Background
Colcord, Lincoln was born on August 14, 1883 in at sea off Cape Horn. Son of Lincoln Alden and Jane French (Sweetser) Colcord.
Colcord, Lincoln was born on August 14, 1883 in at sea off Cape Horn. Son of Lincoln Alden and Jane French (Sweetser) Colcord.
Descended from a family of seafarers extending back five generations. Graduated Searsport (Maine) High School, 1900. Student of University of Maine, intermittently, 1900-1906.
Leaving college middle of junior year.
Honorary Master of Arts, 1922 (Phi Beta Kappa, 1924).
Nickels; married second, Loomis Logan, February 16, 1928 (divorced January 7, 1929). Married 3d, Frances Brooks, July 23, 1929. 1 son, Brooks. Spent his boyhood to age of 14 at sea with father, mostly on voyages to China and trading on China Sea.
Civil engineer with Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, in Maine woods, 1906-1909.
Began writing short stories, 1909. Secretary Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine, since 1936.
Associate editor American Neptune, Salem, since 1941.
Member Kappa Sigma.; Mason. Clubs: The Players, Cruising.
Married Blanche T. Nickels, May 4, 1910. Married second, Loomis Logan, February 16, 1928 (divorced January 7, 1929).