Corbin, Austin (1827-1896)
- Name:
- Corbin, Austin (1827-1896)
- Title:
- Graduate, Harvard Law School, 1849
Founder, Corbin Banking Co., forerunner of the Chase Manhattan Bank, N.Y.
Founder, Corbin Park (aka Blue Mountain Forest), 1887, as a wildlife preserve
President, Long Island Railroad - Born:
- 07/11/1827
- Birthplace:
- Newport, NH
- Died:
- 06/04/1896
- Death Location:
- Newport, NH
- Residence:
- North Newport, NH, born and raised; returned in 1886
Davenport, Iowa, in 1851 - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Lawyer, with partner Ralph Metcalf (later N.H. Gov.), 1849-51
Speculator, real estate, 1851- - Relations:
- Great grandson: Henry Edgell (Corbin?).
Grandson: Edgell Corbin.
Father: farmer, Newport, NH
Grandfather: doctor, Newport, NH - Children:
- Corbin, Austin, Jr. (d.1936)
- Notes:
- from 1981 letter in 1981.20 accession file, re Austin Corbin: "This farmer's son attended Harvard law school and then entrepreneured until he had $30,000,000. Having 'made good' he returned to North Newport, bought up land around the family farm and created Corbin Park, a wild life preserve, founded in 1887. In 1905 the inhabitants included 160 buffalo and many wild board.... At present Corbin Park is said to be the largest private game preserve in the United States, comprising of 24,000 acres. The park occupies parts of Newport, Croydon and Plainfield."
Died in a carriage accident on the property, 1896
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