Name/Title
Corby, Francis P. Portrait Photo, c. 1860Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.174Description
Corby, Francis P. Portrait Photo, c. 1860 b/w. Head/shoulders view of Francis Corby. Photo of man in mid-life with dark hair, dark beard & goatee, wearing dark jacket with dark bow tie. Francis married Joseph Robidoux's daughter, Angelique, was brother of John Corby, and father of Joseph A. Corby. (See Museum Graphic, Summer, 1958 for Corby article)
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"Francis Patrick Corby, was a brother of John Corby, and his mother was a Miss Morgan. F. P. Corby was in the railway supply business in Cincinnati and a widower. In 1861 he came out to St. Joseph to visit his brother and while here met Josephine Angelique Robidoux, the attractive eighteen-year-old daughter of Felix Robidoux, and granddaughter of Joseph Robidoux. Although F. P. Corby was forty-one years of age, they were married. They then moved to Memphis, Tennessee, taking along the three children of F. P. Corby's first marriage, two daughters and the son, Joseph A. Corby."
Original digital scan on History CD 01.Made/Created
Date made
1860Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Corby FamilyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Corby, JohnPerson or Organization
Francis P. CorbyPerson or Organization
Angelique Robidoux