| Sources:
1. Story County Marriage Database (online at Mark Christian's
web site and linked to the Story County IAGenWeb site):
| Wilbert N. CORBEN |
Mary Ella MCKEE |
27 Aug 1884 |
2. Story County, Iowa, Births (transcribed from Story County
Records by Mark Christian and linked to the Story County IAGenWeb site):
| Child |
Birth Date |
Return Date |
Father |
Mother |
Birth Place |
| CORBIN |
29 Nov 1888 |
09 Jan 1889 |
William CORBIN |
Ella MCKEE |
Richland Twp Story Co IA |
| CORBIN |
14 Feb 1887 |
17 Feb 1887 |
William N. CORBIN |
Mary Ellen MCGEE |
Richland Twp Story Co IA |
| Blaine CORBIN |
14 Oct 1884 |
31 Dec 1884 |
Wilbert CORBIN |
Ella MCKEE |
Nevada Story Co IA |
| Ella Emadell CORBIN |
13 Nov 1908 |
|
W N CORBIN |
Mary Elen MCKEE |
Nevada |
| Harold CORBIN |
24 May 1903 |
|
Wilber Martin CORBIN |
Mary Ellen MCKEE |
Nevada |
| Hazle CORBIN |
28 Sep 1903 |
|
Wilbert Martin CORBIN |
Mary Ellen MCKEE |
Nevada |
| Lola CORBIN |
24 Aug 1902 |
|
Wilbert N. CORBIN |
Mary Ellen MCKEE |
Nevada City |
| Wilbert Lee CORBIN |
03 Nov 1897 |
02 Nov 1942 |
Wilbert Norton CORBIN |
Mary Ellen MCKEE |
Richland Twp |
Harold was Hazel's twin; they were both born 28 Sep 1903 (see SSDI, below).
3a. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at
Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 11): Richland Twp., Story Co., IA, Roll
T9-364, p. 268A, PN 21, SD 4, ED 202, enumerated 22 Jun 1880, official
enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1880: 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 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
13 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
| 184 |
184 |
Corbin Bengamin |
W |
M |
73 |
|
|
/ |
Farmer |
PA |
MD |
MD |
| |
|
" Margret |
W |
F |
72 |
Wife |
|
/ |
Keeping house |
NJ |
NJ |
NJ |
| |
|
" Wilbert |
W |
M |
21 |
GSon |
/ |
|
Farm labour |
IA |
PA |
PA |
Wilbert appears to have gotten himself enumerated twice (see next record).
Benjamin
& Margaret (PARK) CORBIN are Wilbert's paternal grandparents.
3b. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at
Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 17): Nevada Twp., Story Co., IA, p. 415B,
PN 2, SD 4, ED 206, enumerated 1-2 Jun 1880, official enumeration date
1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•
1880: for an explanation of the column
headings, please see
What
the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained
no data pertaining to Wilbert). |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
13 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
| 14 |
14 |
Corben J. P. |
W |
M |
31 |
|
|
Farmer |
OH |
PA |
PA |
| |
|
[John's wife and children] |
| |
|
______ Wilbert |
W |
M |
21 |
nephew |
/ |
working on farm |
IA |
PA |
IL |
J.P. CORBEN is John
Park CORBIN.
4. 1885 Iowa State Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #
5. 1890 Census: the 1890 census population schedules
were destroyed.
6. 1895 Iowa State Census: Story County (online at
Mark Christian's web site and linked to the Story County IAGenWeb site):
| Page-Dw-Fam |
Name (& War Experience) |
Age |
Sex |
m/s/d/w |
Birth Place |
Occupation |
Religion |
Place |
| 600-74-76 |
Wilber CORBIN |
36 |
M |
M |
Webster Co |
? Farming |
|
Richland Twp |
| 600-74-76 |
Ella CORBIN |
28 |
F |
M |
Illinois |
|
|
Richland Twp |
| 600-74-76 |
Blain CORBIN |
10 |
M |
S |
Story Co |
|
|
Richland Twp |
| 600-74-76 |
Clara CORBIN |
8 |
F |
S |
Story Co |
|
|
Richland Twp |
| 600-74-76 |
Loyd CORBIN |
6 |
M |
S |
Story Co |
|
|
Richland Twp |
| 600-74-76 |
Fay CORBIN |
2 |
F |
S |
Story Co |
|
|
Richland Twp |
| 600-74-76 |
Bertha CORBIN |
1 |
F |
S |
Story Co |
|
|
Richland Twp |
Where's Mabel? Listed one household before Jacob KELLY, who is two
households before Wilber's uncle, John
Park CORBIN, who is one household before Wilbert's grandfather, Benjamin
CORBIN.
