David M. (5 Nov 1877-25 Sep 1898)
Joseph Andrew (26 Feb 1879-18 Jul 1956) — m. Lorena Ella Probst on 28 May 1902
Amanda Leota “Leota” (14 Oct 1881-9 Jan 1964) — m. Charles Wesley Spikes in 1897
Marion Aral (26 Jul 1884-21 Nov 1968) — m. Myrtle Howard on 4 Sep 1910
Aurora Casline (15 Jan 1890-20 Oct 1968) — m. Luther Sherman Clark on 26 Oct 1909
Neoma Ross (21 Oct 1893-12 Aug 1979) — m. Brooks Martin Brinkley on 9 Aug 1914
Marion was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee to David Morrow Corbet and Isabella Sarah Mansfield.
Julia was the daughter of William Wood and Phoebe McKee, also of Jefferson County.
Marion & Julia married on 25 December 1876 in Jefferson County. The 1880 census listed them in the county’s District 4, with sons David W. (2) and Joseph A. (1). Son Joseph later gave his place of birth as Dandridge. I’ve gone right by it every time I drove through Tennessee.
In the 1880s Marion’s parents moved west to settle in Greene County in northeastern Arkansas, taking with them their four youngest. Marion and his family joined them. They were living in Greene County by the time son Marion Aral was born in 1884. In the 1890s Marion and family moved again, settling in Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas.
The 1900 census listed Marion & Julia in Black Rock with children Joseph A., Marion A., Aurora C., and “Naomi” R. Marion was a sawyer, as were both sons. Daughter Leota had married.
The 1910 census listed Marion (56), Julia (56), children Marion A. (25) and Neoma (16) – and John Burgett (8) from Alabama. This was John L. Burgett (15 Jun 1902-9 Dec 1991), son of Thomas David Valentine Burgett (1877-1912) and Melvina Bates (1883-1910) of Blount County, Alabama. It appears his mother had recently died, but why was he here? He later moved back to Alabama, married, had children, died, was buried, never any explanation.
By 1920, it was down to just Marion (64) & Julia (66).
Marion died in 1925, and is buried in Oak Forest Cemetery, Black Rock. The 1930 census showed Julia, widowed, living in Black Rock with son Marion and his family. A different page of the same census listed her living with daughter Aurora and her family. Maybe she alternated.
Julia died the following year. She is buried with Marion in Oak Forest Cemetery. Their children Joseph and Aurora are buried there as well.
David, named for his grandfather, died in 1898 of unknown causes, aged not quite 21. He’s buried in Gross Cemetery, Randolph County, Arkansas.
Joseph, whose branch of the family spells it “Corbett” or “Corbitt”, married Lurena Ella Probst (1882-1979) in 1902. They remained in Black Rock. Their children:
Tempelton Myer (29 Jul 1903-15 Jun 1989) — m. Opal Rogers
Richard Andrew “Andy” (8 Feb 1907-23 Jan 1979) — m. Thelma Smith on 28 Apr 1928
Clyde E. (8 Nov 1908-2 Apr 1984) — m. Lois T. Dent on 6 Aug 1932
Anna Ellen (21 Oct 1911-28 Jan 1948) — m. Von Campbell Mullen on 2 Jul 1930; m. C. C. Langston
Carson Lester (15 Nov 1914-3 Nov 1990) — m. Irene George in 1934; m. Louise Hartnett in 1941
Joseph Bea “Joe” (8 Mar 1922-2 Sep 2015) — m. Elizabeth Harrison in 1942; m. Rachel Harris in 2008
Joseph was a sawyer and later a farmer. He registered for the draft in both wars. In 1930 the three youngest were still at home. By 1940 it was just son Joe. Joseph and Lurena are buried in Oak Forest Cemetery.
Leota, named (I assume) for her mother’s younger sister Alice Leota Wood, married Charles Wesley Spikes (8 Feb 1874-22 Jan 1949) in 1897 in Randolph County, Arkansas. Their children:
unnamed infant (~1898-~1898)
Alvin Townsend (5 Feb 1901-25 Nov 1951) — m. Laura Wanda Bryan on 6 Sep 1922
Thelma L. (1904-?1975?) — m. James Benton McBurney on 24 Nov 1923; divorced; m. Clark F. Lashley in 193x
Otha Rhea (30 Sep 1907-18 Apr 1978) — m. John Cheston/Clinton Borum on 25 Apr 1925; divorced; m. Karl Lincoln Johnson on 25 Jul 1939
Wesley Ancil (1914-29 Oct 1942) — m. ??? in 193x; divorced
Carlos Corbet (20 Mar 1916-31 Jul 1980) — m. Margaret L. Jordan on 12 Aug 1939
Their first child is buried in Spikes Cemetery, Ingram, Randolph County, Arkansas. By the states of birth that census records gave for the other children, it’s apparent that they moved to Oklahoma around 1902-1904, to Texas around 1909 (the 1910 census showed them in Claytonville, Fisher County, Texas), and to Colorado around 1915. Leota’s younger sister Neoma and her husband joined them in Colorado; in the 1920 census of Baca County, Colorado, Neoma and Leota were living next door to one another.
