ALVIN B. CORWIN |
Alvin B. Corwin, architect, contractor and builder,
at Bonne Terre, comes of Ohio stock. His parents, Levi and Angeline (Brown) Corwin, were
both natives of that State, and at the date of Alvin's birth, December 21, 1853, resided
in Delaware County. Young Alvin's taste for building and architecture was fostered by his
father, who was eminently able to teach his son the skill his years of experience in that
line had acquired. Alvin first spent some years in Ohio as a journeyman carpenter, and
finally in 1878, located in St. Louis. He first came to Bonne Terre in 1881, and then went
to Sheffeld, Ala., but in 1886 he returned and resumed his old trade as he is now
employed. Two examples of the many his work may furnish are the I. X. L. clothing store
building, and the residence of J. W. Woodside. In September, 1886, he married Mrs. Emma
Grant Phillips, a Massachusetts lady, who came to Missouri with her parents and settled in
Washington County. Mrs. Corwin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Corwin
looks to the Republican party for successful administration, and among the various
fraternal organizations he has chosen to support the K. of P. GOODSPEEDS HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888, page 630. |