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Name |
Robie, Frederick (Governor) |
Born |
12 Aug 1822 |
Birthplace |
Gorham, Maine |
Father |
Toppan Robie |
Mother |
Sarah Thaxter Lincoln |
Education |
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA - M.D. degree in 1844 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME - graduated in 1841 Gorham Academy Gorham public schools |
Spouse |
Olivia M. Priest, m 27 Nov 1847, d 1898 Martha Ellen Cressey, m 1900 |
Children |
Harriet Gertrude Robie Barker, b 1848 Mary F. Robie McQuillan, b 1852 Eliza Robie, b 1856 William Pitt Robie, b 1863 |
Occupation |
1883-1887 - Governor, State of Maine 1868-1878, State Representative (Gorham), Maine 1866-1867, State Senator, Maine During the Civil War, he was appointed paymaster of the United States volunteers, then appointed chief paymaster of the Department of New England at Boston, then at the Department of the Gulf 1861, member, executive council of Governor Washburn (ME) Circa 1858, moved back to Gorham and opened medical practice 1855-1858, private medical practice, Waldoboro, Maine 1844-1855, private medical practice, Biddeford, Maine |
Titles & honors |
1892-1893, president, Portland Plush Mill Company, Cape Elizabeth [South Portland], Maine President, First National Bank, Portland, Maine Director, Union Mutual Life Insurance Company Director, Portland and Rochester Railroad Company |
Notes |
Buried at Eastern Cemetery, Gorham, Maine |
Deceased |
3 Feb 1912 |
Deceased where |
Gorham, Maine |
