Mae E Corbin was born on 30. Apr. 1890 at Corbin Hill Rd, Belmont, Allegany County, New York. She was the daughter of
Calvin Corbin and
Carrie Bump. Mae E Corbin was graduated in 1909 at Belmont High School, Belmont, Allegany County, New York. She was a School Teacher at Friendship, Allegany County, New York. She married
Herbert Anthony Windus, son of
Thomas Sortore Windus and
Ruth Pendleton, on 17. Oct. 1917 at Brides Home, Belmont, Allegany County, New York; by the Reverend Arthur Abernathy. Mae E Corbin died on 22. Jan. 1994 at Belmont, Allegany County, New York, at age 103. Mae E Corbin was a member of the 1909 Belmont High School graduating
class and the Friendship Teachers Training Class. She taught school in
the Corbin Hill District School.
She was a member of the Wellsville, New York Christian and Missionary
Alliance Church.
At the time of her death she had 15 grandchildren, 22
great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren.
Mae was in great health up until her final winter. She decided to spend
it in the Dickerson Rest Home in Belmont, New York where she passed away
in her sleep. She had all of her faculties about her, a great memory and
wonderful tales of her youth. She lived alone in the home where she
raised her 5 sons. She continued to maintain her home, did cooking etc.
Up until the last year of her life she continued to can food items each
year.
see Newspaper article on her 100th Birthday.