Jesse Milton Coburn
20th Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
In office
1897–1898[1]
Preceded byCharles G. Bohannan
Succeeded byCharles G. Bohannan
Personal details
Born(1853-03-27)March 27, 1853[2][3][4]
Pittsfield, New Hampshire[3][4]
DiedAugust 13, 1923(1923-08-13) (aged 70)[4]
Bridgeport Hospital
Bridgeport, Connecticut[4]
Resting placeMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport[4]
Political partyProhibitionist[3]
Republican[2][4]
Spouse(s)Abbie M. Cutler[3] (m. August 4th, 1879)[2][4]
Childrentwo sons,[3] Harrie Cutter Coburn (b. 1883), Aaron Cutter Coburn (b. 1885)[2]
Residence(s)Brooklyn, Connecticut[2]
South Norwalk, Connecticut[2]
Alma materPembroke Academy[2][3]
Hahnemann Medical College[2]
Boston University (M.D., 1874)[2][3]
OccupationPhysician[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]

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