Edward J. Stubbs (1833–1887)Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History, William Hutchinson Rowe (1937) was an American merchant sea captain and a shipwright during a prolific period at Yarmouth Harbor in Maine.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.
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In 1851,"Yarmouth Historic Context Statement – Town of Yarmouth Stubbs went into partnership with Henry Hutchins, forming Hutchins & Stubbs.Shipbuilding Days in Casco Bay, 1727–1890, William Hutchinson Rowe (1966), p. 95 They launched over 21 vessels at Yarmouth's harbor between 1866 and 1884,Merchant Sail, Volume 5, William Armstrong Fairburn (1945), p. 3160 including the three-mast barkentine Harriet S. Jackson.Two Centuries of Maine Shipbuilding, Nathan Lipfert (2021)
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, 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.
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