John S. Corbus and Eliza Reeves

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Husband John S. Corbus ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Samuel Corbus 3 4
           Born:  - Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH
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         Buried:  - Grove Cemetery, Fallston, Beaver Co, PA

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         Father: John Corbus (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Betsey Skillinger (      -      ) 5

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       Marriage: 1 Jan 1828 4

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Wife Eliza Reeves ^{2 4 6}

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           Born: 9 Mar 1809 - Beaver Co, PA 4
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           Died: 14 Mar 1892 4
         Buried:  - Grove Cemetery, Fallston, Beaver Co, PA

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         Father: Daniel Reeves (1783/1785-1837) 3 7
         Mother: Margaret Steen (1792-1844) 7

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Children

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1 F Mary Jane Corbus ^{1 4 5}

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         Spouse: Hugh Irwin (      -      ) 1 5

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2 M John Corbus ^{1 4 5}

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           Born: 13 Oct 1831 - Fallston, Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Mary Blair (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: Elsie Winans (      -      ) 1

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3 F Thankful Corbus ^{1 4 5}

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         Spouse: Dr. Louis Jack (      -      ) 1 5

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4 F Elizabeth Corbus ^{1 4 5}

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           Born: 
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           Died: in childhood
 Cause of Death: Drowning
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Margaret Corbus ^{1 4 5}

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         Spouse: Richard Irwin (      -      ) 1 5

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6 M Daniel R. Corbus ^{1 2 4}

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           Born: 29 Sep 1839 - Beaver, Beaver Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Cornelia Fairman (      -      ) 2

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7 M Jesse M. Corbus ^{1 4 5}

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           Died: Aft 1899
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General Notes: Husband - John S. Corbus

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He came to Beaver County, Pennsylvania, about 1824, and served an apprenticeship in Fallston at scythe making, which he followed there for several years. He then learned the trade of wire drawer with Robert Townsend, Esq., in whose employ and that of his son, William P. Townsend, he passed upwards of fifty years.

He was born at Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and, while still a young man, went to Fallston, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. In 1824, he began learning the art of making scythes, under the instruction of a Mr. Blanchard. They were then made by hand, but several years afterwards machinery took the place of the hand-work, and then Mr. Corbus withdrew from the business, and learned the trade of wire-drawing in the factory of Robert Lownsend, at Fallston. He followed the latter business during all of his active days. In 1836, or 1837, he purchased a lot on what later was the corner of Fourth avenue and Thirteenth street, and upon this site he built a substantial brick dwelling in which he spent the closing years of his life, dying at the age of eighty-five years.

1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 634.

2 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 422.

3 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 713.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 246.

5 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 423.

6 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 634, 713.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 88, 104.