City: Corbandale
CORBAN, B. J., farmer and merchant; born Palmyra, Tenn., April 6, 1853; English descent; son of Burrell and Sarah A. (Barnes) CORBAN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather C. CORBAN, paternal grandmother Elizabeth (Barnes) CORBAN, maternal grandfather Repps BARNES, maternal grandmother Parthinia (Cross) BARNES; received common school education; married Maria C. BATSON Dec. 2, 1874; member F. and A. M., I. O. O. F.; began business career as telegraph operator; elected justice of peace 1882; has held office since, having been continuously re-elected; represented Montgomery Co. in Tenn. general assembly in 1887-8 and in 1889-90; appointed postmaster in 1881, which position he now holds; member Cumberland Presbyterian church.
