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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Coburn,

Geotge Francis, lawyer,

was born Dec. Ohio.

He

29,

1841, in

jurist,

Brown county,

received hie education in the common schools of his

county; and commenced life as a school teacher, and he taught with great success for He then five years. studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867; and has since practiced his profession in Danville, 111.

In 1889 he was elected justice of the peace; and has since disposed of six thousand cases. He has always taken an interest in the public affairs of his county and state; and has filled many important oflSces of honor and trust. His daughter, Mrs. Lena 0. Dibble, lives in North Stamford, Conn. Coburn, John, lawyer, merchant, jurist, was born in 1763, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a judge of the United States district and circuit courts until 1805, when he was appointed judge of the territory of Orleans, and held his courts in St. Louis during 180509. In 1800 he declined nomination for the United States senate in favor of his friend, John Breckinridge. He died in February, 1823, in Mason county, Ky. Coburn, John, soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 27, 1825, in Indianapolis, Ind. He served as a union soldier during the civil war; was in command of the thirty-third regiment Indiana volunteer infantry ; and attained the rank of brigadiergeneral. In 1865-66 he was judge of the circuit court. In 186775 he was a representative to the fortieth, forty-first, forty-second and forty-third congresses. He was the author of the measure for printing the rebellion records, and carried through the house the law for soldiers' headstones. He served as one of the supreme judges of the territory of Montana. He died in 1908 in

Montana. Coburn, Stephen, congressman, was bom 1817 in Maine. In 1859-61 he was a representative from Maine to the thirty-sixth congress to fill a vacancy. He died in 1883 in Maine. Cochran, A. M. J., lawyer, jurist. Since 1901 he has been judge of the United States district court for the eastern district of Kentucky; and resides in Maysville, Ky. Cochran, Alexander 6., lawyer, congressman, was born March 20, 1845, in Allegheny City, Pa. In 1875-77 he was a representative in

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from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress.

Cochran, Archelaus M., soldier, farmer, legstatesman, was born Sept. 25, 1839, in Columbia, Tenn. In 1859-60 he attended the medical college of the university of Louisiana. In 1863 he became a captain in the civil war. In 1866 he was a member of the islator,

Texas state legislature; became an alderman of Dallas in 1873 and was made postmaster of that city in 1879. In 1881 he was chairman of the republican state

execu-

committee for Texas; and in 1886 was republican nominee for governor of Texas. In 1890 he was commissioner for Texas to the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago, 111; and in 1894 was mayor of Dallas, tive

Texas. Cochran, Carlos Bingham, educator, scientist, was born July 1, 1854, in Albion, Mich. Since 1884 he has been hygienist and microscopist to the Pennsylvania state board of agriculture. Since 1903 he has been professor of chemistry in the state normal school at West Chester, Pa. He is a member of the American association for the advancement of science.

Cochran, Charles Fremont, lawyer, jourcongressman, was bom Sept. 37, 1848, in Kirksville, Mo. In 1860-85 he was a newspaper man and lawyer of Atchison, Kan.; prosecuting attorney of his county. He was a member of the Missouri senate for four years; and in 1897-1905 he was a representative to the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fiftyseventh, and fifty-eighth congresses as a democrat. He died in 1906 in St. Joseph, Mp. Cochran, George, naval officer, was born in 1839. He attained the rank of rear-admiral in the United States navy. He died in 1900. Cochran, J. Henry, lumberman, banker, legislator, was born Jan. 14, 1845, in New Brunswick, Maine. He was educated in the public schools of New England and at Calais, Maine. He has been a successful lumberman, nalist,

banker and railroad official; and for many years has been prominently identified with the business and public affairs of Williamsport, Pa. He has been a director in several business corporations; and has filled various positions of trust and honor. In 1894-1906 he was a member of the Pennsylvania state senate.

Cochran, James, manufacturer, inventor, in 1763, in Batavia, N.Y. He was a brass-founder 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 Deo. 31, 1846, in Philadelphia, Pa.

was born