Descendants Clement Corbin » Ernest Albert Morrison Corbin (1847-1899)

Personal data Ernest Albert Morrison Corbin 

• He was born on March 4, 1847 in Warren, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA.Sources 1, 3

  (G.S.I.)

• Occupations:
• in the year 1880 School Teacher.Source 4
• between 1889 and 1891 Principal, School No. 20.Source 5
• Religion: First Congregational Church at Albany, over which Dr. Ray Palmer was a.Source 3
• Resident:
• in the year 1860: Warren, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA.Source 6
• between 1889 and 1891: Albany, Albany, New York, USA.Sources 2, 5
• Census in the year 1880, Rensselaer, New York, USA.Source 4
• (SAR) : He was in the Order of the Sons of the American Revolution, being a me.Source 3
• (Medical (Facts Pg)) .Source 3
• (Hobbies & Recreation) in the year 1890: Genealogist. He started the Corbin Genealogy in 1890..Source 3
• He died on August 26, 1899 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA, he was 52 years old.Sources 1, 3

  (G.S.I.)

• He is buried on August 29, 1899 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA.Source 1

  Ernest Albert M CORBIN
  Birth: 4 Mar 1847
  Death: 26 Aug 1899 (aged 52)
  Burial: Coburn-Dewing CemeteryBradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Memorial #: 50718765
  Bio: Buried at Albany, NY
  Family Members
  Parents
  Nelson Durgin CORBIN 1815-1878
  Sarah Iveson CORBIN 1820-1889
  Siblings
  Edward Lancelot CORBIN* 1850-1896
  Lottie CORBIN Terry* 1854-1938
  Created by: LDR (47171969)
  Added: 6 Apr 2010
  URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50718765/ernest-albert_m-CORBIN
  Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 April 2018), memorial page for Ernest Albert M CORBIN (4 Mar 1847-26 Aug 1899), Find A Grave Memorial no. 50718765, citing Coburn-Dewing Cemetery, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by LDR (contributor 47171969) .
  

  (Coburn-Dewing Cemetery Gravestone, but buried in Albany, New York)

• A child of Nelson Durgin 'Tall Nelse' Corbin and Sarah Iveson

Household of Ernest Albert Morrison Corbin

He is married to Margaret Eliza Winne.

They got married on August 10, 1876, he was 29 years old.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Walter Edward Corbin  1889-1890
2. Ernest Albert Morrison Corbin  1884-1885
3. John Iveson Winne Corbin  1877-1953 

Event (Children): Three; two d. in infancy.Source 7

Notes about Ernest Albert Morrison Corbin

Rev. Harvey M. Lawson, Ph.B., B.D., "History and Genealogy of the Descendants of Clement Corbin of Muddy River (Brookline) Mass. and Woodstock, Conn.", 1905, pp.218-220 #31 ERNEST A. CORBIN (Nelson D., Aaron, Clement, Clement, James, Clement), b. Mar 4, 1847 at Warren, Pa.; m. Margaret Eliza Winne, dau. of Walter and Harriet Elizabeth (Rouse) Winne, Aug 10, 1876. She was b. Sep 7, 1851, in Albany, N.Y. He d. of typhoid fever, Aug 26, 1899. Mrs. CORBIN resides at 43 Myrtle St., Albany.

It is to Ernest A. CORBIN that the credit for starting this CORBIN Genealogy is in part, at least, due. He began his investigation about 1890, and subsequently spent much time on it, especially during his vacations, up to the time of his death. He should be kept in the grateful memory of all the CORBIN race."

The following sketch of Prof. Ernest CORBIN was prepared by Rev. Dr. E. C. Lawrence of Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, who was his personal friend from boyhood.

ERNEST A. CORBIN, A.M.
"Ernest Albert Morrison CORBIN was born on a farm near Warren Center, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1847. His maternal grandfather, Rev. Mr. Iveson was an English Congregational clergyman, sent over by the London Missionary Society as a missionary to the Indians of Long Island. He settled at Moriches, and labored with great zeal and a gratifying measure of success among the aborigines on the coast. He also served as pastor of the Moriches Congregational Church from 1825 to 1830. Mr. CORBIN sprang from a family of teachers, and doubtless inherited much of his talent for teaching from his ancestors.

Young CORBIN, being a strong and sturdy boy, and possessing high intellectual ambition, could not be content with the weary dull round of drudgery in which the majority of farmers passed their time in his boyhood. He therefore left the old farm on the hills, and coming to Owego, New York, entered the academy there in 1863, and spent four years of assiduous study under Prof. Joseph A. Prindle. Mr. CORBIN's parents were unable to pay all the expenses of his education, and on this account he found it necessary to husband his slender resources and add to them as opportunity afforded. While preparing for college he helped himself by working mornings and nights to pay for his board, and in vacations, he bent all his energies to earning money for tuition, books and clothing. In 1865 he united with the Owego Presbyterian Church. In the fall of 1867, with three other students, of whom the writer was one, he journeyed to Schenectady, and entered the classical course of Union College. While in college he was never noted as a brilliant scholar, but he won and kept the respect and confidence of the faculty and his fellow-students by his painstaking and conscientious attention to prescribed duties. Honest and upright in his dealings, tactful, industrious, endowed with common sense, affable and friendly, always gentle and patient in his manners, he won and kept many friends. Mr. CORBIN was a man of solid worth, with no merely showy attainments. As a member of the Adelphic Literary Society he became an excellent debater. For recreation he preferred walking to other forms of exercise, and thus visited with his chums Troy, Albany, and other towns. He graduated from college in 1871, and later received the degree of A.M. in course. Afterwards he studied medicine in the Albany Medical College, and in the office of Dr. E.A. Vander Veer of Albany. Immediately after finishing his course at union he worked for a time at civil engineering; then taught the graded school at Stillwater, New York, for a year. From this position he entered the Albany Business College for a year as teacher of mathematics. He wished very much to become a surgeon, but, not having the means to continue his medical studies, he accepted the position of principal of the grammar school at Greenbush, New York (now Rensselaer), where he served for nine years. After this he was placed in charge of School No. 7 in Canal St. (now Sheridan Ave.), Albany. During Mr. CORBIN's residence in Greenbush he was the prime mover in organizing the Rensselaer County Teachers' Association, and served as its president for several years. In January, 1884, Mr. CORBIN was transferred to the Albany High School, as professor of natural sciences, where for the next two and one-half years he labored with success and made many friends. But the chair in the high school not proving altogether congenial, at his own request he was made principal of School No. 20, and continued to occupy this position until his death.

Mr. CORBIN, as a rule, supported the Republican party, always; however, aiming as an intelligent and patriotic citizen to vote for the best men and measures. Soon after taking up his residence in Albany he joined the Congregational Church there, and served with fidelity and ever increasing usefulness as trustee, deacon, and Bible class teacher. By nature Mr. CORBIN was exceedingly kind hearted, delighting to help some poor, distressed body over a hard place. Hence, early in his manhood he was sought out as a worthy member for brotherhoods, and his name was enrolled in the lodges of Masons and Odd Fellows. On presenting the required proofs of eligibility he was admitted to the Order of the Sons of the American Revolution, being a member of the Philip Livingstone Chapter of Albany.

As a collegian, Mr. CORBIN adopted the Latin motto "Perseverantia omnia vincit,"--perseverance conquers all things; he verified it with untiring force and patience all the rest of his life.

In spring of 1899 our friend was seized with typhoid fever, and, after a long battle, succumbed to the disease August 26. Three days later he was buried with Masonic honors at the Rural Cemetery. His chum and lifelong friend, Rev. Dr. E. C. Lawrence, who had officiated at his wedding just twenty three-years before, conducted the funeral services, preaching from II Tim. 4;7, 8: "I have fought the good fight," etc. Many former pupils of Prof. CORBIN's schools were present, and the principals of the various city schools attended in a body.

Mr. CORBIN is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret E. (Winne) CORBIN, a most estimable lady, a gifted musician, and organist for many years of the First Congregational Church at Albany (over which Dr. Ray Palmer was an early pastor); also by his son, Mr. John Iverson Winne CORBIN of Cadis, Pa., who was acquired considerable local fame as a naturalist."

American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male Line of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the USA, Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A.D. 1776 by Thomas P. Hughes. Vol I City of Albany, State of New York, 1887. Originally Published Joel Munsell's Sons, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company 1968, p. 17

CORBIN, ERNEST ALBERT, Albany; son of Nelson D. of Warren, Penn., b.1815, d. 1878 (m. Sarah Iveson); son of Aaron of Warren (m. Rhoda Sutton); son of Clement of Warren (m. Margaret Philebrown), captain in Rev. army. (141)

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