7. 1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at
Ancestry.com, Image #15-16 of 65): Chestnut [St.], Nevada City, 2nd
Ward, Nevada Twp., Story Co., IA, Roll 460, pp. 113A-113B, PN 8, SD 80,
ED 121, enumerated 6 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 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
27 |
| 189 |
190 |
Corbin Wilber |
head |
W |
M |
Feb 1859 |
41 |
M |
15 |
|
|
IA |
OH |
PA |
Teaming |
0 |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
R |
H |
| |
|
______ Ella |
wife |
W |
F |
Mar 1866 |
34 |
M |
15 |
8 |
8 |
IL |
IN |
OH |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| |
|
______ Blaine |
son |
W |
M |
Oct 1884 |
15 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
farm laborer |
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| |
|
______ Clara |
dau |
W |
F |
Feb 1886 |
13 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
at school |
|
9 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| [next page] |
| |
|
Corbin Loyd |
son |
W |
M |
Nov 1888 |
11 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
at school |
|
9 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| |
|
______ Mabel |
dau |
W |
F |
Nov 1890 |
9 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
at school |
|
9 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| |
|
______ Fay |
dau |
W |
F |
Sep 1892 |
7 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
at school |
|
9 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| |
|
______ Bertha |
dau |
W |
F |
Dec 1894 |
5 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
at school |
|
9 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| |
|
______ Lee |
dau |
W |
F |
Nov 1897 |
3 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| |
|
______ Eva |
dau |
W |
F |
May 1899 |
1 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
8. 1910 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at
Ancestry.com, Image #15 of 24): Sycamore Street, Nevada City (Ward
2), Nevada Twp., Story Co., IA, Roll T624_424, p. 126A, SN 8A, SD 1, ED
193, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1910: 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 |
17 |
18 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 201 |
202 |
Corbin Mary |
Head |
F |
W |
44 |
Wd |
|
16 |
16 |
IL |
IN |
IA |
Eng |
None |
Y |
Y |
|
O |
F |
H |
| |
|
______ Bertha |
Dau |
F |
W |
15 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
Eng |
None |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
|
|
| |
|
______ Eva |
Dau |
F |
W |
10 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
Eng |
None |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
______ Hugh |
Son |
M |
W |
8 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
|
None |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
______ Lola |
Dau |
F |
W |
7 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
|
None |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
______ Harold |
Son |
M |
W |
6 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
|
None |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
______ Hazel |
Dau |
F |
W |
6 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
|
None |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
______ Orville |
Son |
M |
W |
5 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
|
None |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
______ Laura |
Dau |
F |
W |
3 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
|
None |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
______ Ella |
Dau |
F |
W |
1 ?/12 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
|
None |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
______ Mary |
Dau |
F |
W |
6/12 |
S |
|
|
|
IA |
IA |
IL |
|
None |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
9. 1920 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at
Ancestry.com, Image #26 of 35): Chestnut Street, Nevada City, Ward
2, Nevada Twp., Story Co., IA, p. B, SN 13B, SD 7, ED 197, enumerated 13
Feb 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). |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
21 |
23 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
C
h S
e t
s r
t e
n e
u t
t |
x |
108 |
123 |
Corbin Ella |
Head |
O |
F |
F |
W |
53 |
Wd |
|
Y |
Y |
IL |
IN |
IA |
Y |
None |
|
|
| |
|
|
______ Hugh |
Son |
|
|
M |
W |
18 |
S |
N |
Y |
Y |
IA |
IA |
IL |
Y |
Farm laborer |
Working out |
W |
| |
|
|
______ Lola |
Dau |
|
|
F |
W |
17 |
S |
Y |
Y |
Y |
IA |
IA |
IL |
Y |
None |
|
|
| |
|
|
______ Hazel |
Dau |
|
|
F |
W |
16 |
S |
N |
Y |
Y |
IA |
IA |
IL |
Y |
Servant? |
Private home |
W |
| |
|
|
______ Harold |
Son |
|
|
M |
W |
16 |
S |
N |
Y |
Y |
IA |
IA |
IL |
Y |
Farm laborer |
Working out |
W |
| |
|
|
______ Orville |
Son |
|
|
M |
W |
15 |
S |
N |
Y |
Y |
IA |
IA |
IL |
Y |
Farm laborer |
Working out |
W |
| |
|
|
______ Laura |
Dau |
|
|
F |
W |
13 |
S |
Y |
Y |
Y |
IA |
IA |
IL |
Y |
None |
|
|
| |
|
|
______ Ella |
Dau |
|
|
F |
W |
11 |
S |
Y |
Y |
Y |
IA |
IA |
IL |
Y |
None |
|
|
| |
|
|
______ Mary |
Dau |
|
|
F |
W |
10 |
S |
Y |
Y |
Y |
IA |
IA |
IL |
Y |
None |
|
|
Listed next to Ella's son, Lee CORBIN.
