882-1904, (University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.)
