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As soon as he had successfully won his degree, Dr. Cochrane began the practice of his profession in his native town, East Corinth, and continued there until 1888, in which year he removed to Saco, where he has remained in active practice ever since. He has met with remarkable success, and in a short period of time was recognized as one of the leading
physicians of this region. He is a member of the staff of surgeons of Webber Hospital at Biddeford, Maine, and was also a member of its board of direc- tors for several years. He held the office of exam- iner of pensions for twelve consecutive years, and from 1889 to 1891, and many times since, has been1 elected a member of the Saco Board of Health, and was active in the work of conserving the public health. In 1893 he was elected alderman from the Sixth Ward, and re-elected in 1894, 1895 and in 1902. For a number of years he has served as a trustee of the Saco and Biddeford Savings Institution. Dr. Cochrane is a member of many societies and other organizations here, especially those of a professional character, and is affiliated with the Saco and Bidde- ford Medical Club, of which he was president in 1893; the Maine Medical Society, the American Med- ical Association, the American Academy of Medicine, and the York County Medical Society, of which he was president in 1896. He is also a member of Saco Lodge, No. 9, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; York Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Maine Council, Royal and Select Masters; Bradford Commandery, Knights Templar, of Biddeford; Phi Nu Fraternity of Wesleyan University, and in virtue of his descent holds membership in the Maine branch of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. In his re- ligious belief, Dr. Cochrane was brought up a Metli- odist, but believes other denominations also hold a needed and important place in making for the wel- fare of the world, and is not averse to attending services of any of them. Dr. Cochrane was also made a member of the State of Maine Committee of the Council for National Defence, Medical Section.
Dr. Jasper D. Cochrane married at Lovell, Maine, Mrs. Ida M. Heald, daughter of Seth and Sarah P. (Abbott) Hutchins, of Lovell, Maine. Two chil- dren have been born of this union, as follows: Chauncey Duncan, and Sarah Abbott.
EDWIN GODFREY MERRILL may be claimed by the State of Maine as one of her sons, but he has been identified with New York City for a number of years. He was born November 21, 1873, at Bangor, the son of Isaac Hobbs and Ada Frances (Godfrey) Merrill. His father was a banker, and during the Civil War had served as a paymaster's clerk in the Union Army and later in the same capacity in the Union Navy. Mr. Merrill went to the Bangor High School, and was graduated in 1889, then entering Phillips Exeter Academy, from which he was graduated as an honor man in 1891. His degree of Bachelor of Arts received in 1895 from Harvard College was
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summa cum laude. His first business connection was with the firm of Merrill & Company, Bangor, Maine, and lasted from July, 1896, to February, 1898. He was then with the firm of Kountze Brothers, of New York, from February, 1898, to September, 1898, and left it for the employ of the Estabrook & Company, of New York City, with whom he was from October, 1898, to January, 1901. From March, 1901, he was managing part- ner of Merrill & Company, Bangor, Maine, re- maining in this position until June, 1903. The company was then re-organized as a trust com- pany under the title of the Merrill Trust Com- pany, and Mr. Merrill became its president. The Merrill Trust Company bought the Veasie Na- tional Bank, of which Mr. Merrill had been elected the president in 1905, and in 1908 this was merged into the Merrill Trust Company. Janu- ary, 1909, Mr. Merrill was elected the vice-presi- dent of the Central Trust Company of New York, and in April, 1910, he resigned and was elected president of the Union Trust Company of New York. Upon the merger of the Union Trust Com- pany and the Central Trust Company he became vice-president and vice-chairman of the Central Union Trust Company.
He is a director of the Hanover National Bank, a trustee of the Greenwich Savings Bank of New York, a trustee for the United States of the Cale- donian Insurance Company of Edinburgh, of the Atlas Assurance Company of London, England, a director of the Western Union Telegraph Com- pany, a director of the Electric Bond & Share Company, and a trustee of the Washington Water Power Company. He is a Republican in his poli- tical principles. He was a member of the West- chester County Commission of General Safety, and served as its treasurer. In October, 1918, he was appointed assistant to Joseph P. Cotton, rep- resenting the United States Food Administra- tion in Europe. He received a leave of absence from the Central Union Trust Company and went to Europe in order to perform his duties in this important service of the United States Govern- ment.
