Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Corbett, Elizabeth December 12, 1824 - 
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ELIZABETH CORBETT, resident on sec. 23, Mecosta Tp., was born Dec. 12, 1824, 
in Ayrshire, Scotland.  She is 

a daughter of William and Elisha (Davison) Spears, also natives of Ayrshire.  
She became the wife of James 

Corbett Dec. 6, 1848, and was a resident of her native country until 1856, 
when they came to the Dominion 

of Canada.  In the spring of 1863 they came to Kent Co., Mich., where Mr. 
Corbett was engaged in lumbering 

a few years.  Their next remove was to Mecosta County, where he was interested 
in the same pursuit until 

1866.  In that year he purchased, and the family took possession of, 80 acres 
of land, all of it in a wild 

state, from which it has been reclaimed, and where they now reside.

Mr. Corbett was born in Scotland, March 18, 1824, and died Dec. 11, 1880, at 
his home in Mecosta Tp., and 

was buried in the Stanwood Cemetery.  He was an industrious man and a good 
citizen; interested in the 

welfare of his children whom he lived to see grow to mature life, with good 
habits, established 

reputations, and useful members of scoity.  Following is their record:  
William, born Dec. 7, 1849; Mary, 

Oct. 30, 1851; Margaret, May 9, 1857; JOhn, Aug. 5, 1860; James, June 3, 1863; 
Matthew, Sept. 2, 1865; 

Jennie, April 30, 1870; Susan, born July 19, 1859, died March 19, 1860.

Mr. Corbett was a firm Democrat during his life; himself and wife belonged to 
the Established Church of 

Scotland from their childhood.  Mrs. Corbett resides with her son, James, a 
promising young man, with good 

business qualifications and a thoroughgoing farmer.

Additional Comments:
1883 Portrait & Bio Album of Mecosta Co.

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