Corbett, Samuel B., New Bethlehem, a general dry goods dealer, was born in Clarion county in 1840, and was a son of Samuel L. and Ruth (Kirkpatrick) Corbett, who came here in 1818. Samuel died in 1869, leaving a widow and ten children, nine boys and one girl -- Dewitt, Lee, Jared, Samuel B. and James N. (twins), Nelson, Albert, Frank, William, and Sarah. Samuel B. and James N. (twins) enlisted in 1863 in Company L, Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served to the close of the war. Seven Corbetts, two brothers and five cousins, served in that same company; one died at Andersonville prison and one was killed. Samuel B. was married in 1866 to Susan Space. They had one daughter -- Bertie, who died in 1878, at the age of ten years. Sarah was a daughter of George and Sarah (Cribbs) Space.
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