Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Sumter:

Frederick Coburn, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Prairie du Sac; son of Frederick and Mary Sanborn Coburn; came to Wisconsin in August, 1855, and located in Kingston, now Sumter, Sauk Co.; located on the farm where he now resides in 1867; owns 102 acres of land; resides on a well-improved farm of 80 acres, two and a half miles from the village of Prairie du Sac. Born in Greenwood, Oxford Co., Me., Dec. 21, 1817. Married Harriet Verrill, daughter of Daniel and Eunice Cordwell Verrill, Jan. 21, 1848, in Greenwood, Oxford Co., Me.; has one child - Stephen Oscar - who is at home and a member of the Good Templars' Society. He has held offices of District Clerk for three years and District Treasurer three years; is a member of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Merrimack. Mr and Mrs. Coburn attend the Universalist Church.

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