Jesse Milton Coburn
Jesse Milton Coburn | |
|---|---|
| 20th Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut | |
| In office 1897–1898[1] | |
| Preceded by | Charles G. Bohannan |
| Succeeded by | Charles G. Bohannan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 27, 1853[2][3][4] Pittsfield, New Hampshire[3][4] |
| Died | August 13, 1923 (aged 70)[4] Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, Connecticut[4] |
| Resting place | Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport[4] |
| Political party | Prohibitionist[3] Republican[2][4] |
| Spouse(s) | Abbie M. Cutler[3] (m. August 4th, 1879)[2][4] |
| Children | two sons,[3] Harrie Cutter Coburn (b. 1883), Aaron Cutter Coburn (b. 1885)[2] |
| Residence(s) | Brooklyn, Connecticut[2] South Norwalk, Connecticut[2] |
| Alma mater | Pembroke Academy[2][3] Hahnemann Medical College[2] Boston University (M.D., 1874)[2][3] |
| Occupation | Physician[2][3][4] |
Jesse Milton Coburn (1853–1923) was a one-term Republican mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut, from 1897 to 1898.
Early life and family
Coburn was born and raised in Pittsfield, New Hampshire. He was the son of clergyman Jesse Milton Coburn and Almira Morse Coburn, who died at his birth.[2] As a youth, he worked finishing leather in a currying shop.[2] He attended high school in Manchester, New Hampshire, and at the Pembroke Academy in Pembroke, New Hampshire. He then worked in a doctor's office, and later studied at the Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. He earned his medical degree at the Medical School of Boston University, where he was graduated in 1874.[2] He opened his practice in Brooklyn, Connecticut.[2] He was soon made surgeon to the Boston and Albany Railroad.[2] In 1893 he moved to South Norwalk and became the surgeon for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, as well as city physician of South Norwalk.[2]
Political career
In 1899, he was elected mayor of South Norwalk as a Republican.[2]
Associations
- Member, Independent Order of Odd Fellows[2][4]
- Fleet Surgeon, Norwalk Yacht Club[2]
- Chairman, Worship Committee, Congregational Church[2]
References
- ↑ List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Men of Mark
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Illustrated Popular Biographies of Connecticut
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Political Graveyard
- 1853 births
- 1923 deaths
- American people of Scottish descent
- Burials at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport
- American Congregationalists
- Connecticut Republicans
- Mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut
- Connecticut Prohibitionists
- Physicians from Connecticut
- Boston University School of Medicine alumni
- People from Pittsfield, New Hampshire