Cumberland County, Maine - Lyman M. Cousens
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Biography
Lyman M. Cousens
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 551-552


Lyman M. Cousens, of the firm of Milliken, Cousens & Short, wholesale dry-goods
dealers of Portland, Me., was born in Poland, Me., January 10, 1840. His parents
were William and Mary J. (Whitman) Cousens; and his paternal grandfather was
John Cousens, one of the original settlers of Poland. William Cousens was a
prominent merchant in Poland. He died in 1870. His wife died in 1846. They had
but one child, the subject of this sketch.

Lyman M. Cousens received a good education, attending the public schools of
Poland and Gorham Academy. On leaving school he obtained a clerkship at Minot
Corner, where he was employed four years, at the end of that time establishing a
business of his own, which he conducted six years. He then became a member of
the firm of Marr, True & Co., flour dealers in Portland, and was afterward for
five years a partner in the firm of D. W. True & Co. His name next appears in
the sign of Cousens & Tomlinson, which remained unchanged for ten years, at the
end of which Mr. Cousens became a member of the firm of Milliken, Cousens &
Short. This company handle an extensive dry-goods business, dealing with firms
all through the Eastern States and in New York; and they are agents for several
mills. Their main establishment is a five story building at 164-166 Middle
Street, Portland, which is fifty by one hundred and seventy-five feet in
dimensions; and they have storehouses in different localities. Mr. Cousens is a
man of unusual business ability, and is also prominent and popular in social
circles, and has a host of friends. He is connected with various financial
enterprises in Portland, being a Director in the Portland National Bank, a
member of the Executive Committee of the Union Safety Deposit and Trust Company,
Vice-President and Director of the Falmouth Loan Association, a Director in the
Maine Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and one of the Trustees of Evergreen
Cemetery.

Mr. Cousens and Mary E. True, daughter of John and Mary (Abbott) True, of
Portland, were united in marriage on December 8, 1870. They have two children -
William T. and Lyman A.

In politics Mr. Cousens is a Republican, and he has been elected by his party
four times to the Common Council. He is a thirtysecond degree Mason, belonging
to Tyrian Lodge of Mechanic Falls, King Hiram Chapter of Lewiston, and Portland
Commandery, Knights Templars; and he is a member of Unity Lodge, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, a member of the Portland Club, and also a member of the
Lotus Club of New York City. With his family he attends the Payson Memorial
Church of Portland, of which he is a Trustee. He has a handsome residence at 31
Deering Street, Portland.