Another Old-Timer Passes On
Jacob I. Corbly was born February 2, 1841, at Parkersburg, Virginia, now West Virginia. At an early age his parents moved from his native state, and in 1849 located near Marion, Iowa, where youn Corbly grew to manhood. In 1864, Mr. Corbly was married to Miss Jane Bolton at his home in Iowa and to them three children were given: Mrs. O.W. Smith, living in Belgrade, Mont.; Mrs. Rogers, residing at Rogers, Mont.; Mrs. Charles L. Wentworth, Lewistown, Mont. From the state of Iowa Mr. Corbly moved to Missouri and thence to Kansas, where Mrs. Corbly died in the spring of 1875, leaving a husband and three children. In the spring of 1881, he, with his daughters, moved to the Gallatin valley in Montana, and after residing there for several years was married in July 1886 to Miss Hattie Dwight, who is the present wife surviving him, and to them five children were given, four of whom are now living with their widowed mother and whose names are: Lena, Linn, Gladys and Mary Corbly.
Mr. Corbly came from the Gallatin valley in 1889, and settled near Lewistown and has ever since resided in Fergus county. He associated himself with the Masonic fraternity in Sedan, Kansas, in the year 1877, and affiliated with the Lewistown lodge in 1890. His honesty and integrity and his influence among men and Masons have ever been noteworthy and a great force and character for good. His genial soul and pleasant associations will be sadly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him, and to know him was but to have a kindly feeling for the man.
In Fergus county, Jacob Corbly has held the offices of school clerk and school trustee of the Lewistown public schools and was elected and held the office of Fergus county commissioner for four years.
At the age of only 23 years, Mr. Corbly enlisted on the 17th day of July 1861, in Company A, Sixth Iowa Infantry Volunteers as a private soldier and thereafter advanced to corporal and on 26 January 1864, was honorably discharged by reason of his re-enlistment as a veteran volunteer at Scottsboro, Alabama. He was appointed sergeant of company A, Sixth regiment of own Infantry Volunteers on 27 February 1864, and was honorably discharged from service at Louisville, Kentucky, on 21 July 1865. He was a good and faithful soldier and officer, true to his government and just to his country. He was with Sherman in his march to the sea, engaged in the battle of Shiloh and Chattanooga, was in the siege of Vicksburg and Atlanta, where he was injured by having his hearing partly destroyed, and was also engaged in the battle of Lookout Mountain and a number of minor skirmishes.
Jacob Corbly answered the call of that messenger Death, and quietly and peacefully passed away on the 22nd Day of December 1904, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon at his home near Lewistown, Montana.
Fergus County Argus, Lewistown, MT, 28 Dec 1904
Jacob I. Corbly was born February 2, 1841, at Parkersburg, Virginia, now West Virginia. At an early age his parents moved from his native state, and in 1849 located near Marion, Iowa, where youn Corbly grew to manhood. In 1864, Mr. Corbly was married to Miss Jane Bolton at his home in Iowa and to them three children were given: Mrs. O.W. Smith, living in Belgrade, Mont.; Mrs. Rogers, residing at Rogers, Mont.; Mrs. Charles L. Wentworth, Lewistown, Mont. From the state of Iowa Mr. Corbly moved to Missouri and thence to Kansas, where Mrs. Corbly died in the spring of 1875, leaving a husband and three children. In the spring of 1881, he, with his daughters, moved to the Gallatin valley in Montana, and after residing there for several years was married in July 1886 to Miss Hattie Dwight, who is the present wife surviving him, and to them five children were given, four of whom are now living with their widowed mother and whose names are: Lena, Linn, Gladys and Mary Corbly.
Mr. Corbly came from the Gallatin valley in 1889, and settled near Lewistown and has ever since resided in Fergus county. He associated himself with the Masonic fraternity in Sedan, Kansas, in the year 1877, and affiliated with the Lewistown lodge in 1890. His honesty and integrity and his influence among men and Masons have ever been noteworthy and a great force and character for good. His genial soul and pleasant associations will be sadly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him, and to know him was but to have a kindly feeling for the man.
In Fergus county, Jacob Corbly has held the offices of school clerk and school trustee of the Lewistown public schools and was elected and held the office of Fergus county commissioner for four years.
At the age of only 23 years, Mr. Corbly enlisted on the 17th day of July 1861, in Company A, Sixth Iowa Infantry Volunteers as a private soldier and thereafter advanced to corporal and on 26 January 1864, was honorably discharged by reason of his re-enlistment as a veteran volunteer at Scottsboro, Alabama. He was appointed sergeant of company A, Sixth regiment of own Infantry Volunteers on 27 February 1864, and was honorably discharged from service at Louisville, Kentucky, on 21 July 1865. He was a good and faithful soldier and officer, true to his government and just to his country. He was with Sherman in his march to the sea, engaged in the battle of Shiloh and Chattanooga, was in the siege of Vicksburg and Atlanta, where he was injured by having his hearing partly destroyed, and was also engaged in the battle of Lookout Mountain and a number of minor skirmishes.
Jacob Corbly answered the call of that messenger Death, and quietly and peacefully passed away on the 22nd Day of December 1904, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon at his home near Lewistown, Montana.
