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Arenac County Independent, June 29, 1905
Transcriber, date unknown
Contributor Kay Mason

An Old Settler Gone
   James Corbitt of Deep River passed away Wednesday morning, June 28th, of acute paralysis, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. J. Riblet of Sterling.   Mr. Corbitt was born in Liverpool, England, May 9th, 1833, and came to this country in 1841, lived in Toronto, Canada, when her married Thressa A. Kenna in 1854. They moved to West Bay City in 1864, and from there to Deep River, Arenac County in 1883, where he has lived ever since.   Mr. Corbitt was an honorable upright citizen and respected by all.   He leaves a widow, three sons and two daughters to mourn his loss, Wm. of Minn., David of Wis., Chas. of Indianapolis, In., Mrs. Rose Personeus of Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. E. J. Riblet of Sterling.   The saddest part of it is his aged wife is dying with cancer of stomach and his daughter took them home as to give her mother the care she needed, not thinking her father was in any danger by the Grim Reaper took the strongest first. His death is hastening his wife’s, and at this writing she is very low.   The funeral will be held in Sterling Methodist Church, Sunday, July 2nd at two o’clock.