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Abner Coburn

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Born: March 22, 1803

Birthplace: Skowhegan, Massachusetts

Father: Eleazer Coburn 1777 – 1845
(Buried: Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Massachusetts)​

Mother: Mary “Polly” Weston 1782 – 1860
(Buried: Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Massachusetts)​

Political Party: Federalist Party, Whig Party, and Republican Party

Occupation before War:


Worked on his family farm at a young age.​
Assistant to his father who was a land surveyor​
Helped Start the firm of E. Coburn & Sons buying lands and dealing in lumber on the Kennebec River.​
After the death of his father the Firm became A & P Coburn​
This firm would become the largest landowner in the state of Maine.​
The Firm would acquire large timber holdings in Wisconsin​
Obtained fifty thousand acres of timberland.​
1830: Maine State Representative​
1840: Maine State Representative​
1844: Maine State Representative​
One of the leaders in the founding of Republican Party in Maine.​
Owner of two thousand shares of Kennebec & Portland Railroad​
President of Skowhegan, Maine Savings Bank​
President and Director of Maine Central Railroad Company​
1855: Member of Governor Anson P. Morrill’s Council​
1857: Member of Governor Hannibal Hamlin’s Council​
1860 – 1863: Maine State Representative​
1860: Republican Party Presidential Elector​

Civil War Career:

1860 – 1863: Maine State Representative​
1863 – 1864: Governor of Maine​
1863: Inaugurated as Governor of Maine on January 7th​.​
1863 – 1864: Advocate for leasing Prisoners to Manufacturers​
1863 – 1864: Leader in support of the Union Cause of the War.​
1863 – 1864: Known to have been an honest Governor of Maine.​

Occupation after War:

1864 – 1885: Retired living in Skowhegan, Maine​
1874 – 1885: Chairman of Board of Trustees of Colby College​
Supporter of Coburn Classical Institute​
Supporter of Bloomfield Academy in Skowhegan, Maine​
Presented Somerset County Maine a new county courthouse.​
Presented Skowhegan the city first public hall named for the donor.​

Died: January 4, 1885

Place of Death: Skowhegan, Maine

Age at time of Death: 81 years old

Burial Place: Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Maine
 
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