Cook, Orchard Sprague's Journal of Maine History Volume 10, page 202-203 Cook, Orchard, a Representative from the District of Maine; born in Salem, Massachusetts, March 24, 1763; attended the pub- lic schools and engaged in mercantile pursuits; assessor of Pownal- borough, Maine in 1786; town clerk of New Milford, Maine, 1795- 1797; justice of the peace; judge of the court of common pleas for Lincoln county 1799-1810; appointed assessor of the twenty- fifth district in November, 1798; overseer of Bowdoin college, 1800- 1805; elected to the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Congresses (March 4, 1805 to March 3, 1811); sheriff of Lincoln county 1811-1819; postmaster of Wiscassett until his death there August 12., 1819. (c) 1998 Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.