| 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 | |
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Post Card c. 1950
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