** Updated - Sep. 29, 2007 **

 

James Corbett died in 1810 in Mason Co., VA.   He married Margaret (?) and had at least 5 children.
Children:
William - b.
James Jr. - b. 1774, Greenbrier, Virginia, USA,   d. 1805, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA
Rebecca - b. 05 Jun 1775, Augusta Co., Virginia    d.25 Oct 1852, OH
Joseph - b. 1777
David - b.1782

James Corbett Jr. married Anne Nickell 01 Jun 1796, Monroe Co., Virginia.  They had 2 children.  Anne was born 1775, Greenbrier Co., Virginia.  Her parents were Issac and Margaret Nickell.  Anne died Jul 1841, Monroe Co., VA.
Children:
Alexandre - b. 1800, Augusta Co., Virginia  d. Trenton, Henry, OH
Margaret - b. 1804, Augusta Co., VA   d. May 1862, MO

Anne Nickell Corbit, later, married Andrew Lewis on 16 Jan 1805, Monroe Co., VA. They had six children.

Alexandre married Jane Nickell 09 May 1821, Monroe Co, Virginia.  They had 6 children.  Jane was born 1798, Monroe Co, VA and died in Trenton, Henry, OH.  Alexander was a farmer by trade, according to all the census.
Children:
Mary Ann - b.1821,  Jackson, Jackson, Ohio      d.
Margaret - b.1824,  Jackson, Jackson, Ohio       d.
John Nickell - b. 22 Sep1826, Jackson, Jackson, Ohio   d. 17 Aug 1927, Farragut, Iowa
Andrew L. -  b. Jul 1828,  Jackson, Jackson, Ohio     d.
Electra - b. 1830, Jackson, Jackson, Ohio      d.
Samantha - b.  1836, Jackson, Jackson, Ohio       d.

Mary Ann married James J. Johnson, 09 Jan 1840 in Jackson Co., OH.  (I can't find anymore about them at this time.) Margaret married Thomas Buck in 1840 at Jackson Co, OH.  (I can't find anymore about them at this time.)
John Nickell married Rebecca Beam on 05 Dec 1847,  in Henry Co., IA.  They had 12 children.  John was a farmer by trade according to census.  He was educated in private schools.  John and Rebecca were members in good standing in the Wesleyan Church, of which Mr. Corbit is a class leader. Before becoming a Wesleyan, he was a member of the U. B. Church and also of the M. E. He owns a good farm of eighty acres. Andrew L. married Anne Elisabeth Nelson on 08 Mar 1855 at Henry Co., IA, at the house of John Scarfs.  Their marriage was registered on Mar 16, 1855 and married by James C. Green, J. P.  Andrew was a farmer according to census records. (Can no find anymore about them, at this time.)
Electra married Enoch Harris on Apr. 8, 1849 in Henry Co., IA. and they had 10 children.  

Enoch Harris - b. Apr. 25, 1822, NJ
d. Nov. 13,1907, Glen Elder, KS  - farmer

Samantha married John Backus in 1862.  I only know of 2 children born to this couple.
Children:
Mattie
William

Children for John Nickell Corbit.
Valentine W. - b. Sep. 24,1848, MO
d.26 Sep 1919, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, ID
Jasper Perry - b. 11 Mar 1850, MO
d. 01 May 1908
Newton - b. 1851, Mt. Pleasant, Henry, IA
d. 1851, Mt. Pleasant, Henry, IA
Lusetta - b.22 Jul 1853, Trenton, Henry, IA
d. 07 Feb 1932, Wichita, KS
Alonzo - b. 02 Jun 1855, MT Pleasant, Henry, IA
d. Sep 1855, MT Pleasant, Henry, IA
Loretta - b. 05 Mar 1856 Riverton, Freemont,  IA
d.
Margaret Jane - b. 18 May 1857, Cresent, Pottowawattamie, IA
d. 1920
Lavina - b.21 Mar 1860,  Mercer Co., MO
d. 29 Nov 1927
James Harlan - b. 10 Aug 1862, Wayne Co., IA
d. 18 Mar 1942, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, ID
Grant - b. 14 Dec 1864, Fisher S Grove, Page, IA
d. died in infancy
Ira Alfred - b. July 12, 1867, Farragut, IA
d. Jan. 19, 1922, French, ID.  Buried at Riverside Cemetery, Payette, ID  (suicide)
Virinda -  b. 14 Apr 1870,  Freemont Co., IA
d. 12 Oct 1950
Children for Enoch and Electra  Harris.