Leota and Charles moved to Hutchinson, Kansas by 1930, where they remained at least until Charles’s death in 1948. Leota died in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas in 1964, and is buried with her husband in Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas. Some of their children moved to California. In 1968, son Carlos and his wife were still living in Garden City.
Marion, whose branch of the family spells it “Corbett”, married Myrtle Howard (14 Dec 1886-18 Sep 1967) on 4 Sep 1910. They lived at first in Black Rock. Children were:
Marion Daniel (28 Oct 1911-2 May 1981) — m. Betty Alma Cook on 21 Dec 1934
Aral Glenn (13 May 1913-Apr 2016) — m. Snoda Belle Perry on 28 Sep 1937
Lundy M. (21 Sep 1915-20 Sep 1937)
Herbert Wood (24 Oct 1917-15 Feb 1989) — m. Cleney F. Waddell on 28 Jan 1938
Like his brother Joseph, Marion registered for the draft for both wars. In 1930, he & Myrtle were living in Campbell, Lawrence County, and Marion’s mother Julia was living with them at least some of the time. Son Lundy died in an accident while attending the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. In 1940, they were living in Ashland Township, Lawrence County.
Myrtle died in 1967, and Marion died of a heart attack in 1968, less than a month after his sister Aurora died the same way. They’re buried in Lawrence Memorial Cemetery, Walnut Ridge, as is son Glenn. Their son Marion Daniel Corbet and his son Marion Aral Corbet (12 Aug 1937-24 Sep 1997, named for his grandfather) both resided in Orange, California.
Aurora has her own entry in the family tree.
Neoma was sometimes misnamed Naomi in records. In 1914, just as WWI was breaking out in Europe, she married Brooks Martin Brinkley (8 Jan 1893-19 Apr 1983) from Tennessee. They moved to Baca County, Colorado to join Leota and her husband, as noted above. Brooks’s brother Erving went with them too. They had five children:
Ruby Muriel (26 May 1915-7 Apr 2002) — m. David Clark Davis on 24 Jul 1933
Jay Jewel (1918-1955) — m. Mildred B. Chesnut on 28 May 1938
Warren Wood (9 Jan 1921-5 Jan 2015) — m. Gladys Marie Ogden on 29 Dec 1944
Roy Allen (15 Apr 1924-22 Jun 2018) — m. Marjorie “Marge” ???
Nell Rose (3 Aug 1926-14 Aug 2008) — m. Darrell Lee Fourtner on 10 Jan 1944
Brooks was a rancher and farmer in Pritchett, Baca County. Sons Warren and Roy were, too. In 1940 the three younger children were still at home. Neoma and Brooks died in 1979 and 1983 respectively, and are buried in Springfield Cemetery, Baca County, Colorado, as are four of their children.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YJ-1XJ -- Marriage of Marion & Julia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7V-TVT -- 1880 census
http://www.geni.com/people/David-Corbett/4185886479360051664 -- More about the Corbets
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=debs_tree&id=I11805 -- More about the Corbets
http://www.argenweb.net/randolph/NewspaperMisc.htm -- Mention of Leota’s marriage to C W Spikes
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88197134/david-m_-corbet -- 1898 grave of David
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FZ-YBQ -- 1900 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMJ6-Q6V -- 1904 wedding, Joseph
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKV4-DKR -- 1910 census; site lists last name “Jorbet”
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MJ-7TL -- 1910 census, Leota in TX
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N994-QLV -- 1910 wedding, Marion A.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N994-Z3K -- 1914 wedding, Neoma
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K359-WC4 -- 1917/1918 draft registration, Joseph
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKZ-TGQ -- 1918 draft registration for Leota’s husband
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJ3-GT7 -- 1920 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJ3-PX6 -- 1920 census, Joseph
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2H-WVW -- 1920, Leota and Neoma in Colorado
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQ6-L9Z -- 1923 wedding of Thelma Spikes
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V255-VSS -- 1924 birth of Thelma’s son
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36364712 -- 1925 grave of Marion
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NZ-J12 -- 1925 wedding of Leota’s daughter Otha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMVK-HJQ -- 1928 wedding of Andy Corbet
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLF-ZJR -- 1930 census, Julia staying with son Marion
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLF-3W6 -- 1930 census, Julia staying with daughter Aurora
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X77S-PB7 -- 1930 census, Leota in KS
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC8G-BC5 -- 1930 census, Thelma Spikes McBurney
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMVK-DYC -- 1930 wedding of Ellen Corbett
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMVK-N4V -- 1932 wedding of Clyde Corbett
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQ9-D1D -- 1933 wedding of Ruby Brinkley
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM22-S6G -- 1934 wedding of Marion D.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N93J-J5V -- 1934 wedding of Lester C.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM22-X8N -- 1937 wedding of Aral G.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74653559 -- 1937 grave of Lundy M.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM22-XYW -- 1938 wedding of Herbert W.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8VZ-T8N -- 1939 wedding #2 of Otha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQK7-R4V -- 1940 census, Marion A. & wife