Mr. Merrill is a member of the State of Maine Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion; treasurer of the Children's Aid Society, of New York; member of the Central Council of the Charity Organization Society of New York; a member of the Board of Managers of St. Luke's Hospital, New York; a trustee of the United Hos- pital Fund; director of the Northern Westchester Hospital Association, Mt. Kisco, New York; ex- ecutive chairman of the National Allied Relief
Committee; a member of the Executive Commit- tee of Refugee Relief Fund; trustee of estate and York; and a director of the Brearly School of New York, and a director of the Brearly School of York York City. He belongs to the Harvard Club, to the University Club, to the Union Club, to the Metropolitan Club, to the Recess Club, to the Down Town Club, all of New York, and to the Harvard Union of Cambridge. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church.
Mr. Merrill married, January 21, 1902, at Ir- vington-on-Hudson, New York, Adelaide Isabel Katte, daughter of Walter and Elizabeth (Brit- ton) Katte. Their children are: Edwin Katte, born November 22, 1902; Dudley, born February 3, 1904; Adele Katte, born August 2, 1909; Pris- cilla Godfrey, born June 21, 1915; Elizabeth Brit- ton, born March 25, 1917.
EZRA ALONZO FREEMAN, D.O., although not himself a native of Maine, has come to be most closely identified with the life and affairs of the city of Lewiston, where he is now a prac- ticing osteopath and recognized there as a leader of his profession. He is a member of an old and highly respected New York family, his ances- tors having been represented in the Revolution- ary War in that State, and during several genera- tions his ancestors have resided at the town of Corfu there.
His grandfather was Ezra Freeman, who fol- lowed the occupation of farming during his en- tire life and lived and died at Corfu. Ezra Free- man married a Miss Wheeler, who came from the neighborhood of Schenectady, New York, and was a descendant of General Wheeler, of Revolu- tionary fame. A son of this Ezra Freeman was Albert Freeman, father of the Dr. Freeman of this sketch. He was born at Corfu, New York, Janu- ary 31, 1856, and spent his childhood and early youth there. He later removed to East Syra- cuse, New York State, and has been connected with the New York Central Railroad for many years. He is now living at East Syracuse with his wife, while several of his children are also residents of that place. Albert Freeman was mar- ried to Flora Comstock, a native of Napoli, New York, born in the year 1861. To them four chil- dren were born, as follows, all of whom are at present living: Elsie O., who became the wife of Orry R. Evans, of East Syracuse, where he is a leading attorney, and they have one ch.Jd. Erma; Ezra Alonzo, of whom further; Sadie A., who became the wife of William F. Floring, of New York City, and they have one child, William
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F., Jr .; Floyd A., who is at present residing at Mariel, Cuba, where he is an officer of a con- struction company known as the Cuban Portland Cement Company.
Born March 18, 1884, at East Otto, New York, Dr. Ezra Alonzo Freeman is the first of his fam- ily to come to Maine. He did not reside in his native town for more than a short time, but was taken by his parents to East Syracuse and it was with this place that his earliest childish associa- tions were formed and here that he attended the local public schools. He was graduated from the East Syracuse High School in 1900, and then for a time attended the Central City Business Col- lege at Syracuse, where he took a commercial course. Some time afterwards he entered the American School of Osteopathy, at Kirksville, Missouri, the first school of Osteopathy to be established in the world, so that it may well be called the genuine alma mater of all those who practice this profession. From this institution Dr. Freeman was graduated in the summer of 1913 and at once came to Maine, where he established himself in practice at Lewiston. He now has of- fices on the third floor of the Manufacturers' Na- tional Bank building, and has built up a large and remunerative practice. He is regarded as one of the leaders of his profession in this part of the State and is well known, not only to his profes- sional colleagues but to the community-at-large. Dr. Freeman has taken an active interest in the welfare of his profession throughout this region, and has been affiliated with the professional socic- ties. He was treasurer of thic Maine Osteopathic Association for the years 1916 and 1917, and has been very active in promoting the interests of this society. He is a member of the American Osteo- pathic Association and has been active in the work of this organization as well. Dr. Freeman is affiliated with Ashler Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Lewiston. Dr. Freeman be- longs to a type which has become very familiar to us as the successful American, governed in all matters by the most scrupulous and strict ethical code, uncompromising in removing obstacles from his path and yet generous in his relations with his fellows, even in the case of his rivals or enemies. It is his ambition, and a highly commendable one, to form for his profession, which is com- paratively new in the world, a set of traditions which will be in no wise inferior to those of the older and more venerable callings, and it is thus that he endeavors to establish for all his profes- sional colleagues a sense of their obligation to the community. He is one of those who looks broadly
at his subject and perceives his calling in its large aspects, for he is the product of culture and re- finement and of that hard work and frugal living which gives point to a man's achievements.
