Joseph B. Kershaw Corbett

Brief Life History of Joseph B. Kershaw

When Joseph B. Kershaw Corbett was born on 30 May 1879, in Dekalb, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States, his father, Samuel Joseph Robert Corbett, was 45 and his mother, Martha J J Arrants, was 44. He married Geneva Belvin in 1906, in Ionia Township, Lee, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lee, South Carolina, United States for about 20 years and Ionia Township, Lee, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 20 June 1957, in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Red Hill, Lee, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph B. Kershaw Corbett
1879–1957
Geneva Belvin
1887–1925
Marriage: 1906
Le'Cene Corbett
1907–2005
Salley Corbitt
1907–
Myron Bernie Corbitt
1910–1942
Thomas Odell Corbett
1912–1966
Horace Benson Corbett
1914–1988
Joseph B Corbett
1917–2005
James Lorick Corbett
1920–2012

Sources (17)

  • Kershaw Corbitt, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Joseph B K Corbitt, "South Carolina, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1766-1900"
  • Joseph Kershaw Corbitt, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English (West Midlands, of Norman origin): nickname from Old French corbet ‘raven’, probably denoting someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.

History: This is the name of a family descended from Hugh Corbet, a Norman baron who settled in Shropshire following the Norman Conquest. One of his descendants, Sir Richard Corbet, was granted land near Shrewsbury in 1223; since the 13th century, this place has been known as Moreton Corbet. The name was taken from Shropshire to Scotland in the 12th century and to northern Ireland in the 17th century, and thence to North America by at least one group of bearers of the name.

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

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