Biography of Charles M. Coburn, page 520.  History De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Charles M. Coburn, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Trumbull County, 
Ohio, Nov.21, 1827, son of Ebenezer and Deliverance (Wilson) Coburn.  In 
August, 1838, his parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in 
Concord Township, where he was reared, his youth being spent in assisting 
his father clear and cultivate a frontier farm.  When seventeen years of age 
he began to work for the farmers by the month, and when nineteen years of 
age he was married, and then for several years rented land in this township.  
In February,1855, he bought forty acres of timber land which he cleared, and 
to which he has since added thirty acres.  This he has brought under a good 
state of cultivation and now has a pleasant home and is surrounded with all 
that makes life comfortable.  He was married Nov. 15, 1846, to Almira Milliman, 
a native of New York, daughter of John and Mary (Warren) Milliman.  To 
them were born eight children, five of whom are loving---Helen A., Emma A., 
William H. H., Charles Marcellus and Otis B..  Harriet E., Agnes B., and 
Rosalie F. are deceased.  Mrs. Coburn died Feb. 12, 1871, and Feb. 5, 1874, 
Mr. Coburn married Jane E. Allen, daughter of William and Elizabeth (
Brownley) Allen.  They have five children---Allen E, Clarence A., Ella C., 
Caroline B., and John H..  Mr. Coburn is a member of the Disciples church.  Politically he is a Republican.

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Auburn, Indiana
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