10. 1930 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at
Ancestry.com, Image #
11. 1940 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at
Ancestry.com, Image #
12. Anon. n.d. Graves Registration Project: Iowa
Cemetery Records. Works Progress Administration, Washington,
DC (online at Ancestry.com):
| Pg |
Name |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Cemetery |
Town |
Comment |
| 60 |
Wilbert N. Corbin |
12 Feb 1859 |
23 Aug 1909 |
Nevada |
Nevada |
Bk. 16, Lot 4 |
| 60 |
Walter G. Corbin |
05 Jul 1907 |
31 Jan 1908 |
Nevada |
Nevada |
Bk. 16, Lot 4 |
Walter is our subjects' grandson (son of their son, Blaine).
13. SSDI: Social Security Death Index (online at
RootsWeb.com):
| Name |
Birth |
Death |
Last Residence |
Last Benefit |
SSN |
Issued |
Post-em |
| Lloyd CORBIN |
29 Nov 1888 |
__ Feb 1981 |
50010 (Ames, Story, IA) |
(same) |
480-36-2967 |
IA |
No |
| Harold CORBIN |
28 Sep 1903 |
__ Aug 1959 |
(not specified) |
(none specfied) |
484-05-4264 |
IA |
No |
| Wilbert CORBIN |
03 Nov 1896 |
__ Apr 1980 |
61021 (Dixon, Lee, IL) |
(same) |
480-20-3787 |
IA |
No |
| Orville E CORBIN |
07 Mar 1905 |
13 Jun 1994 |
50014 (Ames, Story, IA) |
(none specfied) |
478-16-1867 |
IA |
No |
14. Obituary: Wilbert Norton Corbin (1859-1909) (posted
by Kris Corbin; online at the Story County IAGenWeb site):
| NEVADA REPRESENTATIVE
Wilbert Norton Corbin, City Marshall of Nevada died at his
home in Nevada about noon August 23, 1909, aged 50 years, 6 months and
11 days. His death was the result of Typhoid Fever from which he
had been suffering for about three weeks, although until 2-3 days before
his death, it was believed his condition was not considered serious.
Upon the contrary, he was reported as doing well and likely soon to be
out again. He got out, however, too soon and overexerted himself
with the result that complications set in and his death followed somewhat
precipately as stated. Mr. Corbin was born in Webster County, Iowa,
February 12, 1859. He was the son of Albert Corbin who enlisted
early in the war for the Union and was killed in the battle at Shiloh in
April 1862. His mother was Clarissa [Spring]
Dowd and she now lives at Dayton and will be here for the funeral.
He was the grandson of Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Corbin who lived
with their younger son John in Nevada in Richland township and died
a few years ago at a very advanced age. Mr. Corbin had lived in Story
County since he was a boy or quite young. Having came here 30-35
years ago and for the past ten years he had been a resident of Nevada.
For approximately half of this time, he had served as City Marshall and
in this position he had at all times commended himself to the public and
to those in authority in the City government. He was an industrious
and worthy man who had a good many burdens to carry and bore them to the
best of his abilities. He was married August
27, 1883 to Mary Ellen McKee
who survives him together with a very large family. Their family is the
largest in the county and numbers fifteen
children as follows: Blaine, Clara (Mrs. Gilbert Pierce),
Lloyd,
Mable,
Faye,
Bertha,
Lee,
Eva,
Hugh,
Lola,
Harold,
Hazel,
Orville,
Laura
and Ella. The funeral will be conducted Wednesday at three
o' clock by Reverend R. E. Shaw. Among the relatives who have been
assisting at the house is his cousin
Mrs. Frank Curtis [nee Maud
B. CORBIN] of Ames, daughter of the late
John Corbin. |
They had 16 children.
15. Obituary: Mary Ellen (McKee) Corbin (1866-1944)
(posted by Kris Corbin; online at the Story County IAGenWeb site):
From the Nevada Journal
MARY ELLEN CORBIN DIES EARLY TODAY at MARY GREELEY HOSPITAL
(4-9-1944)
Mary Ellen Corbin, 78, widow of the late W.N. Corbin,
passed away Thursday morning at Mary Greeley Hospital, Ames. For
information as to time and place of funeral services call Lilly's Funeral
Home.
