BIO: Nathan B. CORBIN, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Lana Clark Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************** __________________________________________________________ Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers. Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, pages 37-39. __________________________________________________________ NATHAN B. CORBIN, fire and life insurance, Huntingdon, Pa., was born at Cavetown, near Hagerstown, Md., June 4, 1833. He is a son of Abraham and Sarah (Corbin) Corbin, both natives of Maryland; but the parents of Abraham Corbin were English by birth, while those of his wife were Irish. Abraham Corbin was born about 1794, and was a soldier in the war of 1812; he died in Huntingdon county in September, 1847; Mrs. Corbin died in Altoona, February 9, 1864, aged seventy-six. They had a family of six: Ellen, widow of Samuel Hagey, residing in Huntingdon, Ind.; Eliza, married to Samuel Pollet, of Altoona, Pa., both deceased, Mrs. Pollet at the age of sixty-four; John G., died in Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., August 18, 1875, aged fifty-one, he served during the war of the Rebellion as a corporal in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, having enlisted August 12, 1862, and being mustered out May 18, 1863; Jackson A., died in Huntingdon at the age of eleven; Nathan B., and Ellen, (died in childhood). Nathan B. Corbin passed most of his youth in Huntingdon county and borough, his parents having removed to this county when he was eight years old. His education was for the most part carried on in the public schools of this borough. After it was completed, he learned carpentry, and worked at that trade until 1864. In that year, he engaged in mercantile business, and conducted a store in the borough for thirty successive years. In 1893 he sold the store, and has since been occupied with fire and life insurance business. He represents some of the most prominent and solid companies. Mr. Corbin is a Republican. In 1876 he was elected burgess of Huntingdon, and served three years. He was elected to the council of the borough in 1889, and served for three years. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Orphans' Home. Mr. Corbin is an active member of Lodge No. 117, I.O.O.F.; he is Past Noble Grand of that lodge, and has been for two years District Deputy Grand Master of this county; he is also a past officer of Mount Hor Encampment, I.O.O.F., and a charter member, and Noble Grand of Della Rebecca Lodge, No. 78, Daughters of Rebecca; all Huntingdon organizations. Nathan B. Corbin was married in Huntingdon, December 31, 1851, to Catherine, daughter of David and Sarah (Miller) Hazzard, born in Huntingdon, June 26, 1831. Mr. and. Mrs. Corbin have six children: Mary Virginia, born December 20, 1852, married Jonathan E. Cree, died in 1878; Sarah Melissa, born May 18, 1855; Sarah Ellen, January 13, 1857, and Annie, September 9, 1858, all died in early childhood. Their surviving children are: Ida Belle, born March 18, 1861, wife of James Pollock, of Ogdensburg, N.Y.; and Harry Ulysses Grant, born August 16, 1864, married Miss Annie Hankey, of Huntingdon, and has one child, named Ruth. Mr. Corbin and his family attend the Baptist church.