Wilbur Fisk Mower 7542
- Born: 23 December 1841, Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine 7541,7543
- Marriage: Esther Ann Longley in 1878 7541
- Died: 28 November 1892, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine at age 50 7543,7544
- Buried: After 28 November 1892, Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine at Greenwood Cemetery 7543
Cause of his death was "melancholia."
History of Androscoggin County, Maine By Georgia Drew Merrill (Boston, Mass. : W. A. Fergusson, 1891) p. 513-514
He was educated at common schools and at Lewiston Falls Academy and has been a school teacher and farmer.
He served in the Civil War from July 1862 until its close as a private, corporal, sargeant, color-bearer, orderly sargeant, and lieutenant in Company I, Sixteenth Maine. He was twice wounded and twice taken prisoner and always showed the gallantry and courage of a true soldier.
Mr. Mower is a Republican, a Baptist, a member of the G.A.R., and an Odd Fellow, is an industrious and worthy citizen and stands high in the estimation of his townsmen.
Wilbur married Esther Ann Longley in 1878.7541 (Esther Ann Longley was born 21 April 1847 in Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine,7545 died 15 November 1908 in Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine 252 and was buried after 15 November 1908 in Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine at Greenwood Cemetery 7546.) The cause of her death was apoplexy.
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