The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Minuteman
Cemetery Info Contact: Cemetery Division, 300 North Maple Street, Florence, MA 01062, Tel: (413)587-1577
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Although the official address is Bridge Street, the only open gate is located on Parsons Street. Roadways are a combination of pavement, dirt and grass. Only the newer part is plowed during the winter.
A walking tour brochure and map is available from Historic Northampton at 46 Bridge Street.
An original Corbin plot map is available at Forbes Library, Northampton.
Thomas Bridgman transcribed and published in 1850 "Inscriptions on the Grave Stones in the Grave Yards of Northampton, and of other Towns in the Valley of the Connecticut as Springfield, Amherst, Hadley, Hatfield, Deerfield, etc. with Brief Annals of Northampton". Bridgman noted that markers were becoming illegible.
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