Historical Review of Chicago & Cook County & Selected Biographies, Vol. III, p. 966
Chicago. Calvin Rich Corbin, of the firm of Corbin, Sons & Co., well-known grocery and tea importers, helped originate the jobbing business in Chicago, and a history of his experience in the business would be a history of the business itself. When he came west something over fifty years ago, however, it was not with the purpose of engaging in this line of trade, and it was only as he recognized the opportunities of the growing city that the field of his most important efforts has presented itself. A native New England- er, who traces his American ancestry from James Corbin, an English emigrant of 1680 and one of the founders of Woodstock, Connecticut, Mr. Corbin was born at Dudley, Worcester county, Massachusetts, February 12, 1832. After receiving a common school education in Massachusetts, he came west in 1855, joining an engineering corps in Wisconsin that was engaged in locating a section of the Northwestern Railroad from Fond du Lac to Green Bay. Employed thus for two years, he then came to Chicago in the spring of 1857 and became associated with the J. W. Doane fruit house, which entered the tea and coffee trade later. From clerk he rose to be partner in this firm, and in 1866 severed his connection to become partner in the establishment conducted under the name of Swormsted, Corbin & Co. In 1868 he became a member of the firm of Ingraham, Corbin & May, which, in 1883, became Corbin, May & Co. In January, 1898, following the death of Horatio N. May in the preceding September, the business was reorganized as Corbin, Sons & Co., and since then Mr. Corbin has been senior partner and directing head. A number of years ago this firm began the importation of tea and coffee, which was almost a new undertaking for the grocery houses of Chicago, and the firm of which Mr. Corbin was a member was among the earliest to enter this field of business. Mr. Corbin's management of the Japan tea trade during the '708 has become a noteworthy part of the commercial history of Chicago.
Mr. Corbin married, in 1861, Miss Caroline Elizabeth Fairfield. and their children are Franklin N., Calvin Dana, John, and Lawrence Paul. John Corbin was for several years the dramatic critic on the New York Sun, and is now a writer of note for the magazines. Franklin N. and Lawrence Paul are associated with their father in business. Mrs. Corbin, who was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, is of old New England stock, tracing her descent from two Mayflower ancestors and also being a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She has been a voluminous writer upon subjects connected with moral and civic reform, and is now president of the Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women.
Chicago. Calvin Rich Corbin, of the firm of Corbin, Sons & Co., well-known grocery and tea importers, helped originate the jobbing business in Chicago, and a history of his experience in the business would be a history of the business itself. When he came west something over fifty years ago, however, it was not with the purpose of engaging in this line of trade, and it was only as he recognized the opportunities of the growing city that the field of his most important efforts has presented itself. A native New England- er, who traces his American ancestry from James Corbin, an English emigrant of 1680 and one of the founders of Woodstock, Connecticut, Mr. Corbin was born at Dudley, Worcester county, Massachusetts, February 12, 1832. After receiving a common school education in Massachusetts, he came west in 1855, joining an engineering corps in Wisconsin that was engaged in locating a section of the Northwestern Railroad from Fond du Lac to Green Bay. Employed thus for two years, he then came to Chicago in the spring of 1857 and became associated with the J. W. Doane fruit house, which entered the tea and coffee trade later. From clerk he rose to be partner in this firm, and in 1866 severed his connection to become partner in the establishment conducted under the name of Swormsted, Corbin & Co. In 1868 he became a member of the firm of Ingraham, Corbin & May, which, in 1883, became Corbin, May & Co. In January, 1898, following the death of Horatio N. May in the preceding September, the business was reorganized as Corbin, Sons & Co., and since then Mr. Corbin has been senior partner and directing head. A number of years ago this firm began the importation of tea and coffee, which was almost a new undertaking for the grocery houses of Chicago, and the firm of which Mr. Corbin was a member was among the earliest to enter this field of business. Mr. Corbin's management of the Japan tea trade during the '708 has become a noteworthy part of the commercial history of Chicago.
Mr. Corbin married, in 1861, Miss Caroline Elizabeth Fairfield. and their children are Franklin N., Calvin Dana, John, and Lawrence Paul. John Corbin was for several years the dramatic critic on the New York Sun, and is now a writer of note for the magazines. Franklin N. and Lawrence Paul are associated with their father in business. Mrs. Corbin, who was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, is of old New England stock, tracing her descent from two Mayflower ancestors and also being a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She has been a voluminous writer upon subjects connected with moral and civic reform, and is now president of the Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women.
