1.  Vital Research Records Project: Births, Deaths, Marriages. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, State of West Virginia (online at www.wvculture.org):

No. 47
Name of Husband	Frank Corbin	Name of Wife	Thelma Hott
Age of Husband	22	Age of Wife	18
Single or Widower	Single	Single or Widow	Single
Place of Husband's Birth	Hampshire Co. W. Va	Place of Wife's Birth	Hampshire Co. W. Va
Place of Husband's Residence	Romney, W. Va.	Place of Wife's Residence	Headsville, W. Va
Names of Husband's Parents	R.J. and Ida B. Corbin	Names of Wife's Parents	A.G. and Mary M. Hott
Date of License	May 22, 1926	Are you related in any degree prohibited by law	No
Occupation of Husband	Farmer		Frank Corbin
Subscribed and sworn to before me this  22  day of  May 19 26   T.T. Huffman
MINISTER'S RETURN OF MARRIGE I certify that on the  22  day of  May 19 26 , at  Keyser , I united in Marriage the above named and described parties under authority of the annexed License.
A COPY TESTE:	T.T. Huffman, Clerk		Wm. A. Wilt

Romney is in Hampshire County; Headsville is in Mineral County.

2.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Frank and Thelma are not born yet.  Frank's parents are living in Romney Dist., Hampshire Co., WV (q.v.).  Ace G. HOTT (æ 23, b. Oct 1877, WV) is unmarried and boarding in Gore Dist., Hampshire Co., WV (p. 46A).

3.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Can't find Frank or his parents.  Thelma V. HOTT (æ 3, b. WV) is living in Mill Creek, Hampshire Co., WV (p. 183A), with her parents, Asa G. HOTT (æ 33, b. WV) & Lolo M. (æ 33, b. WV), plus siblings.

4.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Frank W. CORBIN (æ 16, b. WV) is living in Romney Mag. Dist., Hampshire Co., WV, with his parents (q.v.).  Thelma V. HOTT (æ 12, b. WV) is living in Cabin Run Dist., Mineral Co., WV (p. 2A), with her parents, "Acy" G. HOTT (æ 43, b. WV) & Lula M. (æ 43, b. WV), plus siblings.

5a.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 29 — indexed "Frank C Carbin"):  State Road 50, Romney Dist., Hampshire Co., WV, Roll 2533, p. 262B, SN 8B, Ed 14-9, SD 3, Enumerated 11 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1930:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Corbin Rufus J

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Laborer

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______ Frank C?

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*State Road 50

Thelma's age at marriage is indecipherable.

5b.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  A. G. HOTT (æ 53, b. WV) and his wife, Lula M. (æ 53, b. WV), are living in Cabin Run M. Dist., Mineral Co., WV (p. 172A), with children.

6.  SSDI:  Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com):

Name	Birth	Death	Last Residence	Last Benefit	SSN	Issued	Post-em
Frank W CORBIN	16 Sep 1903	20 Jan 1995	26757 (Romney, Hampshire, WV)	(none specified)	236-20-9156	WV	No
Thelma V CORBIN	28 Oct 1907	09 Jul 1992	(not specified)	(none specified)	236-42-0170	WV	No
-	-	-	-	(none specified)	-	-	No
-	-	-	-	(none specified)	-	-	No
-	-	-	-	(none specified)	-	-	No