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 COOLIDGE. CORCORAN. H3 His father was a shoemaker in a small way, and as he was one of seven children, he was obliged very early in life to provide for his own support. Until he was twenty years old, he worked in the shop with his father, with the exception of three months, when, as a lad of thirteen years, he " pegged " for Henry Wilson — afterward United States senator and vice-president. Ever since his twentieth year, Mr. Coolidge has been a growing shoe manufacturer, at first doing most of the work himself, now giving employment to hundreds of people. From 1848 to '58 he manufactured shoes in Concord, and from 1858 to the present time, has conducted a manufactory in Marlborough. On the 17th of October, 1848, he was married, in Concord, to Sarah B., daughter of Abel and Rebecca (Lewis) Davis, their only child being Malissa A. Coolidge. In September, 1854, he married his second wife, Maria H., daughter of Thomas Davis. In financial affairs he has gained a sub- stantial reputation as self-reliant, cautious, firm and just. Politically he has followed the lead of his early employer, Henry TIMOTHY A. COOLIDGE. Wilson. Socially he has been found en- thusiastic in every department, and holds high Masonic orders (32°). He has also been actively identified with several phil- anthropic societies; is an active temperance man, ami a valuable member oT the Farm- ers' & Mechanics' Club and the Board of Trade. He is a trustee of the Marl- borough Savings Bank and was a director in, and is also vice-president of, the First National Bank of Marlborough. He is a justice of the peace, and has been a mem- ber of the board of selectmen eight years, chairman four years, and in 1S80 and '81 was elected to represent the 32d Middlesex district in the Legislature. COPELAND, HORATIO FRANKLIN, son of Horatio and Delia (Nye) Copeland, was born in Easton, Bristol county, November 15, 1842. He is a lineal descendant of Lawrence Copeland, who came to this country from England in early colonial days, married Lydia Townsend, and died in 1699, and who is said to have arrived at the age of one hundred and ten years. Mr. Copeland was fitted for college at Thetford (Vt.) Academy, and after study- ing medicine with Dr. Caleb Swan of Eas- ton, attended Harvard medical college, where he was graduated in 1865. His country needing his services, he received his degree in advance of his regular graduation, and at once (January, 1865) tookthe position of acting assistant-surgeon in the United States service, and was placed in charge of the Post Hospital at Bermuda Hundred, and of the small-pox hospital located at that place. He remained at his post until June of that year, when he returned to Massachusetts, and located in the practice of his profession at South Abington (now Whitman), where he has since been constantly and successfully engaged. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and has devoted himself untiringly to his profession, endeavoring to keep in the front rank of the progressive school of practice. Dr. Copeland has taken a keen interest in free masonry. He is a member of Puri- tan Lodge, Pilgrim Chapter, Old Colony Commandery, and Abington Council ; was presiding officer of the last named body for four years. He is a member of Post No. 78, C. A. R., and is a Republican in politics. CORCORAN, JOHN W., son of James and Catherine Corcoran, was born June 14, 1853, at Batavia, Monroe county, N. Y. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Clinton, Mass. He after- wards pursued his studies in Holy Cross College, Worcester, St. John's University,