Name | Clark Swett Edwards [1, 2, 3, 4] | |
Prefix | Gen. | |
Birth | 26 Mar 1823 | Otisfield, Cumberland Co., Maine ![]() |
Gender | Male | |
Military Service | According to "Edwards Generations" family history, "Clark Swett Edwards was educated in the public schools of Otisfield, Me. In 1848 he went to Bethel to work. At the opening of the Civil War when the call was made for 300.000 men, he took out recruiting papers and was chosen Capt. of the first company organized under this call in the country. This company became Co. 1, 5th. Me. Regt. He was mustered in as Captain, June 24, 1861, but his rank as such dated from May 4, 1861. He was soon promoted to Major; to Lieut. Col., Sept. 24, 1862; to Col., Jan. 8, 1863; Brevet Gen., Mar. 13, 1865; and was mustered out with rank of Brig. Gen. by brevet for conspicuous bravery, July 27, 1865. He was with the Army of the Potomac in leading engagements. He was Democratic nominee for Governor of Maine, 1886, and appointed by Gov. of Maine in 1890 as Commissioner for Columbian Exposition at Chicago." His letters are kept at in the Pearce Museum Archives at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas. [1, 5] | |
Death | 3 May 1903 | Bethel, Oxford Co., Maine ![]() |
Patriarch & Matriarch![]() |
Richard Edwards b. 5 Sep 1740, Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts ![]() d. 29 Oct 1826, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine ![]() ![]() Elizabeth McLellan b. 1708, County Antrim, Northern Ireland ![]() d. 16 Jul 1804, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine ![]() ![]() |
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Person ID | I1510 | |
Last Modified | 29 Mar 2025 |
Father | Enoch Edwards b. 20 Sep 1774, Cumberland Co., Maine ![]() d. 7 Dec 1863, Otisfield, Cumberland Co., Maine ![]() | |
Mother | Abigail McLellan b. 1 Aug 1779, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine ![]() d. 4 Oct 1843, Otisfield, Cumberland Co., Maine ![]() | |
Marriage | 16 Jun 1799 | Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine ![]() |
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Spouse / Partner | Maria Mason b. 1828 d. 1885 (Age 57 years) Marriage |
5 Dec 1849 |
Bethel, Oxford Co., Maine |
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Documents | ![]() | Nathan Goold, "Falmouth Neck in the Revolution" Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, vol. 8 (1897), 66-95. |
Histories | ![]() | The Civil War - New Englanders People on this page came from Maine and Massachusetts. |
Reference | Pitard, D. "Gen. Clark Swett Edwards". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I1510&tree=1sttree (accessed May 18, 2025). |
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