★  Connor, Selden

Selden Connor

Born: January 25, 1839
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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
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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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That crippling wound to the thigh that he received at The Wilderness must have rendered Him somewhat unstable on his feet. He later suffered a fall that confined him to his home for two years. At least I'm assuming the two were related. Does anyone have the details of this accident?
 
That crippling wound to the thigh that he received at The Wilderness must have rendered Him somewhat unstable on his feet. He later suffered a fall that confined him to his home for two years. At least I'm assuming the two were related. Does anyone have the details of this accident?
From what I've read his commission came through after his Wilderness wound and he was confined to administrative duty. His field service was pretty much over.
 
While Governor of Maine he appointed Jaimes G. Blaine to fill a vacancy in the Senate after Sen. Lot M. Morrill resigned to accept the position of Secretary of Treasury.
 
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