Fred Millard Corson

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  Events

• Census, 8 Jan 1920, Skowhegan, ME. ¹

• Census, 25 Apr 1930, Skowhegan, ME. ²

• Newspaper Article: Bangor Daily News, 3 Feb 1962, Bangor, ME.
Inspectors See Little Chance Of Determining Cause Of Fire
State and local fire inspectors searched Friday for the cause of the fatal Northern Hotel blaze.
They concluded that the secret may have died with the only victim, 47-year-old Fred W. Corson of Skowhegan. Corson, an itinerant painter, apparently was the only person on the sixth floor of the hotel when the blaze broke out shortly after noon.
Inspectors confirmed earlier reports that the fire started on the top floor of the six-story structure. The section was so completely destroyed, however, there was little chance of determining the exact cause.
Fire Chief Paul R. Clark said that the investigation is continuing.

• Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 3 Feb 1962, Bangor, ME.
SKOWHEGAN -- Fred M. Corson, 47, died Thursday in a hotel fire in Bangor.
He was born at Skowhegan January 28, 1915, son of Roland P. and Ethel (Dulac) Corson.
Survivors include three daughters, Carol Corson of Bangor, Evelyn and Pamela Corson, both of Boston; two sons, Fred Jr. and Edward Corson, both of Boston; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Corson of Skowhegan; a brother, Thurl Corson of Cornville; five sisters, Mrs. Althea Forbes of Covina, Cal., Mrs. Mildred Rhodes of Columbia, Ohio, Mrs. Gilda Gordon of Rockfall, Conn., Mrs. Minnie Corson of Columbus, Ohio and Mrs. June Jillson of East Madison.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Lord Funeral home, 29 Pleasant Street, Skowhegan, with the Rev. Aubrey L. Burbank officiating.
Spring burial will be in Southside cemetery at Skowhegan.
Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday until 11 p.m.

Fred married Marie Mae Gordon, daughter of Walter Carl Gordon Sr. and Bernice Eloise Merry, on 6 May 1938 in Skowhegan, ME. The marriage ended in divorce in Oct 1946. (Marie Mae Gordon was born on 4 May 1918 in Belfast, ME,³ died on 2 Jan 1992 in Belfast, ME and was buried in Grove Cemetery, Belfast, ME.)

• Newspaper Article: Lewiston Evening Journal, 7 May 1938, Lewiston, ME.
SKOWHEGAN -- Fred Corson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Corson of Skowhegan, and Miss Marie Gordon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gordon of Belfast, were married Friday evening at Bethany Baptist parsonage with Rev. George Merriam performing the single ring ceremony. They were accompanied by Donald Trask and Loredo F. Labree of Cornville.
Corson is a shoe worker and the couple will make their home in Skowhegan.