James Corbett and Rebecca Armstrong

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Husband James Corbett ¹

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            AKA: James Corbet 2
           Born: 19 Mar 1794 - Mifflin Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 24 Oct 1866 - Brookville, Jefferson Co, PA 3
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         Father: William Corbett (1751-1831) 1
         Mother: Mary Clover (1756-1828) 1

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       Marriage: 11 Mar 1824 3

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Wife Rebecca Armstrong ³

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           Died: 23 Sep 1863 - Brookville, Jefferson Co, PA 3
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Children

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1 M William Wakefield Corbet ²

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            AKA: Col. W. W. Corbett 4
           Born: 4 Jun 1827 - Coder, Jefferson Co, PA 2
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           Died: 4 Sep 1904 - Brookville, Jefferson Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Elizabeth A. McCrea (      -Aft 1917) 5
           Marr: 21 Sep 1847 3

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2 F Sara(h) C. Corbett ^{3 7}

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            AKA: Sarah Catharine Corbet 6
           Born: 
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           Died: 1894 7
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         Spouse: Hon. William P. Jenks (1821-1902) 7 8
           Marr: 23 Dec 1845 6

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3 F Rebecca J. Corbett ³

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         Spouse: Hon. Kennedy L. Blood (      -      ) 3 9

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General Notes: Husband - James Corbett

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He was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, from which he migrated with his father and the family to what is now Clarion County. Being a man of enterprise he changed to Jefferson County, being the first of the family to locate therein, and became one of its vigorous and resourceful young pioneers. He was married and settled at Coder, where for a time he operated a sawmill. Brookville, the county seat, was laid out in 1830, and the county organized for business purposes, James Corbet becoming the first prothonotary, clerk of courts, and register and recorder of Jefferson County, by appointment thereto that year by Gov. George Wolf. With the assumption of office he moved with his family to the new town of Brookville, becoming one of its founders, and there in the spring of 1831 erected as his family domicile a pioneer log house on Main street, the site subsequently passing into the ownership of Norman F. Clark; and later it was owned by Hon. Curtis R. Vasbinder. Soon after his removal to Brookville James Corbet engaged in the general merchandise business, as one of the pioneer merchants of the borough, being a senior member of the firm of Corbet & Barr, which maintained headquarters in a small store that occupied a part of what became the site of the "American House" block. He continued to be one of the influential figures in county and borough affairs, and in 1850 he was appointed postmaster at Brookville, and his interposition was demanded also for service in the offices of burgess and justice of the peace, besides which he held for a term of years the office of County commissioner.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 469.

2 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 77.

3 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 78.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1065.

5 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 78, 237.

6 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 14.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1140.

8 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 14, 38, 78.

9 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 952.