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 | March 27, 1853 |
| Died | August 13, 1923 (aged 70) |
| Resting place | Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport |
| Party | Prohibitionist Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Abbie M. Cutler (m. August 4th, 1879) |
| Children | two sons, Harrie Cutler Coburn (b. 1883. d. 1948), Aaron Cutler Coburn (b. 1885) |
| Education | 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.
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.
In 1899, he was elected mayor of South Norwalk as a Republican.