Seth C. Farrington
Seth C. Farrington was born around 1836 in Maine to Noyes and Mary Farrington. His father was a farmer who owned $2,500 of real estate and $400 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Fryeburg, Maine, and by 1860, he was working as a farmer.
 
On November 15, 1861, he received a commission as a captain in Company F of the 12th Maine Infantry. The regiment took part in the siege of Port Hudson. He was promoted to major in September 1864, and he served as a Judge Advocate and an acting assistant adjutant general. He mustered out on May 31, 1866.
 
He returned to Fryeburg after leaving the army, and he worked as a railroad engineer. He died sometime after 1874.
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(4006)Farrington, Seth C.1836
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Captain
  • Rank out: Major
  • Rank highest: Major
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (11275) [writer] ~ Joseph J. Reynolds Special Field Order, 21 October 1864

Places - Records: 1

  • (387) [birth] ~ Maine

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (315) [officer] [F] ~ 12th Maine Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com