County: Franklin | Source of Funding: George W. Ranger |
Location: Common & Main St | Maker/Sculptor: Hallowell Granite Company |
Type: Shaft | Materials: Granite |
Date Erected: 1903 | Date Dedicated: June 17, 1904 |
Principal Inscriptions: This Monument Erected/And Presented To The/Town of Farmington/By/George W. Ranger/Who Served As A Private/Soldier in the Civil War In The/Fifty-Third Mass. Infantry/And The Sixth Maine Battery/Light Artillery/To Perpetuate The Memory/of His Comrades. 2nd Face: To The Brave Men/Of Farmington/Who On Land and Sea/Freely Offered Their Lives/That They Might Transmit/To Posterity The Priceless/Inheritance Received From/Their Fathers, This Monu-/ment is dedicated in grateful recognition of their heroic sacrifice. G. C. P. 3rd Face: Number of Men Furnished/By The Town of Farmington 305/ Killed and Died of Wounds 13/Died of Disease 35/Missing 25 4th Face: Farmington/1861-1865/In Memoriam/Erected 1903 | |
References: Lewiston Evening Journal, May 28, 1904; Franklin Chronicle, June 22, 1904 | |
Current View |
Post Card c. 1950 |