The Corbins

Images: (1) Corbin Stone; (2) Kilbourne Commercial building where Corbin Funeral Home was located; (3) Cornelia Vest (Corbin), 1904; (4) Cornelia Vest Corbin driving; (5) Frank Corbin, 1927; (6) Edith Corbin's quilt at the Old Rectory

Sam and Cornelia Vest Corbin, who both were raised in Worthington, purchased the funeral business operating in the Kilbourne Commerical Building on High Street from Frank Goble in 1922. The building is the oldest surviving building in Worthington and the oldest commercial building in its original site in continuous commercial use, dating to 1808. The building now houses the offices of HER Realtors.

Cornelia was an active member of the Worthington community. She bought the Worthington Inn in 1936 and was a member and former organist of Worthington United Methodist Church as well as a trustee of the Worthington Library. She is also reported to be the first woman to receive a driver's license in Worthington. Cornelia was the last person to live upstairs in the residential part of the building, who died in 1978.

Son Frank Goble Corbin and wife Edith later took over the funeral business. Frank was the historian for the Worthington Historical Society, and his wife Edith Lewis Corbin created a large quilt depicting many of the early homes in Worthington which hangs in the stairwell of our headquarters at the Old Rectory. They are buried here along with each set of parents; the Corbins and the Lewis’.

From Stop 15 to Stop 16, continue on Cedar and turn right on Dogwood. Travel a short distance, and William Arter's grave will be on the right just off the path.