Fergus County Argus, Lewistown, MT, 28 Dec 1904
Another Old-Timer Passes On
Jacob I. Corbly was born February 2, 1841, at Parkersburg, Virginia, now West Virginia. At an early age his parents moved from his native state, and in 1849 located near Marion, Iowa, where youn Corbly grew to manhood. In 1864, Mr. Corbly was married to Miss Jane Bolton at his home in Iowa and to them three children were given: Mrs. O.W. Smith, living in Belgrade, Mont.; Mrs. Rogers, residing at Rogers, Mont.; Mrs. Charles L. Wentworth, Lewistown, Mont. From the state of Iowa Mr. Corbly moved to Missouri and thence to Kansas, where Mrs. Corbly died in the spring of 1875, leaving a husband and three children. In the spring of 1881, he, with his daughters, moved to the Gallatin valley in Montana, and after residing there for several years was married in July 1886 to Miss Hattie Dwight, who is the present wife surviving him, and to them five children were given, four of whom are now living with their widowed mother and whose names are: Lena, Linn, Gladys and Mary Corbly.
Mr. Corbly came from the Gallatin valley in 1889, and settled near Lewistown and has ever since resided in Fergus county. He associated himself with the Masonic fraternity in Sedan, Kansas, in the year 1877, and affiliated with the Lewistown lodge in 1890. His honesty and integrity and his influence among men and Masons have ever been noteworthy and a great force and character for good. His genial soul and pleasant associations will be sadly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him, and to know him was but to have a kindly feeling for the man.
In Fergus county, Jacob Corbly has held the offices of school clerk and school trustee of the Lewistown public schools and was elected and held the office of Fergus county commissioner for four years.
At the age of only 23 years, Mr. Corbly enlisted on the 17th day of July 1861, in Company A, Sixth Iowa Infantry Volunteers as a private soldier and thereafter advanced to corporal and on 26 January 1864, was honorably discharged by reason of his re-enlistment as a veteran volunteer at Scottsboro, Alabama. He was appointed sergeant of company A, Sixth regiment of own Infantry Volunteers on 27 February 1864, and was honorably discharged from service at Louisville, Kentucky, on 21 July 1865. He was a good and faithful soldier and officer, true to his government and just to his country. He was with Sherman in his march to the sea, engaged in the battle of Shiloh and Chattanooga, was in the siege of Vicksburg and Atlanta, where he was injured by having his hearing partly destroyed, and was also engaged in the battle of Lookout Mountain and a number of minor skirmishes.
Jacob Corbly answered the call of that messenger Death, and quietly and peacefully passed away on the 22nd Day of December 1904, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon at his home near Lewistown, Montana.
Fergus County Argus, Lewistown, MT, 28 Dec 1904
Jacob I. Corbly was born February 2, 1841, at Parkersburg, Virginia, now West Virginia. At an early age his parents moved from his native state, and in 1849 located near Marion, Iowa, where youn Corbly grew to manhood. In 1864, Mr. Corbly was married to Miss Jane Bolton at his home in Iowa and to them three children were given: Mrs. O.W. Smith, living in Belgrade, Mont.; Mrs. Rogers, residing at Rogers, Mont.; Mrs. Charles L. Wentworth, Lewistown, Mont. From the state of Iowa Mr. Corbly moved to Missouri and thence to Kansas, where Mrs. Corbly died in the spring of 1875, leaving a husband and three children. In the spring of 1881, he, with his daughters, moved to the Gallatin valley in Montana, and after residing there for several years was married in July 1886 to Miss Hattie Dwight, who is the present wife surviving him, and to them five children were given, four of whom are now living with their widowed mother and whose names are: Lena, Linn, Gladys and Mary Corbly.
Mr. Corbly came from the Gallatin valley in 1889, and settled near Lewistown and has ever since resided in Fergus county. He associated himself with the Masonic fraternity in Sedan, Kansas, in the year 1877, and affiliated with the Lewistown lodge in 1890. His honesty and integrity and his influence among men and Masons have ever been noteworthy and a great force and character for good. His genial soul and pleasant associations will be sadly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him, and to know him was but to have a kindly feeling for the man.
In Fergus county, Jacob Corbly has held the offices of school clerk and school trustee of the Lewistown public schools and was elected and held the office of Fergus county commissioner for four years.
At the age of only 23 years, Mr. Corbly enlisted on the 17th day of July 1861, in Company A, Sixth Iowa Infantry Volunteers as a private soldier and thereafter advanced to corporal and on 26 January 1864, was honorably discharged by reason of his re-enlistment as a veteran volunteer at Scottsboro, Alabama. He was appointed sergeant of company A, Sixth regiment of own Infantry Volunteers on 27 February 1864, and was honorably discharged from service at Louisville, Kentucky, on 21 July 1865. He was a good and faithful soldier and officer, true to his government and just to his country. He was with Sherman in his march to the sea, engaged in the battle of Shiloh and Chattanooga, was in the siege of Vicksburg and Atlanta, where he was injured by having his hearing partly destroyed, and was also engaged in the battle of Lookout Mountain and a number of minor skirmishes.
Jacob Corbly answered the call of that messenger Death, and quietly and peacefully passed away on the 22nd Day of December 1904, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon at his home near Lewistown, Montana.
Fergus County Argus, Lewistown, MT, 28 Dec 1904
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