Dr. Freeman was united in marriage, Decem- ber 26, 1913, at Fulton, Illinois, to Ada Snyder, a daughter of John C. and Hattie (Noble) Snyder. Mrs. Frecman's mother was a native of Staten Island, New York, while her father was born at Fulton, Illinois, where he has continued to live to the present time. Mr. Snyder is a prominent figure in the coal industry, and plays an important part in the life of his community. Dr. Freeman and his wife are well known in the social life of Lewiston, and are regarded by all those who pos- sess their personal friendship as the most charm- ing and hospitable of hosts.
HENRY HUDSON, one of the most active and prominent members of the bar of Piscata- quis county, Maine, and an influential citizen of the town of Guilford in this region, is a native of this place, his birth having occurred here, March 19, 1851. Mr. Hudson is a son of Henry Hudson, Sr., whose birth occurred at Canaan, New Hamp- shire, October 26, 1824, and who was himself a prominent attorney of Guilford. Mr. Hudson, Sr., was admitted to the bar of Piscataquis county June 24, 1849, at a term of the court held at Dover, Maine, in that month. He was always in active practice from the time of his admission to the bar until his death, in June, 1877, which occur- red while on a visit to his native town of Canaan, New Hampshire, and had a large practice at that time. He married Emily Frances Martin, who was born at Guilford, Maine, May 13, 1831, and died here March 11, 1911. Mrs. Hudson, Sr., was the daughter of Addison and Lydia (Otis) Martin, the former having been born at New Gloucester, Maine, March 3, 1797, and died August 29, 1876. Addison Martin was twice married, his first wife having been Lydia P .Otis, born at Leeds, Maine, June 24, 1799, and his second wife Achsa Leadbetter, born at Montville, Maine, October 24, 1818. By his first wife he had the following children: Lydia Otis, Emily F., the mother of Henry Hudson of this sketch; and Mar- tha A .. By his second marriage he had two sons: Otis Martin, and Oscar E. Martin. Addison Martin, Sr., was a merchant. He opened the first store at Guilford, Maine, in 1825, and continued in the mer- cantile line here about thirty years. He was also a trial justice in this region for a long period of time and had a large business in this line. He was the son of Ezekiel Martin, of New Gloucester, Maine, who was born there, November 22, 1766, and died
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January 20, 1820, and of Mary (Stanchfield ) Martin, his wife, who was born July 9, 1767. Mr. Hud-on, Sr., came from Canaan, New Hampshire, to Maine, in 1849. He had read law in a law office in his native State and opened his own office at Guilford immedi- ately upon his admission to the bar.
Henry Hudson, Jr., received his early education at the Coburn Classical Institute at Waterville, in this State, where he was prepared for college and from which he graduated in the year 1871. He then en- tered Colby University at Waterville, where he was graduated in the class of 1875. During his college eourse he established an excellent record as an in- telligent and industrious student, and he was a mem- ber of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity during those years. He was admitted to the bar at Pis- eataquis county at a term of the Supreme Judicial Court, held there on the second Tuesday of Septem- ber, A.D., 1875, and since that time has been ae- tively engaged in practice here. His father, as has already been stated, left an excellent praetice, which Mr. Hudson succeeded to, and has since increased largely. For many years he has been engaged in nearly every case tried by a jury in this eounty and is now recognized as one of the leading members of the bar here, and a most capable and learned attorney. In addition to his legal activities, Mr. Hudson was for many years the owner of a large acreage in tim- ber lands and engaged in the business of cutting and manufacturing lumber at the mills in Guilford, in which he was interested. For ten years prior to 1904, he had large interests in lumber mills in this region, also was part owner of a woolen mill at North Dexter, Maine. He has been very active in the business life of this community. He was president of the First National Bank of Guilford from the time of its organization in 1893, to 1904. In poli- tics Mr. Hudson has always been a staunch Demo- crat but, as he himself remarked, he does not live in the right county or State for a Democrat who de- sires to hold offiee. He did hold one office from January 1, 1882, to January 1, 1883, but to this he was appointed by the governor. He is not a member of any elub, finding his chief recreation in huis own home and by his own fireside.
Henry Hudson, Jr., was united in marriage, Feb- ruary 22, 1877, at Dover, Maine, with Ada M. Lon- gee, a native of that town, where she was born, August 30, 1852, a daughter of James S. and Betsey Lougee. Mr. Lougee was engaged in business as a dealer in boots and shoes at Dover. Maine Mrs. Hudson's death occurred at Guilford, October 31, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson were the parents of the following children, all of whom were born at Guilford, Maine: James Henry, born March 21,
1878, a graduate of Coburn Classical Institute in 1896, of Colby College in 1900, and of the Harvard Law School in 1903; Leslie Everett, born in Guil- ford, October 25, 1882, who attended the Coburn Classical Institute at Waterville, Maire, and who now is a prosperous farmer and dealer in cattle and horses in his native town.
JAMES EDWARD COBURN, the successful cotton manufacturer of Lewiston, Maine, is a son of Edward and Lucy (Joy) Coburn, also of Bidde- ford, where his father was engaged in the truck- ing business for many years. Edward Coburn was a private in the Civil War and served throughout that historie struggle from 1861 to 1865.
Born February 13, 1869, at Biddeford, Maine, James Edward Coburn was a student at the local public schools. After completing his studies at these institutions, he turned his attention to an indus- trial life and became interested in the manufacture of cotton. He has been exceedingly successful in his chosen line and has come to be regarded as one of the most substantial and successful citizens of the community. He is also identified with the financial interests of Lewiston and is at the present time a director of the Manufacturers' National Bank and a trustee of the Androscoggin Savings Bank, hoth of Lewiston. Mr. Coburn is prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity and is a member of the lodge, chapter, council, commandery and temple. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In his religious belief Mr. Coburn is a Baptist and attends the church of that denomination at Lewiston.
James Edward Coburn was united in marriage October 1.4, 1894, at Biddeford with Cynthia Thomp- son, a daughter of Peletiah Haley and Jane ( Parler) Thompson, old and highly respected residents of this city. To Mr. and Mrs. Coburn two children were born as follows: Manola, August 8, 1898; and Dor- othy, February 16, 1903.
EDWIN LEAVITT BRADFORD, the sue- cessful business man and public-spirited citizen of Authurn. Maine, where he is engaged in the cream- ery business in association with the Turner Centre Dairying Association is descended from one of the old New England families, his direct paternal ances- tor having been William Bradford, governor of Mas- «achusetts, who founded the family in this country. He was one of the original pilgrim fathers who landed at Plymouth Rock with the passengers and crew of the Mayflower, and was one, if not the most important, member of the colony which was fourded at that time. Many of Governor Brad-
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ford's descendants remained in Massachusetts, but the branch with which we are especially concerned came to Maine at an early date, and settled at what was for some time known as Bradford Village, after their family name, but which afterwards be- came Turner Centre. It was there that Captain Dura Bradford, the grandfather of the Mr. Brad- ford of this sketch, was living during the early part of the nineteenth century and there that he eventu- ally died at the age of eighty-six ycars. He mar- ried Sallie Dillingham, by whom he had ten chil- dren, all of whom are now deceased. One of these children was Alfred Bradford, who was born at Bradford Village, Maine, in the town of Turner, and passed his entire life in his native place, dying there at the advanced age of eighty-five. He was a farmer by occupation. He married Flora Leavitt, by whom he had three children, as follows: Saralı, de- ceased ; George B., who continues to reside on the old homestead at Turner Centre; and Edwin Lea- vitt.
Born March 23, 1857, on the old homestead at Tur- ner Centre, Maine, or Bradford, as it was then called, Edwin Leavitt Bradford passed his childhood and early youth. It was there that he was educated, attending the local public school, and he continued to reside with his father until the year 1893. Shortly before leaving his native place, Mr. Bradford had become associated with the Turner Centre Dairy- ing Association and it was when that company moved to Auburn that he went with it. He has been connected with it from the time of its organiza- tion in the capacity of manager. It was founded in 1883. In 1893 the Auburn plant was established, Mr. Bradford coming to Auburn at that time, opening up a larger field of business. In the year 1906 Mr. Bradford became treasurer and has filled this double capacity ever since. The business done by the com- pany is a very large one, having twenty creameries throughout Maine, and the demands made upon Mr. Bradford's time and energies are great. Mr. Brad- ford in his management of the affairs of this busi- ness is recognized by his associates as one of the most progressive and capable business men. Mr. Bradford's strong interest in agriculture is well known to all, and not long ago, at a gathering of his companions, they revived one of the old colonial offices and elected Mr. Bradford hog reeve in jest. If a man of wide taste such as Mr. Bradford may he said to have a hobby at all, his must be regarded as fish- ing, of which he is excessively fond, but which he admits with sorrow that he is so busy he has com- paratively little opportunity to indulge in.
