Background
Coburn was born and raised in Pittsfield, New Hampshire. He was the son of clergyman Jesse Milton Coburn and Almira Morse Coburn, who died at his birth.
Coburn was born and raised in Pittsfield, New Hampshire. He was the son of clergyman Jesse Milton Coburn and Almira Morse Coburn, who died at his birth.
He attended high school in Manchester, New Hampshire, and at the Pembroke Academy in Pembroke, New Hampshire.
As a youth, he worked finishing leather in a currying shop. He then worked in a doctor"s office, and later studied at the Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. He earned his medical degree at the Medical School of Boston University, where he was graduated in 1874.
He opened his practice in Brooklyn, Connecticut.
He was soon made surgeon to the Boston and Albany Railroad. In 1893 he moved to South Norwalk and became the surgeon for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, as well as city physician of South Norwalk.
In 1899, he was elected mayor of South Norwalk as a Republican. Member, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Fleet Surgeon, Norwalk Yacht Club.