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History of Cass County, Iowa
Continental Historical Company
Springfield, ILL; 1884

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                             BEAR GROVE TOWNSHIP
                               Early Settlement

          JAMES D. CORBITT, son of JOHN and SARAH CORBITT, was born in
       Herkimer county, New York, February 6, 1856. The family moved in
       1859, to Oneida county the same State.  JOHN CORBITT worked in a
       woolen factory and his son, JAMES D., followed the same occupation
       until his removal to the west.  MR. CORBITT, Sr., came to Cass
       county in July, 1875, and settled on section 25, of Bear Grove. He
       was accompanied by his wife, JAMES D., the subject of this sketch,
       and one daughter, MARY A. She was born October 30, 1863, and is now
       the wife of JERRY CORNELL, of Benton township. JAMES D. CORBITT and
       JENNIE R. HINTON were married September 19, 1880. She was born
       December 22, 1856, and is a daughter of ROBERT and MARY HINTON.
       Her mother died in 1865, and her father in 1884. ROBERT HINTON was a
       resident of Union township.  Mr. and Mrs. CORBITT reside upon a farm
       in section 36, of Bear Grove, which he purchased in July, 1880.

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