Sylvanus B. Bean, 1st Lieutenant, Company A, 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted October 4, 1861, age 47 in Brownfield. Resigned November 12, 1862 to accept a commission as captain in the U.S. Volunteers Quartermaster's Department, effective November 26, 1862. Brevet major March 13, 1865; promoted to major May 25, 1865. Mustered out of the service May 19, 1866.
From the Bean Family Genealogy of Saco Valley, Maine: Sylvanus Bean held a commission in a Maine regiment in the Civil War; resided in Brownfield; educated at Fryeburg and Limerick academies; was in trade at North Parsonsfield in 1836-37; aid for Gen. Thomas, commander York county militia; had charge of company called to Augusta in 1839, during northeastern boundary trouble ; fifteen years with his brother Eli B. in trade at Brownfield; postmaster sixteen years; held all the elective offices in town; was lieutenant in the 11th Maine regiment in the Civil war; promoted to captain and major in quartermaster's department and served to close of war; was a member of the Freewill Baptist church; prominent Mason and Odd Fellow; Always took an active part in welfare of his town; was respected and honored; a kind neighbor and warm friend. He was three times married.
From the Bean Family Genealogy of Saco Valley, Maine: Sylvanus Bean held a commission in a Maine regiment in the Civil War; resided in Brownfield; educated at Fryeburg and Limerick academies; was in trade at North Parsonsfield in 1836-37; aid for Gen. Thomas, commander York county militia; had charge of company called to Augusta in 1839, during northeastern boundary trouble ; fifteen years with his brother Eli B. in trade at Brownfield; postmaster sixteen years; held all the elective offices in town; was lieutenant in the 11th Maine regiment in the Civil war; promoted to captain and major in quartermaster's department and served to close of war; was a member of the Freewill Baptist church; prominent Mason and Odd Fellow; Always took an active part in welfare of his town; was respected and honored; a kind neighbor and warm friend. He was three times married.
Sylvanus B. Bean, 1st Lieutenant, Company A, 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted October 4, 1861, age 47 in Brownfield. Resigned November 12, 1862 to accept a commission as captain in the U.S. Volunteers Quartermaster's Department, effective November 26, 1862. Brevet major March 13, 1865; promoted to major May 25, 1865. Mustered out of the service May 19, 1866.
From the Bean Family Genealogy of Saco Valley, Maine: Sylvanus Bean held a commission in a Maine regiment in the Civil War; resided in Brownfield; educated at Fryeburg and Limerick academies; was in trade at North Parsonsfield in 1836-37; aid for Gen. Thomas, commander York county militia; had charge of company called to Augusta in 1839, during northeastern boundary trouble ; fifteen years with his brother Eli B. in trade at Brownfield; postmaster sixteen years; held all the elective offices in town; was lieutenant in the 11th Maine regiment in the Civil war; promoted to captain and major in quartermaster's department and served to close of war; was a member of the Freewill Baptist church; prominent Mason and Odd Fellow; Always took an active part in welfare of his town; was respected and honored; a kind neighbor and warm friend. He was three times married.
From the Bean Family Genealogy of Saco Valley, Maine: Sylvanus Bean held a commission in a Maine regiment in the Civil War; resided in Brownfield; educated at Fryeburg and Limerick academies; was in trade at North Parsonsfield in 1836-37; aid for Gen. Thomas, commander York county militia; had charge of company called to Augusta in 1839, during northeastern boundary trouble ; fifteen years with his brother Eli B. in trade at Brownfield; postmaster sixteen years; held all the elective offices in town; was lieutenant in the 11th Maine regiment in the Civil war; promoted to captain and major in quartermaster's department and served to close of war; was a member of the Freewill Baptist church; prominent Mason and Odd Fellow; Always took an active part in welfare of his town; was respected and honored; a kind neighbor and warm friend. He was three times married.
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