LaSalle County
ILGenWeb

Biography - J. C. CORBUS, M. D.

Dr. Corbus is one of the distinguished physicians of Illinois, his skill and ability winning him a marked prestige as a representative of the medical fraternity. In the progress that has been made in the science of medicine during his connection therewith is found an incentive for renewed effort, becoming familiar with all the discoveries and theories advanced by members of the profession. His knowledge of medicine is broad and comprehensive, and in its application to the needs of suffering humanity he has won the success that numbers him among the leading practitioners in his section of the state. He has recently been appointed the superintendent of the Kankakee Insane Asylum, a position which he is fully competent to fill.

Dr. Corbus was born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1833, and after completing his literary education he determined to devote his energies to the practice of medicine. To this end he entered the Western Reserve Medical College, of Cleveland, Ohio, and was graduated in that institution with the degree of M. D. In 1855 he came to Illinois, where he has since engaged in successful practice. At the outbreak of the civil war he put aside all personal considerations and responded to the country's call for volunteers, being made assistant surgeon of the Seventy-fifth Illinois Infantry. Subsequently he was promoted to the rank of surgeon, but was unable to remain at the front throughout the four years of the civil strife, owing to ill health.

Returning to the north, he resumed the private practice of medicine in Illinois, and as a physician and surgeon ranked second to but a few of the practitioners of the Prairie state. For years he was the president of the state board of charities, and was retained in that office by every governor except Altgeld since his appointment to the position by Governor Beveridge. For fifteen years he was a United States medical examiner, his thorough knowledge of medicine and anatomy well qualifying him to discharge the duties devolving upon him in that office.

Dr. Corbus is a man of broad general knowledge and is a prominent and influential member of the Republican party. For four years he served as a member of the Republican state central committee, and at all times has labored earnestly for the advancement of the welfare and success of his party. As a Knight Templar Mason he is very prominent in Masonic circles, and as a gentleman of genuine worth and genial manner is highly esteemed in social circles.

He has been twice married. His first wife died in 1890, and in 1892 he married Mrs. Helen Ruggles.

Extracted 13 Jun 2019 by Norma Hass from Biographical and Genealogical Record of LaSalle County, Illinois, published in 1900, volume 2, pages 671-672.


Visit Our Neighbors
Lee DeKalb Kane
Bureau Kendall
Putnam Grundy
Marshall Woodford Livingston

Explore ILGenWeb
Search Our Archives

  
LaSalle County Archives