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Charles Tubbs

1843–1913

A Pennsylvania local historian and public figure, he wrote vivid accounts of community, family, and military history that preserve the memory of Tioga County and the Wyoming Valley. His work has the feel of someone recording the stories of a place before they could fade.

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The Wyoming Military Establishment. A History of the Twenty-fourth Regiment of Connecticut Militia An Address Before the Tioga Point Historical Society, Delivered December 3rd, 1901

The Wyoming Military Establishment. A History of the Twenty-fourth Regiment of Connecticut Militia An Address Before the Tioga Point Historical Society, Delivered December 3rd, 1901

by Charles Tubbs

About the author

Born in Elkland Township, Pennsylvania, on July 11, 1843, Charles Tubbs became closely identified with Osceola in Tioga County. Sources describe him as a teacher in his early years and later as a prominent local citizen who also served in Pennsylvania public life.

As a writer, he is remembered for historical and memorial works rather than fiction. His books and addresses include Osceola in the War of the Rebellion, Early Elkland, Pennsylvania, 1836–1844, and The Wyoming Military Establishment, all of them rooted in local history, family memory, and the Civil War or earlier regional past.

Tubbs died in January 1913. What makes his writing still appealing is its grounded, firsthand quality: he was not simply compiling facts, but helping preserve the identity and remembered experience of his community.