This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CORBIT, MACE, HUMPHREY, BOLSTER, HARKINS Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/866 Message Board Post: A.M. Corbit, section 19, Wright Township, one of the enterprising and influential citizens of Wayne County, where he has made his home for almost thirty years, is a native of Madison County, Ohio, born June 17, 1832. His parents, Henry and Sarah (Mace) Corbit, were natives of West Virginia, and Ross County, Ohio, respectively. Four children were born to them, our subject being the eldest in the family, and the only one now living. The names of the deceased are - Elizabeth, Sarah and William H. Andrew, our subject, was reared to manhood on a farm in his native county, and in his youth received a common-school education. He was married in Madison County, Ohio, in April, 1854, to Mary A. Humphrey, a daughter of Norris Humphrey, who was born in New York State. The following year he left Madison County, and located in Jefferson County, Iowa, where he spent two years, and in March, 1857, came to Wayne County and located in Bethlehem. He was bereaved by the loss of his wife, who di! ed in March, 1858, leaving two children - Henry S. and Sarah F. Mr. Corbit was again united in marriage, August 22, 1861, at Bethlehem, to Ermina Bolster, who was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of J. W. and Mary (Harkins) Bolster, her father a native of Allegany County, New York, and her mother of Pennsylvania, the latter being born on the same farm as Mrs. Corbit. Five children have been born to this union - Blanche, Morton C., May, Orie Etta and Charles Albert. The children have received good educational advantages, some of them being well qualified to teach school. Mr. Corbit is successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising. His land is under a high state of cultivation, and his residence, barn and out buildings are comfortable and commodious. In 1879 Mr. Corbit took a trip to California, and at the same time visited the principal cities of Oregon. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Both h! e and his wife are earnest members of the Second Advent church of Bethlehem. Biographical and Historical Record Of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Pages 322-323 Inter-State Publishing Company 113 Adams Street Chicago 1886