Historical Review of Chicago & Cook County & Selected Biographies, Vol. III, p. 966
Chicago. Calvin Rich Corbin, of the firm of Corbin, Sons & Co., well-known grocery and tea importers, helped originate the jobbing business in Chicago, and a history of his experience in the business would be a history of the business itself. When he came west something over fifty years ago, however, it was not with the purpose of engaging in this line of trade, and it was only as he recognized the opportunities of the growing city that the field of his most important efforts has presented itself. A native New England- er, who traces his American ancestry from James Corbin, an English emigrant of 1680 and one of the founders of Woodstock, Connecticut, Mr. Corbin was born at Dudley, Worcester county, Massachusetts, February 12, 1832. After receiving a common school education in Massachusetts, he came west in 1855, joining an engineering corps in Wisconsin that was engaged in locating a section of the Northwestern Railroad from Fond du Lac to Green Bay. Employed thus for two years, he then came to Chicago in the spring of 1857 and became associated with the J. W. Doane fruit house, which entered the tea and coffee trade later. From clerk he rose to be partner in this firm, and in 1866 severed his connection to become partner in the establishment conducted under the name of Swormsted, Corbin & Co. In 1868 he became a member of the firm of Ingraham, Corbin & May, which, in 1883, became Corbin, May & Co. In January, 1898, following the death of Horatio N. May in the preceding September, the business was reorganized as Corbin, Sons & Co., and since then Mr. Corbin has been senior partner and directing head. A number of years ago this firm began the importation of tea and coffee, which was almost a new undertaking for the grocery houses of Chicago, and the firm of which Mr. Corbin was a member was among the earliest to enter this field of business. Mr. Corbin's management of the Japan tea trade during the '708 has become a noteworthy part of the commercial history of Chicago.
Mr. Corbin married, in 1861, Miss Caroline Elizabeth Fairfield. and their children are Franklin N., Calvin Dana, John, and Lawrence Paul. John Corbin was for several years the dramatic critic on the New York Sun, and is now a writer of note for the magazines. Franklin N. and Lawrence Paul are associated with their father in business. Mrs. Corbin, who was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, is of old New England stock, tracing her descent from two Mayflower ancestors and also being a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She has been a voluminous writer upon subjects connected with moral and civic reform, and is now president of the Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women.
Chicago. Calvin Rich Corbin, of the firm of Corbin, Sons & Co., well-known grocery and tea importers, helped originate the jobbing business in Chicago, and a history of his experience in the business would be a history of the business itself. When he came west something over fifty years ago, however, it was not with the purpose of engaging in this line of trade, and it was only as he recognized the opportunities of the growing city that the field of his most important efforts has presented itself. A native New England- er, who traces his American ancestry from James Corbin, an English emigrant of 1680 and one of the founders of Woodstock, Connecticut, Mr. Corbin was born at Dudley, Worcester county, Massachusetts, February 12, 1832. After receiving a common school education in Massachusetts, he came west in 1855, joining an engineering corps in Wisconsin that was engaged in locating a section of the Northwestern Railroad from Fond du Lac to Green Bay. Employed thus for two years, he then came to Chicago in the spring of 1857 and became associated with the J. W. Doane fruit house, which entered the tea and coffee trade later. From clerk he rose to be partner in this firm, and in 1866 severed his connection to become partner in the establishment conducted under the name of Swormsted, Corbin & Co. In 1868 he became a member of the firm of Ingraham, Corbin & May, which, in 1883, became Corbin, May & Co. In January, 1898, following the death of Horatio N. May in the preceding September, the business was reorganized as Corbin, Sons & Co., and since then Mr. Corbin has been senior partner and directing head. A number of years ago this firm began the importation of tea and coffee, which was almost a new undertaking for the grocery houses of Chicago, and the firm of which Mr. Corbin was a member was among the earliest to enter this field of business. Mr. Corbin's management of the Japan tea trade during the '708 has become a noteworthy part of the commercial history of Chicago.
Mr. Corbin married, in 1861, Miss Caroline Elizabeth Fairfield. and their children are Franklin N., Calvin Dana, John, and Lawrence Paul. John Corbin was for several years the dramatic critic on the New York Sun, and is now a writer of note for the magazines. Franklin N. and Lawrence Paul are associated with their father in business. Mrs. Corbin, who was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, is of old New England stock, tracing her descent from two Mayflower ancestors and also being a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She has been a voluminous writer upon subjects connected with moral and civic reform, and is now president of the Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women.
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