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Maine Civil War Monuments

Brownfield

Town/County:  Brownfield/Oxford Name: Daniel A. Bean Monument
Location: Route 160  
Type:  Soldier Materials: Bronze Statue, Stone Base
Date Erected: 1911 Date Dedicated: September 26, 1911
Maker/Sculptor: John A. Wilson of Boston, sculptor; cast by Gorham Company of Providence, R.I. Source of Funding: Elias P. Morton of Augusta, Town of Brownfield
Principal inscriptions: Brownfield/To Her Sons/Who Upheld/The Flag/1861-1865 (The statue represents Private Daniel A. Bean of Brownfield, Co. A., 11th Regiment Maine Infantry.)
References: Oxford Democrat, October 3, 1911; William Teg, History of Brownfield, Maine, Cornish, 1966
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Current view

 

Post card, c.1915

Photograph of Private Daniel A. Bean of Brownfield by Matthew Brady

 

Post card, Memorial Day observance, Brownfield, c.1920