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at Harvard law school in 1849, practised his pro- fession in Newport, N.H., and in 1851 removed to Davenport, Iowa, where in 1854 he established the banking house of Macklot & Corbin, the only banking institution in the city to pass safeh- through the financial panic of 1857. In 1863 lie organized the First national bank under the national currency act of that year. In 1865 he removed to New York city, after- ■ward organizing the Corbin banking com- pany and acquiring interest after interest till he came to be one of the leading finan- ciers of the world. He was president of the Long Island rail- _ road company, de- veloi^ed Manhattan Beach, Coney island, and other residential and health resorts on both shores of Long Island. He was president of the Philadelphia & Reading raih-oad, the Philadelphia & Reading coal and iron company, and of the New York & New Eng- land railroad company. He projected a trans- Atlantic steamship line from Fort Pond bay, Long Island, to Europe. He laid out a park of 22,000 acres near Newport. N.H., where he planned to make a permanent and safe home for buffalo, elk, moose, antelope and other animals so nearly extinct in the forests of America. He was a member of the Metropolitan, Manhattan and Players clubs of New York city, of the Somerset club of Boston and of the Conservative club of London, England. He died at Newport, N.H., from injuries received from being thrown from his carriage, June 4, 1896.

CORBIN, Henry Clarke, soldier, was born in Monroe, Ohio. Sept. 15, 1843; son of Shadrach and Mary Anne Corbin; and grandson of Nicholas and Anne (Enlowe) Corbin, who migrated to Ohio from Virginia soon after the close of the Revo- lution. His great-grandfather having served as an officer in the American army, took up land in southern Ohio on a government warrant. Henry was a pupil at Parker's academy and taught school at Olive Branch and Newton, Ohio, mean- while studying law. On July 28, 1862, he enlisted in the 83d infantry and was transferred to the 79th as second lieutenant, Aug. 29, 1862, serving in the campaigns of Kentucky and Tennessee, 1862-63. He was promoted 1st lieutenant May 11, 1863; resigned November 13; was appointed major of the 14th U.S. colored infantry at Gal- latin, Tenn., Nov. 14, 1863, and assisted in its

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organization. He was promoted lieutenant- colonel, 3Iarch 4. 1864, and colonel, Sept. 23, 1865; was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, and honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, March 26, 1866. He then entered the reg- ular army as 2d lieu- tenant in the 17th L'.S. infantry, being commissioned Mayll, and accepting Aug. 20, 1866. He was pro- moted captain in the 38th U.S. infantry, July 2S, 1866, accept- ing December 31 ; was brevetted lieutenant- colonel. March 2, 1867, for meritorious ser- vice, and transferred to the 24th infantry,

Nov. 11, 1869. His promotion to the rank of major and acting adjutant-general on the staff of Pre.sident Hayes was given June 16, 1880; he was promoted lieutenant -colonel in the same depart:nent. June 7, 1889; assistant adjutant- general wita the rank of colonel. May 26, 1896, and adjutant-general with the rank of brigadier- general, Feb. 25, 1898. His brevets in the regular ami}- werQ major, March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Decatur, Ala., and lieutenant-colonel the same date for the battle of Nashville, Tenn. He was in Texas between Independence and the mouth of the Rio Grande river and out of the route of civiliza- tion, 1867-77; was detailed at the executive mansion, Washington. D.C., 1877-81; served as .secretary of the Sitting Bull commission in August, 1877; was in the department of the south, 1881-83; of the Missouri, 1883-91, and served against the Sioux Indians with General Miles; in the department of Arizona, 1891-93, where in 1891 he conducted a successful expedi- tion against the Moqui Indians ; and in the department of the east, 1893-97. He was secre- tary of the joint congressional committee to attend the Yorktown centennial and was ap- pointed by that committee master of ceremonies. He was with President Garfield when he was assassinated and was present at his death. On. Feb. 25, 1898, he was made adjutant-general of the army, succeeding Gen. Samuel Brock, retired. CORBIN, Thomas G., naval officer, was bom. in Virginia, Aug. 13, 1820. He joined the U.S. navy as midshipman. May 15, 1838 ; was promo- ted passed midshipman, May 20, 1844; master, July 15, 1851, and lieutenant, June 10, 1852. He was employed in the survey of the river Plata»