She was a member of the Re-organized Church of Latter Day Saints.
She is survived by eight daughters, Mrs. Leo Baldus, Dexter,
Minn.; Mrs. Albert Davidson, Hillsboro, IN; Mrs. M. J. Baldus,
Story City; Mrs. Frank Mattingly, Gilbert; Mrs. Floyd Baldus,
Nevada; Miss Laura Corbin, Nevada; Mrs. Rolland Wilkinson,
Nevada; and Mrs. Cullen Ringgenberg, Nevada.
There are also five sons, Lee, Hugh, and Harold
Corbin of Nevada and Orville and Lloyd Corbin of Ames.
Besides these, there are numerous grandchildren and other relatives.
CORBIN FUNERAL RITES ON SUNDAY:
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Corbin, 78, of Second street
who died at Mary Greeley Hospital, Ames, late Wednesday, will be held at
the Latter Day Saints church in Nevada, Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock,
with Elder Earl Shalley in charge. Interment will be in the Nevada
cemetery. The body will lie in state at the home of the daughter
Mrs.
Rolland Wilkinson at 822 N avenue, until the funeral hour Sunday afternoon.
FUNERAL RITES SUNDAY AFTERNOON for MRS. ELLEN CORBIN (4-10-1944)
Funeral rites for Mrs. Ellen Corbin, 78, of 1329 Second Street,
who passed away at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames Thursday, were held Sunday
afternoon at the Re-organized Church of the Latter Day Saints, at 2 o'clock,
with Elder Earl Shalley of Des Moines in charge.
Burial followed in the Nevada Cemetery by the side of her husband,
Wilbur
N. Corbin, who died many years ago leaving her with a family of sixteen
children to care for.
Pallbearers were selected from among her grandsons, they being Lester
Corbin, Richard Pierce, Glenn Corbin, Harry Corbin,
Bob
Corbin and Edward Corbin.
The funeral bier was banked with beautiful flowers. Mrs. Owen
Mead was at the piano accompanying Mrs. Lloyd Shickell and Miss Evelyn
Lehman who sang three numbers, "The Old Rugged Cross", "The Lord Knows
Why", and "Rock of Ages".
Mary Ellen McKee Corbin was born in Fayette County, Illinois
, March 19, 1866, to Mr. and Mrs. Hezikiah McKee, one of a family
of five. She passed away April 6, 1944 at the Mary Greeley Hospital
in Ames, at the age of 78 years, heart trouble being the cause of her death.
At the age of three years she moved with her parents to Story County,
Iowa where she spent the rest of her life, mostly in Nevada.
In May 1884, she was united
in marriage to Wilbur N. Corbin. To this union sixteen children
were born, six boys and ten girls, all but three living to mourn her death.
Her husband preceded her in death, also a son Blaine, and two daughters,
they being Mrs. Clara Pierce and Mable Tucker.
Those remaining are Mary Ringgenberg, Ella Wilkinson,
Laura
Corbin, Hazel Baldus and Lee, Harold and Hugh
Corbin, all of Nevada, Lloyd and Orville of Ames; Bertha
Davidson of Hillsboro, Ind.; Eva Baldus of Story City; Fay
Baldus of Dexter, Minn.; and Lola Mattingly of Gilbert.
Also, surviving are sixty-seven grandchildren and forty great-grandchildren.
Besides a wide circle of warm friends.
All but two of the children were with her when she passed away.
They arrived Thursday and were here for the service.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Reorganized Church of Latter
Day Saints, Sunday at 2 P.M. Earl Shalley of Des Moines officiating, assisted
by Chas. Lehman of Colo.
Burial will be in the Nevada Cemetery by the side of her husband.
Mrs. Corbin's health has been poorly, but she was not bedfast until
the day before her death. She was taken to the hospital Wednesday
morning. At noon her condition became grave and the children were
called to her bedside. She peacefully slept until time for her call
to a higher life, which came at seven minutes past seven Thursday morning.
Grandma Corbin, as she was known by all her friends, will
be greatly missed. The past year she has lived in an apartment up town
and has enjoyed so much having her friends call on her. She was a
woman of fine personality, kind and thoughtful to all, a loving mother,
always ready to share the troubles of her children. She has had so
much love and companionship, as she grew older, and always loved to have
them around her. She has six grandsons in the service and two more
to enter in May. Her heart was broken each time one left. One
son-in-law, R.M. Wilkinson, is in the Aleutians doing construction
work. Some of the grandchildren from the service were here for the
funeral. |
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