From History of Walworth County Wisconsin, Vol. II, by Albert Clayton 
Beckwith, Publ. 1912 - Page 1117-1119
 
CHARLES H. STUBBS.  An enterprising business man and public-spirited citizen 
of Lyons, Walworth county, is the well known merchant, Charles H. TUBBS, a man 
who has led a life consistent with the principles of time-tried ethics so that 
he has the good will and the confidence of all with whom he has come into 
contact.
 
Mr. STUBBS hails from the far-away Pine Tree state, his birth having occurred 
at Winterport, Waldo county, Maine, June 24, 1854.  He is the son of John and 
Hannah (HARDY) STUBBS, the father of English descent and the mother of Welsh 
ancestry.  John STUBBS was the son of Benjamin and Betsey (LOMBARD) STUBBS.  
Hannah HARDY was the daughter of Joseph Putnam HARDY and Polly S. (HASKELL) 
HARDY.  Joseph P. HARDY was the son of Jonathan and Hannah (PUTNAM) HARDY.  
Hannah PUTNAM was a sister of Gen. Israel PUTNAM, of Revolutionary fame.
 
It was in October 1866, that the STUBBS family came to Wisconsin, locating 
first in Porter township, Rock county, and lived there about two years, then 
came to Clinton and was there until about 1869, in which year they came on to 
Walworth county, locating in Darien township where they remained until 1878 
when they moved to Spring Prairie township, and located in the village.  Here 
these parents spent the rest of their lives, the mother dying at Darien and 
the father died at East Delavan.  Two children were born to them, Charles H. 
of this review, and Clara, now the wife of H. W. STUBBS, of Elkhorn.
 
Charles H. STUBBS lived at home until 1881.  In 1872 he had begun to work at 
the butter and cheese factory at Allen's Grove, which work he followed 
successfully for about forty years.  In 1878 he came to Springfield and for a 
short time ran the factory there, and from there he went to Spring Prairie and 
had charge of the factory there for three years. From there he went to North 
Geneva and had charge of that factory about two years, then spent a year at 
Elkhorn, then came back to the factory at North Geneva where he spent another 
year.  In 1886 he came to Lyons and took charge of the factory here.  He owned 
the same up to 1909, and made a great success of it, as, indeed, he had done 
with all the factories with which he had previously been connected.  He then 
sold out and retired from the manufacturing of dairy products.  In the spring 
of 1911 he bought the general store at Lyons, of G. G. REEVE, taking charge 
the first of June, and he is now conducting this store and enjoying a large 
and rapidly growing trade with the surrounding country, carrying a large and 
carefully selected stock of up-to-date goods at all seasons.  He was in the 
butter and cheese business probably longer than any other man in Walworth 
county, and he has a wide acquaintance.
 
Mr. STUBBS is a Mason belonging to the chapter and the Order of the Eastern 
Star.  He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern 
Woodmen.  Politically, he is a Republican.
 
Mr. STUBBS was married on June 24, 1879, to Nellie DYKE, daughter of Charles 
R. and Mary (KENNIE) DYKE.  She was born in Massachusetts, and her forbears 
came to this country from Germany in colonial days.
 
Charles R. DYKE was born on December 16, 1826, and Mary KENNIE was born on 
February 11, 1837, both in Massachusetts.  The family came to Walworth county 
in April 1858, when Mrs. STUBBS was a baby, and they located in Spring Prairie 
township.  The father has followed carpentering all his life.  He is now 
eighty-six years old and is a wonderfully well preserved man, having full use 
of all his faculties.  His wife died on May 18, 1891, in her fifty-third 
year.  Mr. DYKE was again married, to Clara A. HUBBARD.  He has lived at Troy 
Center since the death of his first wife.  Mrs. STUBBS grew to womanhood in 
this county and was educated here, in fact, has spent her life in Walworth 
county.  Two children have been adopted by the subject and wife, Daisy and 
Wallace STUBBS.  Mr. STUBBS takes an interest in public affairs, always being 
ready to do his part in furthering any movement looking to the general 
upbuilding of his community.
 
Submitted by Carol