Sally Taft Corbin

Female18 August 1801–26 July 1876

Brief Life History of Sally Taft

When Sally Taft Corbin was born on 18 August 1801, in Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Timothy Corbin, was 20 and her mother, Ruth Albee, was 20. She died on 26 July 1876, in Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Timothy Corbin
1780–1845
Ruth Albee
1780–1848
Sally Taft Corbin
1801–1876
Hiram Corbin
1803–1864
Abilgail Corbin
1804–1804
Julia Ann Corbin
1805–1879
Harrison Gray Corbin
1806–1863
Benjamin Albee Corbin
1809–1880
William Corbin
1812–1889
Lament Bacon Corbin
1814–1872
Elbridge G. Corbin
1816–1845
Mary Ann Corbin
1822–1883

Sources (5)

  • Sally Corbin in household of Chester Clemans, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
  • Salley Corbin, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Sally Corbin, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (7)

1803

Age 2

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1803 · The U.S doubles in size

Age 2

The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

Age 20

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

Name Meaning

French and English: nickname meaning ‘little crow, raven’, possibly applied to a black haired man, from Old French, Middle English corbin, a diminutive of corb ‘raven’ (Anglo-Norman French corbin, corfbin ‘crow, raven’).

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the places in Calvados and Orne, France, named Corbon.

Irish: variant of Corban .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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