Born 8
November 1888 at Stamford, Delaware County, New York
Died 8 June
1978 at Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, New York
Jessie was
the youngest of six children born to Charles Mallory Shutts and Jennette E. McKenzie Shutts. She was raised at
Stamford where her father was a farmer. He died when she was only six years of
age and her mother then managed the farm. Jessie married to Robert PayneCorbin on 6 July 1909 at Stamford. They made their home first at Stamford where
she was a school teacher and her husband was a florist. They relocated to
Albany, New York about 1920 where she was a public school teacher and her
husband was a private family gardener. They relocated to Bethlehem, New York
about 1925 where she was a school teacher and her husband was first a florist
and later a private estate superintendent. They relocated to Rensselaer, New
York about 1935 where her husband was the owner and operator of a neighborhood
gas and grocery store known as Corbin Gas Station and Arrowhead Store; and
where Jessie was the principal of a West Albany school. After the death of her
husband in 1961, she and their son managed the family business. Sometime after
the death of her son in 1972, she relocated to Baldwinsville. Jessie and Robert
were the parents of one child, Jay Arthur Corbin. Jessie is buried next to her
husband at Stamford Cemetery at Stamford. She was my second cousin twice
removed.
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