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Title
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Finding Aid for the Harry E. Corbin Collection
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Type
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Text
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Date
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1914-1969
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Description
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This collection comprises six marriage record books belonging to Reverend Harry E. Corbin. The first book notes that Harry E. Corbin bought the book while living in Canton, Missouri in 1923. The book details marriages dating back to 1913 added by Harry E. Corbin after the purchase of the book. The date of the last entry in the final book is 1969. The number of recorded marriages performed by Reverend Corbin totaled 585 marriages. Each record lists the date and place where the license was issued, the names and residences of the couple being married, the witnesses, and the date and location the marriage was performed. At the front of each book is an alphabetical index of names along with the corresponding page number of the marriage record.
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Format
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Portable Document File Format; 407 KB; 2 pages.
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Language
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English
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Place
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Lewis County (Mo.)
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Canton (Mo.)
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Extent
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1 box
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Identifier
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MGC 1174
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Collection Summary
Title
Harry E Corbin Collection
Date
1914 - 1969
Extent
1 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1174-HECC
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2018; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2018
Name of Creator
Harry E Corbin
Biographical History
The Reverend Harry E Corbin was born in Illinois on November 1, 1888. He married Cora Mae Brasher
and together they had twelve children. He died in 1970 and is buried in Platte City, Missouri. He served
as a Methodist minister for the following congregations in Missouri:
Marble Hill Circuit (1917-1918)
Bucklin-Wyandott, MO (1941-1943)
Glasgow Missouri Station (1919-1921)
Princeton, MO (1944-1945)
Canton, MO (1922-1923)
Marvin McMurry, St. Joseph, MO (19461948)
Hardin, MO (1924-1927)
Gideon, MO (1949-1954)
Brunswick Station Missouri (1928-1929)
Concord Village, St. Louis, MO (1955)
Plattsburg, MO (1930-1931)
White Ave, Kansas City, MO (1956 Elsberry, MO and Smith Chapel (1932)
1960)
Platte City Missouri Circuit (1933)
Fairmont United, Independence, MO
Platte City and Paradise, MO (1934(1961-1967)
1936)
Linneus and Purdin, MO (1937-1938)
Scope and Content
This collection comprises six marriage record books belonging to Reverend Harry E Corbin. The first book
notes that Harry E Corbin bought the book while living in Canton, Missouri in 1923. The book details
marriages dating back to 1913 added by Harry E Corbin after the purchase of the book. The date of the
last entry in the final book is 1969. The number of recorded marriages performed by Reverend Corbin
totaled 585 marriages. Each record lists the date and place where the license was issued, the names and
residences of the couple being married, the witnesses, and the date and location the marriage was
performed. At the front of each book is an alphabetical index of names along with the corresponding
page number of the marriage record.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1, Marriage Record Books
Folder 1, Marriage record book, 14 Jun 1913 – 17 Nov 1933
Folder 2, Marriage record book, 25 Nov 1933 – 25 May 1935
Folder 3, Marriage record book, 27 May 1935 - 2 Nov 1936
Folder 4, Marriage record book, 7 Nov 1936 – 7 Aug 1939
Folder 5, Marriage record book, 19 Aug 1939 – 17 Jun 1955
Folder 6, Marriage record book, 18 Jun 1955 – 19 Aug 1969
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Jeffrey S. Corbin.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. Ancestry Family Trees. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Find A Grave. “Rev Harry E Corbin” www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 July 2018.
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