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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
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Post card, c.1915 |
Photograph of Private Daniel A. Bean of Brownfield by Matthew Brady
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Post card, Memorial Day observance, Brownfield, c.1920 |