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Coburn, Abner

merchant, governor, philanthropist, was born March 22, 1803, in Skowhegan, Maine. In 1838 he was elected as a whig to the Maine legislature, and again in 1840. In 1860 he was an elector on the Lincoln ticket and chosen governor of Maine in 1862. He died June 4, 1885, in Skowhegan, Maine.

Coburn, Frank Potter

farmer, congressman, was born Dec. 6, 1858, in Hamilton, Wis. He was the democratic candidate for congress in the seventh district in 1888, and was defeated; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.

Coburn, John

lawyer, jurist, was born in Philadelphia. He was appointed judge of the territory of Orleans, and held his courts in St. Louis. He died in February, 1823.

Coburn, Stephen

congressman, was born in Maine. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirtysixth congress to fill a vacancy.

Cochran, Alexander G

lawyer, congressman, was born March 20, 1845, in Allegheny City, Pa. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress.

Cochran, Charles F

lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1848, in Kirksville, Mo. During 1860-85 he lived in Atchison, Kan., where he was engaged as a practical printer, newspaper man, and lawyer; and was four years prosecuting attorney of his county. He is now one of the foremost lawyers of his state at St. Joseph; has been a member of the Missouri senate for four years; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Cochran, James

soldier, congressman. He was a major of militia and represented the state of New York in congress from 1797 to 1799. He was at one time postmaster of Oswego, N. Y. He died Nov. 7, 1848, in Oswego, N. Y.

Cochran, James

inventor, was born in 1763, in Batavia, N. Y. He was a brassfounder in Philadelphia, and Franklin frequently visited his shop. He invented the art of making cut nails, and also claimed to have made the first copper cents in this country. He died Dec. 31, 1846.

Cochran, Jerome

physician, was born Dec. 4, 1831, in Moscow, Tenn. From 1868-73 he was professor of chemistry in the Medical College of Alabama; was a noted physician of Mobile, Ala.; and has written many articles on yellow fever.

Cochran, John

surgeon, was born Sept. 1, 1730, in Sudsbury, Pa. In 1781 he became director-general of the hospitals of the United States. He died April 6, 1807, in Palatine, N. Y.

Cochran, John P

statesman. He was governor of Delaware from 1875 to 1879.

Cochran, John Webster

inventor, was born May 16, 1814, in Enfield, N. H.

In 1834 he invented a revolving, breechloading rifled cannon, in which the cylinder was automatically rotated by the cocking of the hammer-the same principle that afterward secured the success of the revolving pistol.