Death or Ichabod Corwin.
Another old pioneer has passed away. On Saturday afternoon at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Susannah Hoover, near Green Tree, Ichabod Corwin
died from the effects of a carbuncle, and on Tuesday. the 4th inst., his
remains were laid away to rest. The funeral took place from the Methodist
Episcopal Church of this place at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, the
services being preached by Rev. E. P. Dustin of Maineville. Mr. Corwin
was born In this county. February 9, 1802, and in 1823 he married Susannah
Burntrager, who died in 1870. Ichabod has long been a faithful and consistent
member of the Methodist Church, and was respected by all who knew him.
He traced his genealogy as follows: He was the fourth son of Joseph, who
was the third son of Jesse, who was the first son of Jesse, who was the
second son of Matthias. who was the third son of John, who was the first
son of Matthias, the first emigrant of the Corwin name, and who settled
at Ipswick Massachusetts, in 1633. Some branches of the family go even
further back and claim descent from Matthias Corwinus, the old King of
Hungary, but others disclaim the honor, among whom was Hon. Thomas
Corwin, a cousin of the deceased.