Children:
Samantha - b. Apr 10, 1850, IA
d. 
Sarah Elizabeth - b. 1852, IA
d.
John Wesley - b. 1854, Trenton, Henry, IA
d.
Melissa - b. Oct 12, 1857, Centerville, IA
d.12 Sep 1885, Glen Elder, KS
William Henry - b. 1859, Centerville, IA
d.
Jasper - b.1861, IA
d.
Amanda - b. 10 Jun 1863, IA
d. 10 Jun 1944, Los Angeles, Orange, CA
Arminda - b. 10 Jun 1863, IA
d.
Enoch Hestel - b. 09 Nov 1865, IA
d.10 Jan 1942, San Bernadino Co., CA
Martha Ann - b. 1869, IA
d.

 
Valentine W. never married as far as I can tell.
Jasper Perry married Mary Eliza Swan and had 6 kids. (Information comes from Rebecca Stetzler, grandaughter.)
Norah - b. Jan 1875, KS                        d.
Elizabeth - b.  Jun 1878, KS                   d.
Washington Irving - b. Dec 1879, KS   d.
Wardner N. - b. Mar 1884, IA               d.
Ada F. - b. Oct 1889, IA                        d.
Elmer - b.  Oct 1891, IA                        d.
Lusetta married someone with the last name 'Warren'.
Loretta married someone with the last name 'Hilton'.
Margaret married someone with the last name 'Bird'.
Lavina married John Calvin Cox in IA.  They had several children.  Bessie A., Florence M., Smith C., John Ray, Seth S., Elva L.,  Nellie J., Elmer E., Francis B., Mildred B., Charles D., Paul V.
James Harlan never married.  He became a hermit.
Ira Alfred married Susie Arminnie Meeds on 09 Aug 1895 at Idaho Falls, Bonneville CO., ID. They also had several children.  
Cora Amelia - born and died in 1896, 
Ray Alfred - b. 09 Apr 1898, Swan Valley, Bonneville, ID       d. 28 Jan 1953, Idaho Falls, Bingham, ID
Nina Averda - b. 19 Jun 1899, Swan Valley, Bonneville, ID     d. 04 Sep 1978, La Grande, OR
Gilbert Addis - b. 05 Jan 1901, Swan Valley, Bonneville, ID     d. 16 Aug 1964, Orofino, Clearwater, ID
Hazel Allie - b. 05 Jul 1903, Swan Valley, Bonneville, ID          d. 03 Jan 1979, Albany, Linn Co., OR
LD -  b. 18 Sep 1904, Swan Valley, Bonneville, Idaho               d. 22 Feb 1978, Lewiston, Idaho, ID
Lena Mae - b. 25 Apr 1906, Idaho Falls, Bingham, ID              d. 16 Feb 1987, Weiser, ID
Millie Byrd - b. 25 Jan 1908,  Idaho Falls, Bingham, ID             d. 03 Jul 1981, Yuma, Yuma, AZ
Ethel Vada - b. Oct 1910, Idaho Falls, Bingham, ID                  d. Dec 1910, Idaho Falls, Bingham, ID
Agnes Virinda - b. 02 Feb 1914, Idaho Falls, Bingham, ID        d. 27 Feb 1974, Bellingham, WA
Victor Henry - b. 12 Jun 1916, Idaho Falls, Bingham, ID           d. 05 May 1988,  Pilot Rock, OR
Varinda married Thomas Chalmers Breeding

Graphics by Swan.  Information is compiled by Tina Oneyear, with help from various extended family members.