Hi Sid, First and foremost, thank you for all your trouble. It is really appreciated as this family is just too confusing for words. What I have is Rachael's birthdate of March 11, 1851. I have a copy of a photo undated which pictures Rachael and her two brothers Thomas and Perry. Rachael marries Benjamin Franklin Flowers and they live in Illinois. In the 1880 Census I found them with two daughters, Cecia b. 1877 and Nettie b. 1880. I do know that this daughter, Nettie, lives to maturity. So, my thinking is that this may just be the family I've been searching for and I can discard George. I know I'm being a pest, but this is as close as I've gotten in many years of searching. Would it be possible to try to track this family both back and forward in time? In the 1880 Census, I found a Jackson Corbin, b. 1818 in WV married to Sarah J. b. 1823 in WV. They have a son W. "T." born in 1854 which would make him the correct age for the William T. you found. I have the feeling that this family Corbin was in Harrison County, West Virginia (formerly Virginia) at one time and this is when Rachael and Benjamin Flowers may have met. Thank you so much for everything you've done. Maureen

Using a different source (Heritage Quest's Pro-Quest), I was able to locate the image listing the name of the head of the household at family #912 of the 1860 Federal Census of Esmen, Livingston County, Illinois. This was Andrew J. Corbin, age 41, born in Virginia who is listed on the last line of page 131. This page is missing from the Ancestry.com images. The family of Andrew J. and Sarah Corbin, ages 52 and 48 respectively, then appear at family #122 in the 1870 Federal Census of Esmen, Livingston County, Illinois. Included in the household were Rachel, age 18 and William, age 16. The surname is erroneously indexed as Carbin. I do not find either an Andrew or a Jackson Corbin born approximately 1818 in the 1850 Federal Census indexes. Best Wishes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen" <knitandspin@bellsouth.net> To: <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 8:53 PM Subject: [INCLAY] Corbin Family > Hi Sid, > > First and foremost, thank you for all your trouble. It is really > appreciated as this family is just too confusing for words. > > What I have is Rachael's birthdate of March 11, 1851. I have a copy of a > photo undated which pictures Rachael and her two brothers Thomas and > Perry. Rachael marries Benjamin Franklin Flowers and they live in > Illinois. In the 1880 Census I found them with two daughters, Cecia b. > 1877 and Nettie b. 1880. I do know that this daughter, Nettie, lives to > maturity. So, my thinking is that this may just be the family I've been > searching for and I can discard George. > > I know I'm being a pest, but this is as close as I've gotten in many years > of searching. Would it be possible to try to track this family both back > and forward in time? In the 1880 Census, I found a Jackson Corbin, b. > 1818 in WV married to Sarah J. b. 1823 in WV. They have a son W. "T." > born in 1854 which would make him the correct age for the William T. you > found. > > I have the feeling that this family Corbin was in Harrison County, West > Virginia (formerly Virginia) at one time and this is when Rachael and > Benjamin Flowers may have met. > > Thank you so much for everything you've done. > > Maureen > > > ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > >