When Solina Catherine Thorp was born on 22 July 1872, in Hamilton, Texas, United States, her father, William D. Thorp, was 44 and her mother, Adeline Beatrice Jones, was 37. She married John Thomas Tubbs on 20 December 1899, in McGirk, Hamilton, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Hamilton, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 7, Hamilton, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 10 April 1958, in Star, Mills, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Pottsville Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States.