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

Marriage Date:	1894 July 17
Marriage Place:	Hampshire Cty WVa
Name:	Rufus Jackson Corbin	Ida Bell Davey
Age:	27	24
Birth Place:	Hampshire Cty WVa	Hampshire WVa
Residence:	Hampshire Cty WVa	Hampshire Cty WVa
Marriage Certificate:	I Certify that on the 18th day of July 1894 that I united in Marriage, the foregoing parties.
Performed Ceremony:	Solomon Biser

1b.  Vital Research Records Project: Births. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, State of West Virginia (online at www.wvculture.org):  the Hampshire County births are not yet online.

2.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Reubin (sic) CORBIN (æ 3, b. WV) is living in Romney Twp., Hampshire Co., WV, with his parents (q.v.).  Ida has not been born yet.  Her parents, John DAVY (æ 27, b. VA) and Elisabeth (æ 24, b. VA), are living in Mill Creek Twp., Mineral Co., WV (p. 616B), with their only child, a son.

3.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Rufus J. CORBIN (æ 13, b. WV) is living in Romney Dist., Hampshire Co., WV, with his parents (q.v.).  Ida B. DAVY (æ 10, b. WV) is living in Romney Dist., Hampshire Co., WV (p. 515D), with her parents, John W. DAVY (æ 38, b. VA) & Eliz. C. (æ 35, b. VA), plus siblings. 

4.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

5.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #36 of 41):  Romney Dist., Hampshire Co., WV, Roll T623_1759, p. 89B, SN 18, SD 2, ED 30, enumerated 25 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	19	20	22	23	24	25	27
340	344	Corbin Rufus	Head	W	M	Mar 1867	33	M	7			WV	VA	VA	Farm laborer	0	Y	Y	Y	R	H
		______ Ida B	Wife	"	F	Aug 1871	28	M	7	2	2	"	"	"			"	"	"
		______ Henry H	Son	"	M	Oct 1893	6	S				"	WV	WV
		______ Clarence	"	"	"	Apr 1899	1	S				"	"	"

6.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find.

7.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 31):  Romney Magisterial District, Hampshire Co., WV, Roll T625_1952, p. 162A, SN 5A, SD 2, ED 49, enumerated 9 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

3

4

5

6

7

9

10

11

12

16

17

18

19

21

23

25

26

27

28

84

84

Corbin Rufus

Head

R

M

W

52

M

Y

Y

WV

WV

WV

Y

Farm Laborer

Fruit Farm

W

Ida B

Wife

F

W

50

M

Y

Y

WV

VA

VA

Y

None

Clarence M

Son

M

W

21

S

Y

Y

WV

WV

WV

Y

Laborer

Fruit Farm

W

Frank W

Son

M

W

16

S

Y

Y

Y

WV

WV

WV

Y

Laborer

Paper Mill

W

8.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 29 — indexed "Reyes J 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).

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

24

25

26

27

28

30

*

149

149

Corbin Rufus J

Head

R

4

N

M

W

63

Wd

26

N

Y

WV

WV

WV

Y

Laborer

State Road

W

Y

N

______ Frank C?

Son

M

W

25

S

23

N

Y

WV

WV

WV

Y

Laborer

State Road

W

Y

N

______ Thelma V

D-in-law

F

W

23

S

??

N

Y

WV

WV

WV

Y

None

*State Road 50

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

Name:	Rufus Jackson CORBIN	Ida Belle CORBIN	-	-	-
Sex | Race:	Male	Female | White	-	-	-
Death Date:	04 Jan 1935	Jan. 6, 1943	-	-	-
Death Place:	Romney, Hampshire	Romney Dist, Hampshire Co	-	-	-
Age at Death:	67y 9m 11d	73y 5m 23d	-	-	-
Burial Place:	Ebenezer	Ebeneezer Cemetery	-	-	-
Burial Date:	06 Jan 1935	Jan. 8, 1943	-	-	-
Birth Date:	05 Mar 1867	Aug. 13, 1869	-	-	-
Birth Place:	Hamp. Co.	Hampshire County	-	-	-
Marital Status:	M	Widowed	-	-	-
Spouse:		Rufus J. CORBIN	-	-	-
Occupation:	Farmer All Life	Housewife	-	-	-
Mother:	Eveline GILL	Catherine LILLER	-	-	-
Mother's Birth Place	Do Not Know	Hamp. Co., W. Va.	-	-	-
Father:	Strother CORBIN	John W. DAVEY	-	-	-
Father's Birth Place:	Romny, W.Va.	Hamp. Co., W. Va.	-	-	-
Informant:	Mrs. Rufus J. Corbin	Jas. T. DAVEY, Junction, W.Va.	-	-	-
Cause of Death:	Apoplexy	Myocardial Collapse - Chronic Bronchitis	-	-	-

10.  Cheryl H. Singhal, compiler.  Ebenezer Cemetery, Romney, WV (online at www.historichampshire.org):

Ida Belle Corbin: born Aug 12, 1869; died Jan 6, 1943...

Rufus Jackson Corbin: born Mar 5, 1867; died Jan 4, 1935

11.  Ancestors of Amy Jo Howdyshell (online at familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/w/Amy-J-Howdyshell/index.html; 4 Sep 08).