When Mary Imogene Corbett was born on 21 December 1848, in Mills, Iowa, United States, her father, Daniel Dewey Corbett, was 41 and her mother, Elmira Bangs Wright, was 37. She married Martin Harris Jr. on 8 June 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880 and Lewisville, Fremont, Idaho, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 December 1929, in Cove, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1851: Mills, Iowa, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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.
Possible Related NamesMary Imogene Corbett, second wife of Martin Harris Jr., was born in Iowa 12/21/1848. Her early childhood was closely associated with the Saints who were on the move West, and also of those early years …
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