Selden Connor
Born: January 25, 1839
Birthplace: Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine
Father: William Connor 1807 – 1883
Mother: Mary E. Bryant 1809 – 1897
Wife: Henrietta White Bailey 1839 – 1914
(Buried: Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine)
Children:
Nettie Connor 1871 – 1871
(Buried: Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine)
Mabel Connor 1872 – 1962
(Buried: Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine)
Rosamond Connor 1880 – 1942
(Buried: Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine)
Education:
1859: Graduated from Tufts College
Civil War Career:
1861: Private 1st Vermont Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 7th Maine Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1862: Suffered from effects of dumb ague and diarrhea
1862: Slightly wounded during the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1864: Colonel of 19th Maine Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1864: Wounded in the left thigh Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
1864 – 1866: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers
1864 – 1866: Incapacitated from field service due to his injuries
1865: Witnessed the Parade of Grand Army of Republic in Ambulance
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army
Occupation after War:
Assessor for Internal Revenue in Maine
Regional Collector of Internal Revenue in Maine
1876 – 1879: Governor of Maine
Advocate of Civil Service Reform and Supporter of resumption specie
Promotor of the free School System in Maine
1882 – 1886: United States Pension Agent
1890: President Society of the Army of the Potomac
1896 – 1899: Senior Vice Commander – in – chief of the Loyal Legion
1909: His Addresses on Hannibal Hamlin were published
President of Northern Banking Company
Died: July 9, 1917
Place of Death: Augusta, Maine
Cause of Death: Nephritis of twenty – two years, abscess of the kidney
Age at time of Death: 78 years old
Burial Place: Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine
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