Edwin Leavitt Bradford married, February 7, 1879, Mary Frances Ridley, a native of Greene, Maine, a daughter of Hallet and Frances (Hood) Ridley, old
and highly respected residents of that place and now both deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Bradford three children have been born, all of whom are living, as follows: Bertha B., who became the wife of I. L. Smith, of West Newton and Boston, Massachu- setts; Alfred, who is now connected with the Tur- ner Centre Dairying Association, of which his father is treasurer and manager; Ada, who is now the widow of Frank A. Smith, and makes her home with her parents.
AARON JONES FULTON, M.D .- One of the prominent physicians of Blaine and its vicinity, is Dr. Fulton, who was born at Wicklow, New Brunswick, April 9, 1851, a son of Robert and Martha (Jones) Fulton. He comes of the family which gave to the world the inventor, Robert Fulton, whose persistent efforts in working out his ideas in regard to steam navigation have proved such a blessing to the v. hole world. His life is admired all the more because he turned to the long and costly work which was in- volved in his studies and experiments from his chosen field as a miniature painter, in which he had already won a sufficient success. It is a matter of pride that this benefactor of his race should have belonged to the same Scotch-Irish stock as the others of the Fulton name, and that the characteristics of the famuos Robert Fulton are to be seen in other members of the family. Robert Fulton went to work in Philadelphia when he was but seventeen years old, and he worked diligently on everything which he undertook. The same thoughtfulness, en- ergy, and conscientiousness are to be noted in those branches of the family that settled in the British provinces as well as those who lived in New England and Pennsylvania. Gowen Fulton, who landed in Boston with his wife, Margaret (Caswell) Fulton, in 1730, and came to Topsham, Maine, about 1750, was of Scotch-Irish stock, and among other descendants who have worthily borne his name has been Judge Lewis M. Fulton, of Bowdoinham, Maine. Those of the name who settled in Nova Scotia carried out the tradition of the race in its worthiest respect.
The history of the Fulton family of Truro, Nova Scotia, and its vicinity, is one of worthy deeds and lives of a high order. The family traditions cm- phatically state that the Fultons received their pres- ent name at the time of the celebrated siege of Londonderry, Ireland, in 1698. One of the men who brought in provisions to the starving inhabitants of that city was always noted for delivering a full ton, and so he became noted throughout Londonderry as "the Full Ton" man, the name being adopted by the family, and afterwards shortened to its present form.
(I) James Fulton was born in Londonderry, Ire-
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land, in 1726, and died at Truro, Nova Scotia, in 1792. He was a man of great hardihood and of the strictest honesty. He removed from Ireland to Nova Scotia in 1761, coming first to Halifax, and then staying a while at La Have, Lunenburg. In 1764 James Fulton and his family removed to Cum- berland county, where they remained for twelve years. As there was much trouble at the time of the Revolutionary War in Cumberland county, Mr. Fulton went to Pictou, remaining for four or five years. One more removal brought this family again to the lower valley of Truro. In making this last journey the family endured great privations, but bore them gaily and bravely. It took a week with the assistance of several men to travel this distance of not more than forty miles, as they had to make their way through dense forests where there were no roads, carrying their children and their goods on their backs. One night they nearly perished from the cold as their tinder to be used with the flint and steel hecame damp, and it was long before they could build a fire. Mr. Fulton with his wife and several of their children spent the remainder of their days at Truro, and were people highly esteemed in that community. James Fulton married, in Ire- land, in 1753, Anna Colwell, who was born in Ire- land in 1728, and died at Truro in 1813. Children : 1. John, born in 1754, came to Nova Scotia with his parents ; married, in 1775, Ann Sampson, and re- moved to Ohio. 2. William, of whom further. 3. Samuel, removed to Ohio with his wife, Alice (Tup- per) Fulton, and his family. 4. Joshua, married Nancy Sampson, and removed to the State of New York. 5. Ann, born in 1765, married James John- son. 6. Elizabeth, married (first) John Johnson, and (second) Robert Logan. 7. Jane, married, in 1787, Caleb Putnam.
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