I've been updating Corbin Byfield in my records. I previously had him listed as Cornelius Corbin Byfield. This is an example of how easy it is to pick up a wrong fact and just keep running with it.
Corbin was born 10 June 1832, the son of Horatio Byfield and Jennet Griffith. His name comes from his paternal grandmother, Patience Corbin.
He is found in the 1850 census listed as Cornelius. This was the first record I found for him so I made the assumption that Cornelius was his correct name and Corbin was either a middle name or nickname that he used as an adult. Now I've seen the entries in Horatio's family bible (thanks Lynne) and I know that Corbin is correct and Cornelius is not.
In the 1870 census, Corbin is living with his brother, Horatio (Jr.), his sister Margaretta (widow of Green Malcolm) and her son Horatio Malcolm. Also with this group is Levi Cornell. Levi was an adopted son of Corbin's sister Emily Byfield and her husband William Conway.
Corbin was a bachelor his whole life as was his brother, Horatio. Corbin stayed in Indiana while his brother, Horatio and his sister, Margaretta, and her son ended up in a mining town in Colorado. His father's family bible gives Corbin's death date as 30 July 1893 but other documents give the date about a year later on 25 July 1894.
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