CLASS OF 1857

Major David Timothy Corbin died at Maywood, Ill., December 8, 1905. He was born at Brasher, N. Y., August 11, 1833, but his parents soon went to Vermont. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1857. In 1859 he was admitted to the Vermont bar, settling at Wells River. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the third Vermont Volunteers and became company captain. He served in several capacities during the war, and in 1862 was brevetted Major for gallant conduct. In 1865 lie was assigned to the Freedman's Bureau, became provost judge for Charleston, S. C., and in 1867 became district attorney for South Carolina for ten years. He served in the South Carolina senate, was one of three commissioners to codify the South Carolina Jaws, and later reported a compilation of the Statute Laws which was adopted. His election to the United States senate was contested by General Butler, and the seat was awarded to General Butler. In 1885 Major Corbin moved to Chicago, where he practised law and was a professor of law in Kent College, in Illinois College, and in Lake Forest University. In 1899 lie published a work on “The Law of Personal Injuries in the State of Illinois and the Remedies and Defences of Litigants.”

Secretary, John H. Clark, Amherst, N. H.