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Seth Larrabee

1855 – 1910

American attorney and state legislator

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Lived 1855 – 1910 (aged 55). Seth Larrabee was an American businessperson.

Seth Leonard Larrabee (January 22, 1855 – December 8, 1910) was an American attorney and state legislator. He was a speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.

Early life Larrabee was born in Scarborough, Maine, in 1855, to Jordan Libby Larrabee, a farmer, and Caroline Frances Beals. He was their second known child, after Albion, who was born in 1852 and became a medical doctor. He attended Westbrook Seminary, graduating in 1870. In 1872, he began studying at Bowdoin College, and graduated with the class of 1875.

In 1898, he was one of twenty individuals involved in the formation of the Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway. He was elected its president. He was also a co-founder, vice-president and director of the Chapman National Bank, and was a trustee and attorney for the Mercantile Trust Company, which he co-founded.

Larrabee was a member of the Portland Board of Trade for many years, and was one of the original members of the Casco and Portland Loan and Building Associations, as well as being a director, treasurer and attorney for each. from fellow attorney Edward Cox.

Death Larrabee died in 1910, aged 55. He was interred in Portland's Evergreen Cemetery. His parents and brother are interred in Black Point Cemetery in Scarborough.

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Member of the Maine House of Representatives

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Who was Seth Larrabee?

American attorney and state legislator

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Seth Larrabee was born on 22 January 1855.

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Seth Larrabee died on 8 December 1910.

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Seth Larrabee was a businessperson.

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Seth Larrabee was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Seth Larrabee

· Wikidata: Q130365686

· DBpedia: Seth Larrabee

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