Newton Co., IN Biography Newton County, Beaver Township. From A Standard History of Jasper and Newton Counties, 1915, Vol. II, p, 767. HENRY CORBIN. One of the farms which contribute to the well ordered prosperity of Newton County is the place of Henry K. Corbin in Beaver Township. Mr. Corbin is well known and stands high in the citizenship of this locality, and in whatever direction his enterprise has turned he had been prospered. Life has been to him a serious proposition, and he has given it the best of his character and the best of his ability. About thirty years ago he was known as a renter, and from that position graduated into an independent farm owner and while providing a good home and rearing a family has been able to accumulate a sufficiency for his declining years. A native son of Newton County and a son of an old settler, Henry K. Corbin was born in Washington Township October 2, 1864, a son of William and Nancy (Myers) Corbin. His father was a native of old Virginia, while his mother was born in Indiana. William Corbin came West in 1854, and in that early year located on a place three miles south of Brook in Newton County. He was comparatively a poor man and rented land for several years, but eventually bought a place of 208 acres and spent of his active years in improving and cultivating it. He is now living retired at Brook. Henry K. Corbin was the fourth in a family of ten children, seven of whom are still living. Within his conscious recollection more than forty years have gone by in Newton County, and he has been a witness to nearly every development. He attended the local schools, and being reared on the farm was competent for all phases of farm labor when he arrived at his majority. After leaving home he rented land for several years and his first purchase was eighty acres in Jasper County. After farming there for a time he came back to Newton County and spent five years on his father's estate. He then bought 150 acres near Morocco in Beaver Township, and has made that his home ever since. In later years he has been gradually relieving himself of some of the heavier responsibilities of farming and has sold all his farm land except forty-five acres, but he own 180 acres of rich land in the state of Colorado in Arkansas Valley. On January 2, 1896, in Beaver Township he married Miss Mary Sell. Mrs. Corbin has been a hard worker in their mutual success, and has been a splendid manager of the home. They are the parents of three children, Ruth V. was graduated from the Morocco High School in the class of 1916. The two younger children, still in school, are Vannus Lawson and Gracie May. In political matters Mr. Corbin is a democrat, has voted the ticket of that party for thirty years. He is a member and trustee of the township. Mr. and Mrs. Corbin's beautiful home is known as "Cedar Lodge." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted By Gerald Born Email - Wizzofozl0@aol.com