Jesse Milton Coburn

Jesse Milton Coburn
20th Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
In office 1897–1898
Preceded by	Charles G. Bohannan
Succeeded by	Charles G. Bohannan
Personal details
Born	(1853-03-27)March 27, 1853 Pittsfield, New Hampshire
Died	August 13, 1923(1923-08-13) (aged 70) Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, Connecticut
Resting place	Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport
Political party	Prohibitionist Republican
Spouse(s)	Abbie M. Cutler (m. August 4th, 1879)
Children	two sons, Harrie Cutter Coburn (b. 1883), Aaron Cutter Coburn (b. 1885)
Residence(s)	Brooklyn, Connecticut South Norwalk, Connecticut
Alma mater	Pembroke Academy Hahnemann Medical College Boston University (M.D., 1874)
Occupation	Physician

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. As a youth, he worked finishing leather in a currying shop. 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.

He opened his practice in Brooklyn, Connecticut. He was soon made surgeon to the Boston and Albany Railroad.

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.

Political career

In 1899, he was elected mayor of South Norwalk as a Republican.

Associations

• Member, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
• Fleet Surgeon, Norwalk Yacht Club
• Chairman, Worship Committee, Congregational Church