John Hubbard, as opposed to John Stillman (brother) Tarbox is another child of William Tarbox and Judith Haskell, who suffered the early loss of family members.

John Hubbard Tarbox was born 11 November 1814 in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, the sixth child and fourth son of William and Judith.

Like many of is siblings, Hubbard moved away from New Gloucester. He married (1) Lydia Flora Barton, c1842. Lydia was born on 24 March 1819, Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine. and died, possibly in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, before 1857. Hubbard married (2) Diana S. Morse, 25 June 1857, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Hubbard and Lydia had three children, while he and Diana were the parents of one son.

Children: (with Lydia)

1. Flora L., born c1843, Massachusetts; died after 1886, when she is found in the Lawrence, Massachusetts city directory. No death record has been found for her and it’s unlikely she had children if she married after that time, given her birth year. Flora probably has no descendants.
2. Henrietta, born 11 May 1845, Boston, suffolk, Massachusetts; died 21 September 1847, of dysentery, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Henrietta has no descendants.
3. George B.B., born 14 December 1847, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died after 1860. No further record. George may or may not have descendants today.

Child: (with Diana)

1. John Henry, born 23 August 1858, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 1929, Androscoggin County, Maine; married Mary J. Frazier, c1885, probably in Maine.

This family’s story gets a big curious at this point. Diana Sadly died on 11 April 1862 in Cambridge.

I suspect that Hubbard might have sent John Henry to relatives who could care for him.

In any case, Hubbard enlisted in the 12th Massachusetts Battery on 16 August 1864 and was discharged on 25 July 1865. He died on 12 March 1888 at the National Disabled Soldiers Home in Togus, Kennebec, Maine.

I mentioned this situation being curious because one George B. Tarbox enlisted for Civil War duty on 19 September 1864 (Hubbard’s son would have been a few months short of his 17th birthday if this is him) and was mustered out on 25 July 1865, the exact same day at John Hubbard Tarbox.

It’s possible that George not only lied about his age, but gave an alias if this soldier is our George. His military record states he was a laborer living in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. He served with the 12th Light Artillery, which is also known as the 12th Massachusetts Battery. However, Ancestry gives an alias of John Armstrong attached to this record.

Did George sneak off to become a soldier, but being underage caused him to use an alias, and did his 50 year old father enlist to find him? It’s an interesting situation.

What then became of little John Henry Tarbox? John and his wife, Mary Frazier, settled in Androscoggin County, Maine and became the parents of four children.

Children:

1. Harold B., born 1886; died 1902, probably both in Androscoggin County, Maine. Harold has no descendants.
2. Frank P., born 9 June 1888, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine; died 18 September 1922, Waterville, Kennebec, Maine; married Ida Belle Adams, 7 June 1914, Waterville, Kennebec, Maine. They were the parents of one son, Franklin Phillip, born 30 July 1918, Waterville, Kennebec, Maine; died 19 January 1988, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine. Franklin never married. Frank has no descendants today.
3. Olive Gertrude, born 1893; died 25 December 1969; unmarried. Olive has no descendants today.
4. Robert Roy, born March 1898, Androscoggin County, Maine; died 1969; married Evelyn Gladys Thompson, 29 November 1923, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine. They had one son, Harold Roy, born 15 January 1927, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine; died 11 December 1996, also in Lewiston. He married Denise Mary Savard, 28 October 1955 in Maine, but they divorced. Denise married again in 1954 and 1981 and died in 2013 in Maine. It appears that Harold and Denise had no children, as his 1996 obituary mentions no children. Robert has no descendants today.

Given these facts, John Hubbard Tarbox has no descendants today.