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| Lyman B. Corbin. - Among the many who have contributed their energies toward making Hart what it is and what it hopes to be, there is, no one more entitled to take a front seat than the subject of this sketch. He was born in Chenango County, N.Y., April 15, 1814. Early learning every department of the business connected with the gristmill, we find him as early as 1845 erecting a large stone mill at Dryden, N.Y. In 1862 he settled in Hart, Ocean County, and the same year built the first gristmill in this part of the county. Later we find him exerting a powerful influence toward securing the county seat and railroad in Hart. He was twice married; first, in 1837 to Mary A. DeLong, who died September 8, 1852; second, August, 1853, to Sally A. Messinger, who died April, 1879. He died August 22, 1880, leaving six children - Mrs. N. Miller, Mrs. M. A. Luther, Mrs. W. Hart, Webb, Fred L. and Frank. Fred L. Corbin was born in Tompkins County, N.Y., February 3, 1858. Married, February 10, 1881, to Laura Collins, who was born in Hart Township, June 2, 1862. |