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR6S-D57 -- 1940 census, Neoma & family
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR2S-583 -- 1940 census, Leota & family
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQV6-7P8 -- 1940 census, Tempelton M.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQK7-R4P -- 1940 census, Marion D. and Aral G.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQKW-J9Y -- 1940 census, Herbert W.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR2S-7C5 -- 1940 census, Alvin T. Spikes
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9ZP-CXN -- 1940 census, Thelma Spikes
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CQ-K26 -- 1940 census, Otha Spikes
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR2S-S1R -- 1940 census, Carlos Spikes
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR6S-SPL -- 1940 census, Ruby Brinkley
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97L-YQG -- 1940 census, Otha’s son and ex-husband
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ6N-S6RQ -- Addresses for Ruby
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K52D-9QB -- Addresses for Warren Brinkley
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR62-CQ6 -- 1940 census, Jewel Brinkley
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWPM-M24 -- 1940 census, Joseph’s son Clyde
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N93N-BQZ -- 1941 wedding of Carson L.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4MD-HYS -- 1942 draft registration, Joseph
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38353766 -- 1942 grave of W. Ancil Spikes
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXL1-FHP -- 1944 wedding of Neoma’s son Warren
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8K5-XVY -- 1948 wedding of Leota’s grandson John Borum
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSRW-JYF -- 1948 death of Joseph’s daughter Ellen
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43716876 -- 1951 grave of Alvin T. Spikes
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/amanada-leota-corbet_49196864 -- Leota; little data
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28502825/jay-jewel-brinkley -- 1955 grave of Jewel Brinkley
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70161687/joseph-andrew-corbet -- 1956 grave of Joseph
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8XF-F4F -- 1957 wedding of Marion A. the younger
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150516283/james-b-mcburney -- 1960 grave of Thelma Spikes’s first husband
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135915119 -- 1963 grave of Thelma’s second husband
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38353765/amanda-leota-spikes -- 1964 grave of Leota
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74653579/marion-a_-corbett -- 1968 grave of Marion
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV51-Z4L -- 1970 Vegas wedding of Marion A. the younger
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPX7-T5Z -- 1978 death of Otha Spikes
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155732500 -- 1978 grave of Otha
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34039949/neoma-r_-brinkley -- 1979 grave of Neoma
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70161761 -- 1979 grave of Andy Corbet
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLY2-T6X -- 1980 death of Carlos
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVDB-2PG -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGBN-R1N -- 1981 death of Marion D.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J119-FP1 -- Ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVWQ-944 -- 1984 death of Joseph’s son Clyde
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67970958/_ -- 1984 grave of Joseph’s son Clyde
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74653500 -- 1989 grave of Herbert W.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JL8N-73G -- 1989 death of Tempelton M.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88842720 -- Grave of Tempelton M.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70161675 -- 1990 grave of Carson L.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP9N-YRB -- 1991 death of Otha’s son Jack Borum
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP3N-K15 -- 1997 death of Marion A. the younger
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137857329 -- 1997 grave of Marion A. the younger
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34085083 -- 2002 grave of Ruby M.
https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/james-b-mcburney-birth-1924-death-2002/89568252#family -- 2002 death of Thelma Spikes’s son James McBurney Jr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5X-876D -- 2012 death of Carlos’s wife
http://ted-mayr.tributes.com/dignitymemorial/obituary/Joseph-Bea-Corbett-102819124 -- 2015 obituary of Joseph’s son Joseph B.
http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Warren-Wood-Brinkely-102061314 -- 2015 obituary of Neoma’s son Warren
https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/11769/id/2894317 -- ditto
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12811565 -- 1975 grave of a Thelma McBurney near Los Angeles
http://theusgenweb.org/ca/losangeles/cemeteries/acton.htm -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPY4-4C6 -- 1970 divorce of a Thelma McBurney in Los Angeles