DORAN S. CORBIN is a son of one of the original
pioneers of Delaware county,
and is also one of its oldest-born native citizens, having first seen the light
of day on Plum creek, in Delhi township, September
12, 1850.
His father, John Corbin, was a native of New York State, and was born February
12, 1812.
In 1837 he immigrated to Delaware county, Iowa, and entered a large tract of land.
There were no actual settlements in the county at that time. In 1840 he went to
Ohio, where he met and married Miss
Eliza Phillips. He made the first assessment in the county and took quite a
prominent part in the administration of local and county affairs. He was an
active, industrious man, well known and much respected by the old residents of
the county. He died, in 1883, in the seventy-first year of his of his age.
The mother
of our subject is still living, being now in the seventy-second year of her
age. She is the mother of three children,
the eldest of whom is the first living white person born in the county.
Doran S.
Corbin, the subject of this memoir, was born in the typical pioneer log cabin
and received his elementary education in a log school-house. He attended Lenox College at Hopkinton one year. At the age
of twenty he struck out for himself. In 1873 he migrated to Pope county, Minn., where he resided for a short time.
He subsequently purchased land and lived some time in Ida county,
Iowa. He was a pioneer farmer of Galva township, that county, having broken the first land in that
township.
August the second, 1874, Mr. Corbin married, the lady of
his choice being Miss Ida McKee, who was born in Delaware county,
and is a daughter of Richard G. and Mary (Runyan)
McKee, both early settlers in this county.
To our
subject and his estimable wife have been born two children, viz.— Hattie A., now deceased, and John.
In politics
Mr. Corbin is independent. He follows the dictates of no party or clique, and
supports men rather than measures.
Mr. Corbin
owns a fine farm adjoining the village of Delhi, which is under a high state of
cultivation.
He is
spoken of in terms of respect by all who know him and will long be remembered
as one of Delaware county's most
respected citizens.
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