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Drew, Franklin Mellen

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born July 19, 1837, in Turner, Maine. In 1858 he graduated from Bowdoin college. He was a union soldier for over three years during the civil war, and was promoted to major and brevet colonel. During 1868-71 he was secretary of the state of Maine. In 1889 he was elected department commander, department of Maine, of the Grand Army of the Republic. Since 1889 he has served with distinction as judge of probate. He is one of the foremost lawyers of his native state, and has a law office in Lewiston, Maine.