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Samuel Clement Fessenden

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Born: March 7, 1815

Birthplace: New Gloucester, Massachusetts (Maine)

Father: Samuel Fessenden 1784 – 1869
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

Mother: Deborah Chandler Unknown – 1873
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

Wife: Mary Abigail Grosvenor Abbe 1816 – 1905
(Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut)​

Children:

Lt. Samuel Fessenden 1847 – 1908​
(Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut)​

Oliver G. Fessenden 1855 – 1921​
(Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut)​

Brother: U.S. Secretary of Treasury William Pitt Fessenden 1806 – 1869
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

Brother: U.S. Congressman Thomas A. D. Fessenden 1826 – 1868
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery Lewiston Maine)

Political Party: Republican Party

Religion:
Congregationalist

Education:

1834: Graduated from Bowdoin College​
1837: Graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary​

Occupation before War:

1837 – 1856: Minister of Second Congregational Church, Thomaston, Maine​
1846: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Maine
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1858 – 1861: Attorney in Rockland, Maine​
Judge of Rockland Maine Municipal Court​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from Maine​
1861 – 1863: Member of House Revisal and Unfinished Business​
1862: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.​
1863 – 1865: Attorney in Rockland, Maine​
1865 – 1879: Examiner of United States Patent Office​

Occupation after War:

1879 – 1881: United States Consul at St. John New Brunswick​

Died: April 18, 1882

Place of Death: Stamford, Connecticut

Age at time of Death:
67 years old

Burial Place: Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut
 
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