Eli Lyon CORBIN & Abigail Brainerd TAINTOR

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Eli Lyon CORBIN
Abigail Brainerd TAINTOR

Husband: Eli Lyon CORBIN
Birth: 7 Feb 1812, Otsego, Otsego Co., NY
Baptism: 17 Aug 1817, Exeter, Otsego Co., NY
Death: 29 Oct 1896, Oxford, Chenango Co., NY
Father: Eliakim Lyon CORBIN
Mother: Lodama RATHBONE

Marriage: 5 Jun 1843, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT

Wife: Abigail Brainerd TAINTOR
Birth: 1820/1, of Colchester, New London Co., CT
Death: 19 Feb 1894, Oxford, Chenango Co., NY
Father: Capt. Newhall TAINTOR

Children — born in McDonough, Chenango Co., NY:

1. Elizabeth Sophia CORBIN, b. 20 Apr 1844; d. 11 Sep 1852
2. Charles Lyon CORBIN, b. 22 Jan 1846
3. Frank [A.R. or Taintor] CORBIN, b. 20 Sep 1849
4. William Horace CORBIN, b. 12 Jul 1851
5. Lillian Abby [Abigail?] CORBIN, b. 16 Oct 1854
6. Abel Rathbone CORBIN, b. 13 Jul 1858; d. 21 Aug 1876

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 37): McDonough, Chenango Co., NY, Roll M432_487, p. 114A, 1790/1832, enumerated 13 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Eli L Corbin 38 M Farmer 4400 NY

Abigail " 30 F Conn

Elizabeth " 6 F NY

Charles L " 4 M "

Frank A R " 1 M "

Susan A " 19 F "

Nancy J Palmer 16 F "

Betsy Howard 14 F Ireland

Benjamin Benedict 10 M NY

Thomas Coughlan 23 M Farmer Ireland

Betsy A Marshal 26 F NY / Pauper

. Harvey M. Lawson, compiler. 1905. Descendants of Clement Corbin of Muddy River (Brookline, Ma. and Woodstock, Ct): with notices of other lines of Corbins. Hartford Press, Hartford, CT (online at Ancestry.com and at GoogleBooks):

p. 175 263. ELI LYON CORBIN (Eliakim, Peleg, Samuel, James, Clement), b. Feb. 7, 1812, at Exeter, N.Y.; m. Abigail Brainerd Taintor of Colchester, Conn., June 5, 1843; she was the dau. of Capt. Newhall Taintor and descended from Charels Taintor, who was in Conn. before 1643; the Taintors lived in Branford and Windsor, and after 1700 in Colchester, Conn. Eli Corbin and family lived at Mc Donough, N.Y., where the children were born. In later life they went to Oxford, N.Y., where he d. Oct. 29, 1896, and she d. Feb. 19, 1894, æ. 73. In their memory the Oxford Public Library (shown in the illustration) was founded by their children, as indicted by a bronze tablet within, bearing the following inscription:

"OXFORD MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
This House with its Grounds is Dedicted for
A FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY,
As a Memorial to ELI LYON CORBIN and
ABIGAIL TAINTOR CORBIN, his Wife,
By their Children.
Established Anno Domini 1900, being the 106th year of the founding
of Oxford Academy and the Town."

Children:

i. ELIZABETH SOPHIA, b. April 20, 1844; d. Sept. 11, 1852.

444. ii. CHARLES LYON, b. Jan. 22, 1846.

445. iii. FRANK TAINTOR, b. Sept. 20, 1849.

446. iv. WILLIAM HORACE, b. July 12, 1851.

447. v. LILLIAN ABBY, b. Oct. 16, 1854.

vi. ABEL RATHBONE, b. July 13, 1858; d. Aug. 21, 1876.

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