Macclenny in Baker County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Ida Estelle Corbett Mathews

1860-1932

— Heritage Park Village —

Ida Estelle Corbett Mathews Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, September 21, 2022

1. Ida Estelle Corbett Mathews Marker

Inscription. Ida Estelle Corbett born September 8, 1860 was the daughter of Charles C. Corbett and his wite Zilphia Crowningshield, natives of Vermont. A stone cutter and funeral director by trade, Charles, moved his family to the area now known as Baker County about 1880 and became the first known county ‘undertaker’. Many of the county's older grave markers were engraved and funeral records hand recorded by him. In 1890, their daughter Ida Estelle married Frank H, Matthews, son of James Bosworth Mathew’s originally of New York and his French Canadian wife Margaret Newman. Matthews was previously in the newspaper business in Chicago and when he moved his family to Baker County he was editor of the county's only newspaper, The Baker County Standard Ida Estelle and Frank Matthews had a son, Frank Maynard, who died in the 1918 flu epidemic. Their daughter Ida Mae (Padgett), born in 1893 grew up in Baker County under the scrutinizing eyes of her strict mother. As a young girl, Ida Mae was one of three employees in the old Baker County State Bank which eventually folded. She was also the first Health Registration officer in Baker County.

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After Frank’s death she married her first cousin, Cecil M. Corbett.

After her father's death, Ida Estelle Matthews took over her father's business as the county funeral director selling caskets and recording some of this county's first death records. She inherited all the west half of Lot 27 in Macclenny and the original Corbett family home built on the corner of Sixth Street and Macclenny Avenue that still stands in 2005. After her death in 1932 the land and home was inherited by her daughter Ida Mae who had married Barney Padgett the first principal of the Macclenny School, as well as coach of the first basketball team.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is September 8, 1860.

Location. 30° 16.725′ N, 82° 8.048′ W. Marker is in Macclenny, Florida, in Baker County. It can be reached from South Lowder Street near West Railroad Avenue. Marker located within Heritage Park Village. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 102 S Lowder St, Macclenny FL 32063, United

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, September 21, 2022

2. Ida Estelle Corbett Mathews Marker

States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Florida.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Otis and Mattie (Crews) Canady (here, next to this marker); Alverdo A. Geitgey (here, next to this marker); Ida Raulerson Gainey (a few steps from this marker); Olustree Memories (a few steps from this marker); Clyde Sands and Mamie Thrift (a few steps from this marker); Corbett & Sadie Yarborough (a few steps from this marker); Elisha Greene and Samuel Spearing (a few steps from this marker); Ernest Harvey Jr. (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Macclenny.

Also see . . .
1. The Corbett Family. (Submitted on September 29, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
2. Heritage Park Village.

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(Submitted on September 29, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 29, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.